public class Person {

	private String name;
	private int age;

	// the usual getters and setters...
}

class Person(val name: String, val age: Int)

public class PersonValidator implements Validator {

	/**
	 * This Validator validates only Person instances
	 */
	public boolean supports(Class clazz) {
		return Person.class.equals(clazz);
	}

	public void validate(Object obj, Errors e) {
		ValidationUtils.rejectIfEmpty(e, "name", "name.empty");
		Person p = (Person) obj;
		if (p.getAge() < 0) {
			e.rejectValue("age", "negativevalue");
		} else if (p.getAge() > 110) {
			e.rejectValue("age", "too.darn.old");
		}
	}
}

class PersonValidator : Validator {

	/**
	 * This Validator validates only Person instances
	 */
	override fun supports(clazz: Class<*>): Boolean {
		return Person::class.java == clazz
	}

	override fun validate(obj: Any, e: Errors) {
		ValidationUtils.rejectIfEmpty(e, "name", "name.empty")
		val p = obj as Person
		if (p.age < 0) {
			e.rejectValue("age", "negativevalue")
		} else if (p.age > 110) {
			e.rejectValue("age", "too.darn.old")
		}
	}
}

public class CustomerValidator implements Validator {

	private final Validator addressValidator;

	public CustomerValidator(Validator addressValidator) {
		if (addressValidator == null) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("The supplied [Validator] is " +
				"required and must not be null.");
		}
		if (!addressValidator.supports(Address.class)) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("The supplied [Validator] must " +
				"support the validation of [Address] instances.");
		}
		this.addressValidator = addressValidator;
	}

	/**
	 * This Validator validates Customer instances, and any subclasses of Customer too
	 */
	public boolean supports(Class clazz) {
		return Customer.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz);
	}

	public void validate(Object target, Errors errors) {
		ValidationUtils.rejectIfEmptyOrWhitespace(errors, "firstName", "field.required");
		ValidationUtils.rejectIfEmptyOrWhitespace(errors, "surname", "field.required");
		Customer customer = (Customer) target;
		try {
			errors.pushNestedPath("address");
			ValidationUtils.invokeValidator(this.addressValidator, customer.getAddress(), errors);
		} finally {
			errors.popNestedPath();
		}
	}
}

class CustomerValidator(private val addressValidator: Validator) : Validator {

	init {
		if (addressValidator == null) {
			throw IllegalArgumentException("The supplied [Validator] is required and must not be null.")
		}
		if (!addressValidator.supports(Address::class.java)) {
			throw IllegalArgumentException("The supplied [Validator] must support the validation of [Address] instances.")
		}
	}

	/*
	* This Validator validates Customer instances, and any subclasses of Customer too
	*/
	override fun supports(clazz: Class<>): Boolean {
		return Customer::class.java.isAssignableFrom(clazz)
	}

	override fun validate(target: Any, errors: Errors) {
		ValidationUtils.rejectIfEmptyOrWhitespace(errors, "firstName", "field.required")
		ValidationUtils.rejectIfEmptyOrWhitespace(errors, "surname", "field.required")
		val customer = target as Customer
		try {
			errors.pushNestedPath("address")
			ValidationUtils.invokeValidator(this.addressValidator, customer.address, errors)
		} finally {
			errors.popNestedPath()
		}
	}
}