JSR-303 validation groups define a default group

Question

I have a bean that has a lot of fields annotated with JSR-303 validation annotations. There is a new requirement now that one of the fields is mandatory, but only in certain

Answer 1

There is a Default group in javax.validation.groups.Default, which represents the default Bean Validation group. Unless a list of groups is explicitly defined:

• constraints belong to the Default group
• validation applies to the Default group

You could extends this group:

public interface ValidatedOnCreationOnly extends Default {}