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Bean Validation Cheat Sheet
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Last revision (mm/dd/yy): 06/21/2016 Bean Validation IntroductionThis article is focused on providing clear, simple, actionable guidance for providing Java Bean Validation security functionality in your applications. Bean validation (JSR303 aka Bean Validation 1.0 /JSR349 aka Bean Validaiton 1.1) is one of the most common ways to perform input validation in Java. It is an application layer agnostic validation spec which provides the developer with the means to define a set of validation constraints on a domain model and then perform validation of those constraints through out the various application tiers. One advantage of this approach is that the validation constraints and the corresponding validators are only written once, thus reducing duplication of effort and ensuring uniformity: Typical Validation
Bean Validation
SetupThe examples in this guide use Hibernate Validator (the reference implementation for Bean Validation 1.1). Add Hibernate Validator to your pom.xml : <dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
<version>5.2.4.Final</version>
</dependency>
<beans:beans ... ... <mvc:annotation-driven /> ... </beans:beans> For more info, please see the setup guide
BasicsIn order to get started using Bean Validation, you must add validation constraints ( Constraints can be applied in several places:
For the sake of simplicity all the examples below feature field constraints and all validation is triggered by the controller. Refer to the Bean Validation documentation for a full list of examples. When it comes to error handling, the Hibernate Validator returns a
Pre-defined Constraints
@Pattern
Annotation: Data Type: CharSequence Use: Checks if the annotated string matches the regular expression regex considering the given flag match Model import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.Pattern
public class Article {
//Constraint: Alpha Numeric article titles only
//https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Validation_Regex_Repository for useful regex's
@Pattern(regexp = "[a-zA-Z0-9 ]")
private String articleTitle;
public String getArticleTitle() {
return articleTitle;
}
public void setArticleTitle(String articleTitle) {
this.articleTitle = articleTitle;
}
...
}
import javax.validation.Valid;
import com.company.app.model.Article;
@Controller
public class ArticleController {
...
@RequestMapping(value={"/postArticle", method={RequestMethod.POST})
public @ResponseBody String postArticle(@Valid Article article, BindingResult result, HttpServletResponse response){
if(result.hasErrors()){
String errorMessage = "";
response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
List<ObjectError> errors = result.getAllErrors();
for( ObjectError e : errors){
errorMessage+= "ERROR: " + e.getDefaultMessage();
}
return errorMessage;
}
else{
return "Validation Successful";
}
}
}
@Digits
Annotation: Data Type: BigDecimal, BigInteger, CharSequence, byte, short, int, long and the respective wrappers of the primitive types; Additionally supported by HV: any sub-type of Number Use: Checks whether the annotated value is a number having up to integer digits and fraction fractional digits Model import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.Digits
public class Customer {
//Constraint: Age can only be 3 digits long or less
@Digits(integer=3, fraction=0)
private int age;
public String getAge() {
return age;
}
public void setAge(String age) {
this.age = age;
}
...
}
import javax.validation.Valid;
import com.company.app.model.Customer;
@Controller
public class CustomerController {
...
@RequestMapping(value={"/registerCustomer", method={RequestMethod.POST})
public @ResponseBody String registerCustomer(@Valid Customer customer, BindingResult result, HttpServletResponse response){
if(result.hasErrors()){
String errorMessage = "";
response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
List<ObjectError> errors = result.getAllErrors();
for( ObjectError e : errors){
errorMessage+= "ERROR: " + e.getDefaultMessage();
}
return errorMessage;
}
else{
return "Validation Successful";
}
}
}
@Min / @Max
Annotation: Data Type: BigDecimal, BigInteger, byte, short, int, long and the respective wrappers of the primitive types; Additionally supported by HV: any sub-type of CharSequence (the numeric value represented by the character sequence is evaluated), any sub-type of Number Use: Checks whether the annotated value is higher/lower than or equal to the specified minimum Model import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.Min
import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.Max
public class Review {
//Constraint: Review rating must be between 1 and 5
@Min(1)
@Max(5)
private int reviewRating;
public int getReviewRating() {
return reviewRating;
}
public void setReviewRating(int reviewRating) {
this.reviewRating = reviewRating;
}
...
}
import javax.validation.Valid;
import com.company.app.model.ReviewRating;
@Controller
public class ReviewController {
...
@RequestMapping(value={"/postReview", method={RequestMethod.POST})
public @ResponseBody String postReview(@Valid Review review, BindingResult result, HttpServletResponse response){
if(result.hasErrors()){
String errorMessage = "";
response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
List<ObjectError> errors = result.getAllErrors();
for( ObjectError e : errors){
errorMessage+= "ERROR: " + e.getDefaultMessage();
}
return errorMessage;
}
else{
return "Validation Successful";
}
}
}
@Size
Annotation: Data Type: CharSequence, Collection, Map and arrays Use: Checks if the annotated element’s size is between min and max (inclusive) Model import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.Size
public class Message {
//Constraint: Message must be at least 10 characters long, but less than 500
@Size(min=10, max=500)
private String message;
public String getMessage() {
return message;
}
public void setMessage(String message) {
this.message = message;
}
...
}
import javax.validation.Valid;
import com.company.app.model.Message;
@Controller
public class MessageController {
...
@RequestMapping(value={"/sendMessage", method={RequestMethod.POST})
public @ResponseBody String sendMessage(@Valid Message message, BindingResult result, HttpServletResponse response){
if(result.hasErrors()){
String errorMessage = "";
response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
List<ObjectError> errors = result.getAllErrors();
for( ObjectError e : errors){
errorMessage+= "ERROR: " + e.getDefaultMessage();
}
return errorMessage;
}
else{
return "Validation Successful";
}
}
}
@Past / @Future
Annotation: Data Type: java.util.Date, java.util.Calendar, java.time.chrono.ChronoZonedDateTime, java.time.Instant, java.time.OffsetDateTime Use: Checks whether the annotated date is in the past / future Model import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.Past
import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.Future
public class DoctorVisit {
//Constraint: Birthdate must be in the past
@Past
private Date birthDate;
public Date getBirthDate() {
return birthDate;
}
public void setBirthDate(Date birthDate) {
this.birthDate = birthDate;
}
//Constraint: Schedule visit date must be in the future
@Future
private String scheduledVisitDate;
public String getScheduledVisitDate() {
return scheduledVisitDate;
}
public void setScheduledVisitDate(String scheduledVisitDate) {
this.scheduledVisitDate = scheduledVisitDate;
}
...
}
Controller import javax.validation.Valid;
import com.company.app.model.DoctorVisit;
@Controller
public class DoctorVisitController {
...
@RequestMapping(value={"/scheduleVisit", method={RequestMethod.POST})
public @ResponseBody String scheduleVisit(@Valid DoctorVisit doctorvisit, BindingResult result, HttpServletResponse response){
if(result.hasErrors()){
String errorMessage = "";
response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
List<ObjectError> errors = result.getAllErrors();
for( ObjectError e : errors){
errorMessage+= "ERROR: " + e.getDefaultMessage();
}
return errorMessage;
}
else{
return "Validation Successful";
}
}
}
Additional ConstraintsIn addition to providing the complete set of JSR303 constraints, Hibernate Validator also defines some additional constraints for convenience:
Custom ConstraintsOne of the most powerful features of bean validation is the ability to define your own constraints that go beyond the simple validation offered by built in constraints. Creating custom constraints is beyond the scope of this guide. Please see http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/validator/5.2/reference/en-US/html/ch06.html AuthorAnton Abashkin - abashkin.anton [at] gmail.com Other Cheatsheets |
