Bean Validation, previously commonly called just "JSR-303", is an annotation based validation framework for javabean properties and parameters of arbitrary methods. Hibernate Validator is the reference implementation and the most widely used one.
Questions tagged [bean-validation]
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@NotNull on subclass getter affects parent class table
I have a question related to javax.validation.constraints.NotNull annotation.
In my project i do have classes tree like following :
@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.JOINED)
class Ssss {
@ManyToOne
private Xxxx x;
public Xxxx…
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Bean Validation range constraint
I need to implement range constraints on Entity data fields:
@Entity
@Table(name = "T_PAYMENT")
public class Payment extends AbstractEntity {
//....
//Something like that
@Range(minValue = 80, maxValue = 85)
private Long…
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Validating Integer using JSR303
I decided to use JSR303 to validate my forms in Spring 3.0 MVC application. When I try to check @NotEmpty on Integer variable I have exception:
javax.validation.UnexpectedTypeException: No validator could be found
for type:…
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How can I apply a @NotNull constraint to all fields in a class using javax.validation?
I'm using the hibernate implementation of the javax.validation and would like to know how whether anyone has been able to apply the @NotNull constraint annotation to all fields of a class, rather than to each individual field?
I would prefer to…
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How to override @annotations (javax.validation) in a subClass
I have this Entity, that is a super class:
@Entity
public class Father implements Serializable{
@Column(name = "name")
@Size(min=1, max=10)
@Pattern(regexp="^[A-Za-z ]*$")
@NotNull
private String name;
}
this one, extends…
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How can I define one Java annotation in terms of another?
For example, I'd like to have @Nonnegative, defined as @Min(0), and @DaySeconds, defined as @Min(0) @Max(86399).
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Custom class level bean validation constraint
I already know how to add annotation based validation on specific attributes in Entity class like :-
public class Person {
@NotNull
private String firstName;
private String lastName;
//...
}
But is it possible to add annotation…
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Validate elements of a String array with Java Bean Validation
I have a simple class that has one of its properties as a String array. As per this document, using @Valid on an array, collection etc. will recursively validate each element of the array/collection.
@Valid
@Pattern(regexp="^[_ A-Za-z0-9]+$")
public…
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Purpose of @NotNull.List
When I looked among the standard constraints in Bean Validation API (JSR-303), I found the NotNull.List annotation. Its description is:
Defines several @NotNull annotations on the same element
This is valid syntax:
@NotNull.List({@NotNull,…
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java/beans validation - collection/map does not contain nulls
There is the @NotNull annotation which validates that a certain object is not null.
There is the @NotEmpty annotation which validates that a certain collection/map/string/... is not empty.
Is there also an annotation which valides that a certain…
user4460845
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Adding constraint violation manually
Is it possible to add constraint violation manually?
E.g.:
// validate customer (using validation annotations)
Set> violations = validator.validate(customer);
if (someSpecialCase) {
violations.add(..)
}
The…
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How to autowire service in ConstraintValidator
I'm writting my application using Spring MVC.
I want to validate is e-mail exists in database when user is registering. I've written my own annotation constraint named UniqueEmail.
My User entity User.java:
@Entity
@Table(name="users")
public class…
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Hibernate Validator and Jackson: Using the @JsonProperty value as the ConstraintViolation PropertyPath?
Say I have a simple POJO like below annotated with Jackson 2.1 and Hibernate Validator 4.3.1 annotations:
final public class Person {
@JsonProperty("nm")
@NotNull
final public String name;
public Person(String name) {
this.name =…
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Binding JAX-RS bean validation error messages to the view
We can easily validate a JAX-RS resource class field or method parameter using bean validation something like the following:
@Size(min = 18, max = 80, message = "Age must be between {min} and {max}.") String age;
What is the easiest way to bind the…
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Is any reason to put @NotNull annotation on @Id field in Java entity class
I found code in entity class:
@Id
@NotNull
@Column(name = "ID")
private Long id;
Is @NotNull annotation have value when @Id already set?
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