AutoBean objects w/ gwt-validation

[Mena]

Can I use gwt-validation to validate a bean object done by AutoBean.

for example, my Person object has a required field

public interface Person {

@NotNull
public String getFirstName();
public void setFirstName(String firstName);
}

Seems like the annotation is being lost in the process of serializing/
deserializing the Person. Is there a different way that would make
AutoBean work with gwt-validation

[chris.r]

I don't know anything about AutoBean but annotations for gwt-
validation are handled at the time the module is compiled. What
happens is the ReflectorFactory has a hashmap of all the classes that
it can provide a reflector for. Chances are that there is a little
too much magic going on here and the implementation's Reflector
implementation cannot be found.

I think I may have a fix for it however. See newly created issue
#44. (http://code.google.com/p/gwt-validation/issues/detail?id=44)

[Mena]

"The AutoBean framework provides automatically-generated
implementations of bean-like interfaces and a low-level serialization
mechanism for those interfaces. AutoBeans can be used in both client
and server code to improve code re-use"

In my case, the Person object will have the implementation of the
interface done at run-time and not compile-time .... and AutoBean
maintains the annotation when implementing a bean object. However,
based on your explanation that validation populate the hashmap at
compile time, that makes sense why my object didn't work, since it
didn't exist at compile time.

[chris.r]

And, furthermore, it doesn't go find the interfaces properly (read: at
all). So that's what I'm thinking will be the fix for this issue.

[Travis Webb]

If it counts for anything, I would love to see this feature implemented. Should we create an issue for this?