commit e6609f749af49ea2e554e8f65a5c1bf6d384ad90
author Matt Benson <mbenson@apache.org> Tue Feb 26 13:17:37 2019 -0600
committer Matt Benson <mbenson@apache.org> Tue Feb 26 13:17:37 2019 -0600
tree 747c503615dc9b32e8e8ced6b705120aa4595cab
parent 3c5b3bf8ba263d5164f35f2100818c045f0dd293

BVAL-171: permit ConstraintValidator impl with compatible annotation type parameter

bval-jsr/src/main/java/org/apache/bval/jsr/metadata/ValidatorMappingProvider.java

diff --git a/bval-jsr/src/main/java/org/apache/bval/jsr/metadata/ValidatorMappingProvider.java b/bval-jsr/src/main/java/org/apache/bval/jsr/metadata/ValidatorMappingProvider.java
index e5c7d07..e06e30e 100644
--- a/bval-jsr/src/main/java/org/apache/bval/jsr/metadata/ValidatorMappingProvider.java
+++ b/bval-jsr/src/main/java/org/apache/bval/jsr/metadata/ValidatorMappingProvider.java
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
                 final Type constraintParameter = TypeUtils.getTypeArguments(t, ConstraintValidator.class)
                     .get(ConstraintValidator.class.getTypeParameters()[0]);
 
-                if (!constraintType.equals(constraintParameter)) {
+                if (!TypeUtils.isAssignable(constraintType, constraintParameter)) {
                     Exceptions.raise(ConstraintDefinitionException::new,
-                        "%s %s expected first type parameter of %s, %s; source %s", ConstraintValidator.class, t,
+                        "%s %s expected first type parameter assignable from %s, %s; source %s", ConstraintValidator.class, t,
                         constraintType, constraintParameter, result.get().getSource());
                 }
             }