From b0ac8df13e53049e5dee22f7598b9a05f9ce45bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Juergen Hoeller <juergen.hoeller@broadcom.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 20:55:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Consistent delegation to target ValidatorFactory

---
 .../LocalValidatorFactoryBean.java            | 30 +++++++++----------
 .../MessageSourceResourceBundleLocator.java   |  4 ++-
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/beanvalidation/LocalValidatorFactoryBean.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/beanvalidation/LocalValidatorFactoryBean.java
index 9c5a90cd87d..34e1b78bc04 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/beanvalidation/LocalValidatorFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/beanvalidation/LocalValidatorFactoryBean.java
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ public class LocalValidatorFactoryBean extends SpringValidatorAdapter
 			configuration = bootstrap.configure();
 		}
 
-		// Try Hibernate Validator 5.2's externalClassLoader(ClassLoader) method
+		// Try Hibernate Validator's externalClassLoader(ClassLoader) method
 		if (this.applicationContext != null) {
 			try {
 				Method eclMethod = configuration.getClass().getMethod("externalClassLoader", ClassLoader.class);
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ public class LocalValidatorFactoryBean extends SpringValidatorAdapter
 				ReflectionUtils.invokeMethod(eclMethod, configuration, this.applicationContext.getClassLoader());
 			}
 			catch (NoSuchMethodException ignored) {
-				// no Hibernate Validator 5.2+ or similar provider
+				// no Hibernate Validator or similar provider
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -370,47 +370,45 @@ public class LocalValidatorFactoryBean extends SpringValidatorAdapter
 	protected void postProcessConfiguration(Configuration<?> configuration) {
 	}
 
+	private ValidatorFactory obtainValidatorFactory() {
+		Assert.state(this.validatorFactory != null, "No target ValidatorFactory set");
+		return this.validatorFactory;
+	}
+
 
 	@Override
 	public Validator getValidator() {
-		Assert.state(this.validatorFactory != null, "No target ValidatorFactory set");
-		return this.validatorFactory.getValidator();
+		return obtainValidatorFactory().getValidator();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public ValidatorContext usingContext() {
-		Assert.state(this.validatorFactory != null, "No target ValidatorFactory set");
-		return this.validatorFactory.usingContext();
+		return obtainValidatorFactory().usingContext();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public MessageInterpolator getMessageInterpolator() {
-		Assert.state(this.validatorFactory != null, "No target ValidatorFactory set");
-		return this.validatorFactory.getMessageInterpolator();
+		return obtainValidatorFactory().getMessageInterpolator();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public TraversableResolver getTraversableResolver() {
-		Assert.state(this.validatorFactory != null, "No target ValidatorFactory set");
-		return this.validatorFactory.getTraversableResolver();
+		return obtainValidatorFactory().getTraversableResolver();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public ConstraintValidatorFactory getConstraintValidatorFactory() {
-		Assert.state(this.validatorFactory != null, "No target ValidatorFactory set");
-		return this.validatorFactory.getConstraintValidatorFactory();
+		return obtainValidatorFactory().getConstraintValidatorFactory();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public ParameterNameProvider getParameterNameProvider() {
-		Assert.state(this.validatorFactory != null, "No target ValidatorFactory set");
-		return this.validatorFactory.getParameterNameProvider();
+		return obtainValidatorFactory().getParameterNameProvider();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public ClockProvider getClockProvider() {
-		Assert.state(this.validatorFactory != null, "No target ValidatorFactory set");
-		return this.validatorFactory.getClockProvider();
+		return obtainValidatorFactory().getClockProvider();
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/beanvalidation/MessageSourceResourceBundleLocator.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/beanvalidation/MessageSourceResourceBundleLocator.java
index 8e34503d301..13041c45dac 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/beanvalidation/MessageSourceResourceBundleLocator.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/beanvalidation/MessageSourceResourceBundleLocator.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.support.MessageSourceResourceBundle;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
- * Implementation of Hibernate Validator 4.3/5.x's {@link ResourceBundleLocator} interface,
+ * Implementation of Hibernate Validator's {@link ResourceBundleLocator} interface,
  * exposing a Spring {@link MessageSource} as localized {@link MessageSourceResourceBundle}.
  *
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public class MessageSourceResourceBundleLocator implements ResourceBundleLocator
 
 	private final MessageSource messageSource;
 
+
 	/**
 	 * Build a MessageSourceResourceBundleLocator for the given MessageSource.
 	 * @param messageSource the Spring MessageSource to wrap
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ public class MessageSourceResourceBundleLocator implements ResourceBundleLocator
 		this.messageSource = messageSource;
 	}
 
+
 	@Override
 	public ResourceBundle getResourceBundle(Locale locale) {
 		return new MessageSourceResourceBundle(this.messageSource, locale);