Hibernate-validator Groups with Spring MVC

Question

I\'m using hibernate-validator 4.3.1 and Spring MVC 3.2.3.

My application has a bean with the following properties and annotations (I\'ve removed most of them to mak

Answer 1

There is no more elegant way. Validating without specifying a group will validate the default groups. Hence you have to add it as described. The only other alternative is to explicitly validate all groups you are interested in via @Validated({GroupOne.class, GroupTwo.class}). I guess it is a matter of taste what you prefer.

Answer 2

You can use @Valid:

public ModelAndView myMethod(@ModelAttribute @Valid MyDto myDto, BindingResult result){

  if(result.hasErrors()){
    ....
}

Answer 3

if you extend your Group Interface with Default, it should take care of itself.

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public interface Group1 extends Default {}