<vld:annotation-based-validator id="validator"/>

[spgmx]

Hi,

I want to use bean validation framework 0.8 with the annotation driven configuration:
<vld:annotation-based-validator id="validator"/>

First - there seems to be a dependency to javax.servlet.ServletContext:

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationExce ption: Error creating bean with name '__handler_registry_validator': Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/ServletContext

Why that?

And:

Validation takes not place

Do I have to do anything more than adding <vld:annotation-based-validator id="validator"/> the my applicationContext.xml annd annotating my class?

Thx.

[spgmx]

OK, it seems that BeanValidation was designed for web apps and mvc-validation. Therefore the dependency to Servlets.

This is, how it works:

xml:
<vld:annotation-based-validator id="validator"/>

java:
	Foo f  = new Foo();
	f.setBar("Bla"); //bar has an @Email-Annotation
	Validator v = (Validator)applicationContext.getBean("validator");
	BindException e = new BindException(f, "foo");
	v.validate(f, e);

[spgmx]

Another thing:

the validator stops after the first error for a single property, e.g.:

@Email
@Length(min=10)
private String foo;

If the foo is not a valid email, the length is not validated.

Can it be configured that all annotations are processed?