From 199be6aec598b8786ee2ad1792d074d33c1193cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Juergen Hoeller <jhoeller@pivotal.io>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:24:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ValidationUtils.invokeValidator assertion for non-null target
 object

---
 .../java/org/springframework/validation/ValidationUtils.java     | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/ValidationUtils.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/ValidationUtils.java
index 716bb1acdd9..6a8237f9539 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/ValidationUtils.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/ValidationUtils.java
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ public abstract class ValidationUtils {
 			Validator validator, Object target, Errors errors, @Nullable Object... validationHints) {
 
 		Assert.notNull(validator, "Validator must not be null");
+		Assert.notNull(target, "Target object must not be null");
 		Assert.notNull(errors, "Errors object must not be null");
 
 		if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {