Package de.knightsoftnet.validators.shared

Annotation Type NotEmptyIfOtherHasValue

@Documented
@Constraint(validatedBy=NotEmptyIfOtherHasValueValidator.class)
@Target({TYPE,ANNOTATION_TYPE})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface NotEmptyIfOtherHasValue

The annotated bean must contain at least two properties:

• a field that has to be checked (option field)
• a field which entry is compared against a value (option fieldCompare and valueCompare)

if the entry of fieldCompare matches valueCompare, field must not be empty (null or "").
Supported types are beans, null elements are considered valid.

Author:

Manfred Tremmel

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static @interface	NotEmptyIfOtherHasValue.List	Defines several @MustBeFilledIfOtherHasValue annotations on the same element.

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element	Description
String	field	field name to check.
String	fieldCompare	field name to compare.
String[]	valueCompare	value to compare with field name to compare.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
Class<?>[]	groups	groups to use.
String	message	localized message.
Class<? extends jakarta.validation.Payload>[]	payload	payload whatever.

Element Details

field

String field

field name to check.

Returns:

field/path contains value to check

fieldCompare

String fieldCompare

field name to compare.

Returns:

field/path contains value to compare

valueCompare

String[] valueCompare

value to compare with field name to compare.

Returns:

compare value

message

String message

localized message.

Returns:

localized validation message

Default:

"{de.knightsoftnet.validators.shared.NotEmptyIfOtherHasValue.message}"

groups

Class<?>[] groups

groups to use.

Returns:

array of validation groups

Default:

{}

payload

Class<? extends jakarta.validation.Payload>[] payload

payload whatever.

Returns:

payload class

Default:

{}