Validation of a list of objects in Spring

Question

I have the following controller method:

@RequestMapping(value=\"/map/update\", method=RequestMethod.POST, produces = \"application/json; charset=utf-8\")
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Answer 1

I would suggest to wrap your List categories into some DTO bean and validate it. Beside of working validation you will benefit from more flexible API.

@RequestMapping(value="/map/update", method=RequestMethod.POST, produces = "application/json; charset=utf-8")
@ResponseBody
public ResponseEntityWrapper updateMapTheme(
    HttpServletRequest request, 
    @RequestBody @Valid TagRequest tagRequest,
    HttpServletResponse response
    ) throws ResourceNotFoundException, AuthorizationException {
...
}

public static class TagRequest {
    @Valid
    List categories;    
    // Gettes setters
}