Dear Maintainers,

The package libcommons-validator-java ftbfs with default Java 25.
The relevant part of the build log:
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[INFO] Running org.apache.commons.validator.LocaleTest
[INFO] Tests run: 5, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0.016 s - in org.apache.commons.validator.LocaleTest
[INFO]
[INFO] Results:
[INFO]
[ERROR] Failures:
[ERROR]   GenericTypeValidatorTest.testFRLocale:115->localeTest:78 Expecting date result to be an instance of Date for locale: fr ==> expected: <true> but was: <false>
[ERROR]   BigDecimalValidatorTest.testBigDecimalValidatorMethods:126 validate(A) locale  ==> expected: <12345> but was: <12.345>
[ERROR]   BigDecimalValidatorTest>AbstractNumberValidatorTest.testFormat:90 DE Locale, DE Format ==> expected: <1.234,5> but was: <1,234.5>
[ERROR]   BigDecimalValidatorTest>AbstractNumberValidatorTest.testValidateLocale:196 DE Locale, DE Format ==> expected: <1234.5> but was: <null>
[ERROR]   BigIntegerValidatorTest.testBigIntegerValidatorMethods:121 validate(A) locale  ==> expected: <12345> but was: <null>
[ERROR]   BigIntegerValidatorTest>AbstractNumberValidatorTest.testFormat:90 DE Locale, DE Format ==> expected: <1.234,5> but was: <1,234.5>
[ERROR]   BigIntegerValidatorTest>AbstractNumberValidatorTest.testValidateLocale:196 DE Locale, DE Format ==> expected: <1234> but was: <null>
[ERROR]   ByteValidatorTest.testByteValidatorMethods:131 validate(A) locale  ==> expected: <123> but was: <null>
[ERROR]   ByteValidatorTest>AbstractNumberValidatorTest.testFormat:90 DE Locale, DE Format ==> expected: <1.234,5> but was: <1,234.5>
[ERROR]   ByteValidatorTest>AbstractNumberValidatorTest.testValidateLocale:196 DE Locale, DE Format ==> expected: <123> but was: <null>
[ERROR]   CalendarValidatorTest.testDateTimeStyle:245 validate(A) default ==> expected: <true> but was: <false>
[ERROR]   CalendarValidatorTest.testFormat:264 default ==> expected: <31/12/05> but was: <12/31/05>
[ERROR]   CurrencyValidatorTest.testIntegerValid:84 Default locale ==> expected: <1234.00> but was: <null>
[ERROR]   CurrencyValidatorTest.testValid:168 Default locale ==> expected: <1234.56> but was: <null>
[ERROR]   DateValidatorTest.testDateValidatorMethods:141 validate(A) locale  ==> expected: <Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 UTC 2005> but was: <null>
[ERROR]   DoubleValidatorTest.testDoubleValidatorMethods:120 validate(A) locale ==> expected: <12345.0> but was: <12.345>
[ERROR]   DoubleValidatorTest>AbstractNumberValidatorTest.testFormat:90 DE Locale, DE Format ==> expected: <1.234,5> but was: <1,234.5>
[ERROR]   DoubleValidatorTest>AbstractNumberValidatorTest.testValidateLocale:196 DE Locale, DE Format ==> expected: <1234.5> but was: <null>
[ERROR]   FloatValidatorTest.testFloatValidatorMethods:150 validate(A) locale ==> expected: <12345.0> but was: <12.345>
[ERROR]   FloatValidatorTest>AbstractNumberValidatorTest.testFormat:90 DE Locale, DE Format ==> expected: <1.234,5> but was: <1,234.5>
[ERROR]   FloatValidatorTest>AbstractNumberValidatorTest.testValidateLocale:196 DE Locale, DE Format ==> expected: <1234.5> but was: <null>
[ERROR]   IntegerValidatorTest>AbstractNumberValidatorTest.testFormat:90 DE Locale, DE Format ==> expected: <1.234,5> but was: <1,234.5>
[ERROR]   IntegerValidatorTest.testIntegerValidatorMethods:128 validate(A) locale ==> expected: <12345> but was: <null>
[ERROR]   IntegerValidatorTest>AbstractNumberValidatorTest.testValidateLocale:196 DE Locale, DE Format ==> expected: <1234> but was: <null>
[ERROR]   LongValidatorTest>AbstractNumberValidatorTest.testFormat:90 DE Locale, DE Format ==> expected: <1.234,5> but was: <1,234.5>
[ERROR]   LongValidatorTest.testLongValidatorMethods:131 validate(A) locale ==> expected: <12345> but was: <null>
[ERROR]   LongValidatorTest>AbstractNumberValidatorTest.testValidateLocale:196 DE Locale, DE Format ==> expected: <1234> but was: <null>
[ERROR]   ShortValidatorTest>AbstractNumberValidatorTest.testFormat:90 DE Locale, DE Format ==> expected: <1.234,5> but was: <1,234.5>
[ERROR]   ShortValidatorTest.testShortValidatorMethods:122 validate(A) locale ==> expected: <12345> but was: <null>
[ERROR]   ShortValidatorTest>AbstractNumberValidatorTest.testValidateLocale:196 DE Locale, DE Format ==> expected: <1234> but was: <null>
[ERROR]   TimeValidatorTest.testFormat:190 Format default ==> expected: <4:49 PM> but was: <16:49>
[ERROR]   TimeValidatorTest.testLocaleValid:215 validate() 0 value=[23:59] failed  ==> expected: not <null>
[ERROR]   TimeValidatorTest.testTimeZone:263 default result ==> expected: not <null>
[ERROR] Errors:
[ERROR]   CalendarValidatorTest.testCalendarValidatorMethods:115 NullPointer Cannot invo...
[INFO]
[ERROR] Tests run: 573, Failures: 33, Errors: 1, Skipped: 1
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time:  34.053 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2025-06-11T20:24:28Z
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.22.3:test (default-test) on project commons-validator: There are test failures.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] Please refer to /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/target/surefire-reports for the individual test results.
[ERROR] Please refer to dump files (if any exist) [date].dump, [date]-jvmRun[N].dump and [date].dumpstream.
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException
dh_auto_test: error: /usr/lib/jvm/default-java/bin/java -noverify -cp /usr/share/maven/boot/plexus-classworlds-2.x.jar -Dmaven.home=/usr/share/maven -Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>> -Dclassworlds.conf=/etc/maven/m2-debian.conf -Dproperties.file.manual=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/maven.properties org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher -s/etc/maven/settings-debian.xml -Ddebian.dir=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian -Dmaven.repo.local=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/maven-repo --batch-mode test returned exit code 1
make: *** [debian/rules:4: binary] Error 25
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules binary subprocess returned exit status 2
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Dear Maintainers,

Would it be possible to consider the MR[1] as a proposed solution for
this issue.

Best regards,
Vladimir.

[1] https://salsa.debian.org/java-team/libcommons-validator-java/-/merge_requests/7

Hello,

Bug #1108576 in libcommons-validator-java reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/java-team/libcommons-validator-java/-/commit/4ce7e7adb7d249f2c0fd03a4b2eea2a9e477ca44
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d/p/02-Locale-dependent-tests-calculate-expected-results-as.patch: Update test assertions to resolve Java 25 ftbfs (Closes: #1108576).
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(this message was generated automatically)
-- 
Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/1108576

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
libcommons-validator-java, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1108576@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org> (supplier of updated libcommons-validator-java package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:24:35 +0200
Source: libcommons-validator-java
Architecture: source
Version: 1:1.9.0-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Java Maintainers <pkg-java-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>
Closes: 1108576
Changes:
 libcommons-validator-java (1:1.9.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Vladimir Petko ]
   * Calculate the expected results of the locale dependent tests
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