<s>
Bean	B-Language
Validation	I-Language
defines	O
a	O
metadata	O
model	O
and	O
API	O
for	O
JavaBean	O
validation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
metadata	O
source	O
is	O
annotations	B-Language
,	O
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
override	O
and	O
extend	O
the	O
meta-data	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
XML	B-Protocol
validation	O
descriptors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
defined	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
,	O
version	O
2	O
aims	O
to	O
work	O
in	O
Java	O
SE	O
apps	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	B-Language
Bean	I-Language
Validation	I-Language
(	O
)	O
originated	O
as	O
a	O
framework	B-Architecture
that	O
was	O
approved	O
by	O
the	O
JCP	B-Language
as	O
of	O
16	O
November	O
2009	O
and	O
accepted	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
6	I-Language
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hibernate	B-Library
team	O
provides	O
with	O
Hibernate	B-Library
Validator	O
the	O
reference	O
implementation	O
of	O
Bean	B-Language
Validation	I-Language
and	O
also	O
created	O
the	O
Bean	B-Language
Validation	I-Language
TCK	B-Language
any	O
implementation	O
of	O
JSR	B-Language
303	I-Language
needs	O
to	O
pass	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bean	B-Language
Validation	I-Language
2.0	O
is	O
defined	O
by	O
,	O
approved	O
2017-07-31	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
major	O
release	O
leverages	O
language	O
features	O
in	O
Java	O
8	O
that	O
are	O
very	O
useful	O
for	O
the	O
purposes	O
of	O
Bean	B-Language
Validation	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bean	B-Language
Validation	I-Language
1.1	O
(	O
)	O
improves	O
upon	O
the	O
initial	O
version	O
1.0	O
(	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
