How to test validation annotations of a class using JUnit?

Question

I need to test the validation annotations but it looks like they do not work. I am not sure if the JUnit is also correct. Currently, the test will be passed but as you can s

Answer 1

such as:

public class Test {
    @Autowired
    private Validator validator;
    public void testContactSuccess() {
        Contact contact = new Contact();
        contact.setEmail("Jackyahoo.com");
        contact.setName("Jack");
        System.err.println(contact);
        Set> violations = validator.validate(contact);
        assertTrue(violations.isEmpty());
    }
}

and you also need add bean autowired in your context.xml, such as: