[VALIDATOR-14] Validator.validate() exception handling for ValidatorException

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Nightly Builds

Environment

Operating System: other
Platform: PC

• Bugzilla Id: 24369
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Janet Moyer
• Created: 04/Nov/03 06:40
• Updated: 16/May/06 12:32
• Resolved: 16/May/06 12:32

Description

If a validator method throws a ValidatorException, the expected behavior is
that Validator.validate() will rethrow the exception. The actual behavior is
that a "false" is returned instead. This masks exceptions as rule failures.

Users of the framework need to be able to distinguish between failure to pass a
validation rule versus an exception that occurs while executing a rule.
Failure to pass validation is a "normal" occurrance that is correctible by
changing the data. An exception that occurs while executing a rule is not
normal, could be caused by a configuration problem or other system problem, and
cannot be corrected by corrections to the data.