Cross field validation with Hibernate Validator (JSR 303)

Question

Is there an implementation of (or third-party implementation for) cross field validation in Hibernate Validator 4.x? If not, what is the cleanest way to implement a cross fi

Answer 1

If you’re using the Spring Framework then you can use the Spring Expression Language (SpEL) for that. I’ve wrote a small library that provides JSR-303 validator based on SpEL – it makes cross-field validations a breeze! Take a look at https://github.com/jirutka/validator-spring.

This will validate length and equality of the password fields.

@SpELAssert(value = "pass.equals(passVerify)",
            message = "{validator.passwords_not_same}")
public class MyBean {

    @Size(min = 6, max = 50)
    private String pass;

    private String passVerify;
}

You can also easily modify this to validate the password fields only when not both empty.

@SpELAssert(value = "pass.equals(passVerify)",
            applyIf = "pass || passVerify",
            message = "{validator.passwords_not_same}")
public class MyBean {

    @Size(min = 6, max = 50)
    private String pass;

    private String passVerify;
}