{"record":{"id":"8bcfe69cefc55527","repo":"hibernate/hibernate-orm","slug":"validatorfactory-reference-provided-via-s-was-n","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"ValidatorFactory reference (provided via %s) was not castable to %s : %s","messagePattern":"ValidatorFactory reference \\(provided via (.+?)\\) was not castable to (.+?) : (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"IntegrationException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/beanvalidation/TypeSafeActivator.java","lineNumber":689,"sourceCode":"\t\t// 3 - build our own\n\t\ttry {\n\t\t\treturn Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory();\n\t\t}\n\t\tcatch ( Exception e ) {\n\t\t\tthrow new IntegrationException( \"Unable to build the default ValidatorFactory\", e );\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\tprivate static ValidatorFactory resolveProvidedFactory(SessionFactoryOptions options) {\n\t\tfinal Object validatorFactoryReference = options.getValidatorFactoryReference();\n\t\tif ( validatorFactoryReference == null ) {\n\t\t\treturn null;\n\t\t}\n\t\telse if ( validatorFactoryReference instanceof ValidatorFactory result ) {\n\t\t\treturn result;\n\t\t}\n\t\telse {\n\t\t\tthrow new IntegrationException(\n\t\t\t\t\tString.format(\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocale.ENGLISH,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"ValidatorFactory reference (provided via %s) was not castable to %s : %s\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSessionFactoryOptions.class.getName(),\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tValidatorFactory.class.getName(),\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvalidatorFactoryReference.getClass().getName()\n\t\t\t\t\t)\n\t\t\t);\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\tprivate static ValidatorFactory resolveProvidedFactory(ConfigurationService cfgService) {\n\t\tfinal var jakartaValidationFactory = cfgService.getSetting(\n\t\t\t\tJAKARTA_VALIDATION_FACTORY,\n\t\t\t\tvalue -> validatorFactory( value, JAKARTA_VALIDATION_FACTORY )\n\t\t);\n\t\tif ( jakartaValidationFactory != null ) {\n\t\t\treturn jakartaValidationFactory;","sourceCodeStart":671,"sourceCodeEnd":707,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/blob/fad1729dce015f908198d57a8d80274a30f905a5/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/beanvalidation/TypeSafeActivator.java#L671-L707","documentation":"Error \"ValidatorFactory reference (provided via %s) was not castable to %s : %s\" thrown in hibernate/hibernate-orm.","triggerScenarios":"The ValidatorFactory supplied via configuration is of an incompatible type.","commonSituations":"Passing a non-jakarta ValidatorFactory (e.g. the old javax.validation one) through jakarta.persistence.validation.factory or a JNDI-bound factory after the javax-to-jakarta migration.","solutions":["Check the object bound under the jakarta.persistence.validation.factory setting; it must implement jakarta.validation.ValidatorFactory.","Make sure the ValidatorFactory was created by the same Jakarta Validation API version on the classpath (do not mix javax.validation and jakarta.validation artifacts).","Pass the ValidatorFactory instance directly as a property value instead of a JNDI name or string."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"fad1729dce015f908198d57a8d80274a30f905a5","analyzedAt":"2026-08-22T04:13:57.527Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-22T09:17:25.309Z"}