Does spring have a validation framework module that can be used in any layer for validatons?

For instance, I am using JSF + custom framework 开发者_如何转开发developed in our company. Now I want to use a third party validation framework that can be used as an plug-in and it should not create any dependency what ever may be the technical stack.

So my question is does spring provide any framework of that sort or if it's available how can I use that?

I am expecting a validation framework something like, which is configurable through XML.

Spring does have a validation framework, but if you want minimal dependencies, then I'd suggest that you go with a Bean validation provider. It's a new(ish) official validation standard, defined in JSR-303.

There are several implementations at the moment. I'd give Hibernate Validator a look.

I disagree. Hibernate Validator is an awful piece of software (at least the versions that were current about a year ago). Spring Validation is a nice piece of software, that goes together well with the BeanWrapper interface.

But it's true: Spring Hibernate resides inside the Spring Context jar, which is unnecessary overhead. Hopefully there will be a separate version sometime.