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                          Hibernate Validator

  What is it?
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  This is the reference implementation of JSR 303 - Bean Validation. 
  Bean Validation defines a metadata model and API for JavaBean validation. 
  The default metadata source is annotations, with the ability to override and extend 
  the meta-data through the use of XML validation descriptors.

  History
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  Prior to version 4.x Hibernate Validators was based on a different source base which 
  is not based on JSR 303. This code can be accessed via 
  http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/hibernate/validator/trunk/hibernate-validator-legacy

  Documentation
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  The documentation for this release is included in the docs directory of distribution package
  or online under https://www.hibernate.org/5.html

  Release Notes
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  The full list of changes can be found at
  http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10060&version=11023

  System Requirements
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  JDK 1.5 or above.

  Using Hibernate Validator
  -------------------------

  - In case you use the distribution archive from the download site, copy hibernate-validator-*.jar together
    with all jar files from lib into the classpath of your application. You can switch the slf4j binding
    jars for log4j (log4j-<version>.jar and slf4j-log4j12-<version>.jar) with the slf4j binding files of
    your choice. See http://www.slf4j.org/manual.html
    In case you are using Java 5 you have to also include all the jar files from the jdk5 subdirectory.

  or 

  - Add the following to your maven or ivy dependency list:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
        <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
        <version>4.1.0.Beta1</version>
    </dependency>

    Hibernate Validator can be found in the JBoss Maven repository: http://repository.jboss.com/maven2/

  Licensing
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  Please see the file called license.txt

  Hibernate Validator URLs
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  Home Page:          http://validator.hibernate.org
  Downloads:          http://www.hibernate.org/subprojects/validator/download.html
  Mailing Lists:      http://www.hibernate.org/community/mailinglists.html
  Source Code:        http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/hibernate/validator/trunk/
  Issue Tracking:     http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HV