Ignore null value in comparison validators
merged branch EmmanuelVella/validators (PR #8577)

This PR was merged into the 2.3 branch.

Discussion
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Validators

| Q             | A
| ------------- | ---
| Bug fix?      | yes
| New feature?  | no
| BC breaks?    | no
| Deprecations? | no
| Tests pass?   | yes
| License       | MIT

This PR avoid comparison validators to be executed if the compared value is null.

Commits
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48338fc Ignore null value in comparison validators