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PostedonMay28,2013bySteveHanson19Comments
Thistutorialwithfullsourcecodewillshowhowtovalidatea
formsubmissioninSpringMVCusingJSR303annotations.
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explainthebasicsofsettingupvalidationwithSpringMVC.
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SpringMVC
Prerequisites:
Custom
Youshouldhaveabasicunderstandingofhowtosubmit
Validation
[Link]
Annotations
SpringMVCbasics,followsomeofmyotherSpringtutorials
SpringMVC
first.
FormValidation
with
[Link],wefirstneedacoupleJARsin
Annotations
[Link]
Tutorial
ValidatorimplementationJARs:.
SpringMVC
EasyREST
Gradle:
BasedJSON
compile'[Link]:validationapi:[Link]'
Serviceswith
compile'[Link]:hibernatevalidator:[Link]'
@ResponseBody
Oneofthemostcommonelementsofwebapplicationsis
[Link]
yoursystem,[Link]
attacks,baddata,[Link]
[Link]
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Or,ifyoureusingMaven:
<dependency>
<groupId>[Link]</groupId>
<artifactId>validationapi</artifactId>
<version>[Link]</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>[Link]</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernatevalidator</artifactId>
<version>[Link]</version>
</dependency>
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ajaxasciidocbuildtool
gradle
hibernatevalidator jackson
java
jodatime
jsr303markdown
Next,makesureyouactivateSpring`annotationdriven`:
mavenREST servlet
springspringjavaconfig
JavaConfiguration:
springmvc
@Configuration
@EnableWebMVC//thisdoesthetrick
@ComponentScan(basePackages="[Link]")
publicclassWebConfig{
//beanshere
}
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validationweb
XMLConfiguration:
<mvc:annotationdriven/>
Now,weannotateourmodelobjectwiththeconstraintswe
willbevalidating:
publicclassSubscriber{
@Size(min=2,max=30)
privateStringname;
@NotEmpty@Email
privateStringemail;
@NotNull@Min(13)@Max(110)
privateIntegerage;
@Size(min=10)
privateStringphone;
@NotNull
privateGendergender;
@DateTimeFormat(pattern="MM/dd/yyyy")
@NotNull@Past
privateDatebirthday;
...
}
AllofthevalidationsusedabovearepartoftheJSR303
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Almostthere!Now,letstellourcontrollertovalidatethe
forminthesubmissionhandlermethod:
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publicclassFormController{
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@RequestMapping(value="form",method=[Link])
publicStringsubmitForm(@ValidSubscribersubscriber,BindingResultresult,Model
if([Link]()){
return"formPage";
}
[Link]("message","Successfullysavedperson:"
return"formPage";
}
}
Simplyadding`@Valid`tellsSpringtovalidatethe
[Link]!Noticewealsoadda
[Link]
theresultofthevalidationandbindingandcontainserrors
[Link]
afterthemodelobjectthatisvalidatedorelseSpringwillfail
tovalidatetheobjectandthrowanexception.
WhenSpringsees@Valid,ittriestofindthevalidatorfor
[Link]
validationannotationsifyouhaveannotationdriven
[Link]
errorsintheBindingResultandaddstheBindingResultto
theviewmodel.
Now,ourview:
<form:formaction="/form"modelattribute="subscriber"
<labelfor="nameInput">Name:</label>
<form:inputpath="name"id="nameInput"></form:input
<form:errorspath="name"cssclass="error"></form:errors
<br/>
<labelfor="ageInput">Age:</label>
<form:inputpath="age"id="ageInput"></form:input
<form:errorspath="age"cssclass="error"></form:errors
<br/>
<labelfor="phoneInput">Phone:</label>
<form:inputpath="phone"id="phoneInput"></form:input
<form:errorspath="phone"cssclass="error"></form:errors
<br/>
<labelfor="emailInput">Email:</label>
<form:inputpath="email"id="emailInput"></form:input
<form:errorspath="email"cssclass="error"></form:errors
<br/>
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<br/>
<labelfor="birthdayInput">Birthday:</label>
<form:inputpath="birthday"id="birthdayInput"
<form:errorspath="birthday"cssclass="error"></
<br/>
<labelfor="genderOptions">Gender:</label>
<form:selectpath="gender"id="genderOptions">
<form:optionvalue="">SelectGender</form:option
<form:optionvalue="MALE">Male</form:option
<form:optionvalue="FEMALE">Female</form:option
</form:select>
<form:errorspath="gender"cssclass="error"></
<br/>
<labelfor="newsletterCheckbox">Newsletter?</
<form:checkboxpath="receiveNewsletter"id="newsletterCheckbox"
<form:errorspath="receiveNewsletter"cssclass
<br/><br/>
<inputtype="submit"value="Submit"/>
</form:input></form:form>
Theform:errorstagoutputserrorsassociatedwiththe
specifiedpath.
Now,ifwefireupourappandsubmittheformblank,we
see:
Theformalsocorrectlyvalidatesthattheemailaddressisa
validformat,ageisbetween13and110,thephonenumber
isatleast10characterslongandbirthdayisinthepast.
[Link]!Howcanwe
customizethem?Theeasiest(thoughnotbest)wayisto
usetheannotationsmessageproperty,likeso:
@Size(min=10,message="Phonenumbermustbeatleast10characters"
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@Size(min=10,message="Phonenumbermustbeatleast10characters"
Thisisnice,[Link],
dowereallywantourmessagesinourJavaobjects?
Fortunately,wecaneasilyoverridethedefaultmessagesin
[Link],firstsetupamessage
bundle:
JavaConfig:
@Bean
publicMessageSourcemessageSource(){
ResourceBundleMessageSourcemessageSource=new
[Link]("messages");
returnmessageSource;
}
XMLConfig:
<beanid="messageSource"class="[Link]
<propertyname="basename"value="messages"/>
</bean>
Now,[Link]
src/main/[Link],wecanoverridethedefaulterror
[Link]
pattern:
{ValidationClass}.{modelObjectName}.{field}
Forexample,iftheagefieldofoursubscribermodelobject
failstheNotNullvalidation,[Link]
[Link],
[Link],ifnot
found,[Link]
isntfound,thedefaultmessage(whatwesawabove)would
[Link],letsdefineour
errormessages:
Size=the{0}fieldmustbebetween{2}and{1}characterslong
[Link]=Namemustbebetween{2}and{1}characters
[Link]=Phonemustbeatleast{2}characters
[Link]=Youmustbeolderthan{1}
[Link]=Sorry,youhavetobeyoungerthan{1}
Email=Emailaddressnotvalid
Past=Datemustbeinthepast
NotEmpty=Fieldcannotbeleftblank
NotNull=Fieldcannotbeleftblank
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typeMismatch=Invalidformat
[Link]=Invalidformat
Noticetheuseof{0},{1},[Link]
[Link],ifwerunourvalidations,
weshouldseenicermessages:
BeforeIsignout,quickusabilitynotethatisoutsidethe
scopeofthistutorial:usefrontendvalidationsalso!
Usersexpecttheconvenienceofimmediatelyknowingif
thereisanerror,sogoaheadandduplicatesomelogicon
thefrontend.
[Link]
creatingcustomvalidationannotationstoseehowtoeasily
createvalidationannotationstofityournotsocookiecutter
[Link]
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commentsbelow.
FullSource:ZIP,GitHub
Torunthecodefromthistutorial:MusthaveGradle
[Link].
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avatar42 3yearsago
Toproperlyusecustomerrormessagesyouwill
wantusetheannotationlike:
@Size(min=10,message="
{[Link]}")
Thebracketssurroundingthekeyarerequiredto
makeitworkwhichIfoundunclearinmostofthe
[Link]
tolinkyourmessagesourcetothevalidatorlike
so:
<beanid=validator
class=[Link]>
<propertyname=validationMessageSource
ref=messageSource/>
</bean>
<mvc:annotationdrivenvalidator=validator/>
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VikasGs 2yearsago
HiSteve,Nicepost!!
Itriedtofollowthestepsshowninyourexample,
buttheformvalidationjustdoesnothappen!
Thevalue"[Link]()"isseenasfalse.
Anysuggestions?
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sinak1 3yearsago
Igetmultipleerrorsforthevalidationpart.
ThefirstoneisforIntegervalidationfor"age"
[Link]:
"[Link]:
HV000030:Novalidatorcouldbefoundfortype:
[Link]....."
I'vemadesureageisoftypeIntegerandnotint.
thesecondoneIgetisforDatevalidation:
"[Link]
[Link]"
nestedexceptionis
[Link]:
[Link]
type"
Anysolutionsforthese?CouldIpossiblyhave
missedsomething?
Ialsonoticedwhenrunningtheapponbuiltin
jettyenginetheHibernatevalidationlibrarywould
[Link]
[Link]
"dependencies"section:
compile'org.slf4j:slf4japi:1.6.4'
thanks!
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SharadPawar>sinak1
8monthsago
[Link]
<dependency>
<groupid>[Link]</groupid>
[Link]
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<groupid>[Link]</groupid>
<artifactid>validationapi</artifactid>
<version>[Link]</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupid>[Link]</groupid>
<artifactid>hibernatevalidator</artifactid>
<version>[Link]</version>
</dependency>
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elnibs 3yearsago
JustatypogroupIdandartifactId(uppercase),
thxforthegreattutorials
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SteveHanson
3yearsago
Mod >elnibs
[Link]@elnibs,gladyouare
enjoyingthem!
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Orionix 3yearsago
Awesomeexplanation!
Itisreallyhelpful.
Itisalsowouldbegreatideaifthecustom
[Link]
birthDateshouldn'tbelessthancertaindate,say
nolessthanyearof1900.
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SteveHanson
3yearsago
Mod >Orionix
Gladitwashelpfultoyou!I'vealmost
finishedapostoncustomvalidation
[Link]
[Link]
anyotherpostsyouwouldliketoseeon
here.
EDIT7/9/13:
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EDIT7/9/13:
Customvalidationtutorialnowavailable:
[Link]
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SharadPawar 8monthsago
FacingErroratGendermembervariableinmodel
class
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AlabamaMothman ayearago
Isthereanywaytoputthe(forexample)@size
minandmaxinaconfigbean?
(PosteditIt'sweirdthetextdoesntappearasIve
typedit)...
Forexample:(
<beanid="size"
class="[Link]"property=""
name="min"value="18"property=""name="max"
value="150"/>
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Sasha ayearago
whydoweneedbothhibernatevalidatorand
javaxvalidator?
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[Link] 2yearsago
Greattutorial,veryhelpful!Iparticularlylikethat
you'veincludedbothJavaConfigandXMLconfig
IuseJavaConfigexclusivelyandsomanysites
provideonlytheXMLconfig.
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Arun 2yearsago
Howcanivalidateafieldwhichcanbeemptyorif
givenpropervalue(likeemailormobilenumber)
howtogowiththat
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GuidoCelada 2yearsago
checkthecaseinmodelAttributeforform:form
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DiogoMiranda 2yearsago
GreatexplanationSteve,isitpossiblevalidatea
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GreatexplanationSteve,isitpossiblevalidatea
Calendarattribute?
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Guest 3yearsago
Ihavedonewhatyousaid,speciallyI'musing
@Emailannotation,butwhenIsubmittheformI
getanexceptionfromhibernate
Listofconstraintviolations:[
ConstraintViolationImpl{interpolatedMessage='not
awellformedemailaddress',
propertyPath=correo,rootBeanClass=class
[Link],
messageTemplate='{[Link]}'}
]]
anyclue?
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