On 20 févr. 2013, at 07:48, Hardy Ferentschik <notifications@github.com> wrote:

> In src/main/java/javax/validation/metadata/ConstraintDescriptor.java:
> 
> >  	 */
> >  	T getAnnotation();
> >  
> >  	/**
> > +	 * The non-interpolated error message
> > +	 *
> > +	 * @return the non-interpolated error message
> > +	 */
> > +	String getMessage();
> I know it mirrors the available annotation properties, but would getMessageTemplate be better? That's what ConstraintViolation uses for the un-interpolated message.
> 

I asked myself the same question. But I think it's probably better to keep it that way. In the ConstraintViolation case, you will use its message getters not the ConstraintDescriptor one.