jsr349

I have a class: @ColumnNameUnique(groups = CreateTableChecks.class) public class Table { @Valid @NotEmpty(groups = CreateTableChecks.class) private List<Measure> measures; } The class level constraint @ColumnNameUnique(groups = CreateTableChecks.class) always runs first, after that the field level constraint @NotEmpty(groups = CreateTableChecks.class) runs. Is there anyway to force the the field level constraint @NotEmpty(groups = CreateTableChecks.class) runs first? You need to use @GroupSequence and re-define the default group sequence . Without this the validation order within a group is