This repository contains the Java Jakarta Validation 3.0 API.

Jakarta Validation defines a metadata model and API for JavaBean and method validation.

You can learn more about it here:

• Official website: https://beanvalidation.org/
• Latest draft of the spec: https://beanvalidation.org/latest-draft/spec/
• Reference implementation: https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-validator/

JDK 8.

The Jakarta Validation API is provided and distributed under the Apache Software License 2.0. Refer to license.txt for more information.

You can build the Jakarta Validation API from source by cloning the git repository https://github.com/jakartaee/validation You will also need a JDK 8 and Maven 3 (>= 3.0.3). With these prerequisites in place you can compile the source via:

mvn clean install

Want to join us? You can find all the relevant information about contributing to Jakarta Validation on the website.

The official Continuous Integration service for the project is hosted on ci.eclipse.org.

The schema files should be published to the https://github.com/jakartaee/jakarta.ee website repository by following the procedure described at https://eclipse-ee4j.github.io/jakartaee-platform/publish-xml-schemas. The location for the schema files in the repository is the static/xml/ns/validation directory.