Validation is skipped when constraints are only in parent class

Question

I am using MOXy as JAXB provider along with Bean Validation.

I'm trying to validate a class where only parent fields are annotated with constraints.

I can see that MOXy is skipping validation for this class, probably it is not looking into the parent class.

Can you advise on how to overcome this?

Answer 1

I found a quick workaround. It is about creating dummy constraints which will always pass. Then you can put it on any class. and MOXy will turn on validation.

Dummy constraints:

@Target( {ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Constraint(validatedBy = PutItWhenYouDoNotHaveConstraintsButParentHas.Validator.class)
@Documented
public @interface  PutItWhenYouDoNotHaveConstraintsButParentHas {

    String message() default "{com.mycompany.constraints.checkcase}";
    Class<? extends Payload>[] payload() default {};
    Class<?>[] groups() default {};
    public static class Validator implements ConstraintValidator<PutItWhenYouDoNotHaveConstraintsButParentHas, Object>{

        @Override
        public void initialize(PutItWhenYouDoNotHaveConstraintsButParentHas constraintAnnotation) {

        }

        @Override
        public boolean isValid(Object value, ConstraintValidatorContext context) {
            return true;
        }
    }
}

Example usage:

public class IdoNotHaveConstraints extends ButMyParentHas{

    @PutItWhenYouDoNotHaveConstraintsButParentHas
    public IdoNotHaveConstraints (){

    }
}