Annotations from javax.validation.constraints not working

Question

What configuration is needed to use annotations from javax.validation.constraints like @Size, @NotNull, etc.? Here\'s my code:

Answer 1

in my case i had a custom class-level constraint that was not being called.

@CustomValidation // not called
public class MyClass {
    @Lob
    @Column(nullable = false)
    private String name;
}

as soon as i added a field-level constraint to my class, either custom or standard, the class-level constraint started working.

@CustomValidation // now it works. super.
public class MyClass {
    @Lob
    @Column(nullable = false)
    @NotBlank // adding this made @CustomValidation start working
    private String name;
}

seems like buggy behavior to me but easy enough to work around i guess