Spring MVC Web Validation: Validate Request Model and Not Response

[emmitt1219]

I have registered a validator by doing a @InitBinder. Here is my controller code snippet:

	@InitBinder
	public void initBinder(WebDataBinder binder) {
		binder.setValidator(new ArchiveReportRequestFormValidator());
	}

	@RequestMapping(value = "/reports/preciseid/v2/archives", method = RequestMethod.GET, headers = "Accept=application/xml")
	public FraudArchiveReport getArchiveReportsV2(
			final HttpServletRequest request,
			@Validated ArchiveReportRequestForm requestForm)
			throws ApplicationException {
		appLogHandler
				.logInformational("RESTfulPreciseIDV1WebserviceController.getArchiveReportsV2() is invoked at "
						+ new Date() + ".");
		appLogHandler.logInformational("RequestForm: " + requestForm);
		FraudArchiveReport report = createPIDArchiveReport();
		request.setAttribute("Archive Report", report);
		appLogHandler
				.logInformational("RESTfulPreciseIDV1WebserviceController.getArchiveReportsV2() is invoked at "
						+ new Date() + ".");
		return report;
	}

Now Spring is validating my incoming request model, ArchiveReportRequestForm, just fine. However, it seems to attempt to validate my outgoing response model, FraudArchiveReport, as well, and that is not a desired behavior. Is there a way to validate only the incoming request and not the outgoing response when I bind my own custom validator?