Spring annotations @ModelAttribute and @Valid

Question

What are the advantages of using @ModelAttribute and @Valid?

Which are the differences?

Is it possible to use them together?

Answer 1

please check the below part fro spring reference documentation:

In addition to data binding you can also invoke validation using your own custom validator passing the same BindingResult that was used to record data binding errors. That allows for data binding and validation errors to be accumulated in one place and subsequently reported back to the user:

@RequestMapping(value="/owners/{ownerId}/pets/{petId}/edit", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public String processSubmit(@ModelAttribute("pet") Pet pet, BindingResult result) {
    new PetValidator().validate(pet, result);
    if (result.hasErrors()) {
    return "petForm";
    }

    // ...
}

Or you can have validation invoked automatically by adding the JSR-303 @Valid annotation:

@RequestMapping(value="/owners/{ownerId}/pets/{petId}/edit", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public String processSubmit(@Valid @ModelAttribute("pet") Pet pet, BindingResult result)             {
    if (result.hasErrors()) {
        return "petForm";
    }

    // ...

}