# Hibernate Validator

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/bean-validation/hibernate-validator/  
**Provider:** Bean Validation — https://apis.io/providers/bean-validation/  
**Documentation:** https://hibernate.org/validator/

Hibernate Validator is one of 3 APIs that [Bean Validation](https://apis.io/providers/bean-validation/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Bean Validation, Java, Reference Implementation, and Hibernate. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, a getting-started guide, and a GitHub repository.

Hibernate Validator is the reference implementation of Jakarta Bean Validation. Version 9.1.0.Final implements the Jakarta Validation 3.1 specification. It provides the Validator, ValidatorFactory, ConstraintViolation APIs, additional built-in constraints beyond the spec, programmatic constraint definition, and message interpolation. Available via Maven Central and published under Apache 2.0.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/stable/validator/reference/en-US/html_single/
- **GettingStarted** — https://hibernate.org/validator/documentation/getting-started/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-validator
- **SDKs** — https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.hibernate.validator/hibernate-validator

## Other Bean Validation APIs (2)

- [Jakarta Bean Validation Specification 3.1](https://apis.io/apis/bean-validation/specification/)
- [Jakarta Validation API](https://apis.io/apis/bean-validation/jakarta-validation-api/)

## Tags

Bean Validation, Java, Reference Implementation, Hibernate

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