JSR-303 custom ConstraintValidator in Spring MVC

I am trying to implement a @Future validator for joda time objects.

I followed the implemen开发者_JAVA技巧tation for the @Past annotation found here. So far, so good.

Now I am failing at telling spring that I have this new constraint. Is there a way to configure the Spring MVC (other than just <mvc:annotation-driven />) to tell him where the validation.xml file is? Or just to directly tell him where my new validator is?

Thanks

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The way I use JSR-303 validation has per se nothing to do with spring. How the file is read depends on your implementation lib of JSR-303. It is most then most likely just a bean.