Different Hibernate validation annotations on same property

Question

I am using two validation annotations on a property in the bean:

@NotEmpty(message = "{name.required}")
@Pattern(regex = "^([A-Za-z0-9]{2,}(\\-[a-zA-Z0-9])?)$", message = "{invalid.name}")
private String name;

If i left the name empty, I got the two errors but I want only the first error message (if the first condition occurs show its error message then skip the second condition).

Answer 1

if the first condition occurs show its error message then skip the second condition

This can be done by creating Composite Constraint and annotating it with @ReportAsSingleViolation meta constraint.

UserName.java

@ReportAsSingleViolation
@NotEmpty
@Pattern(regexp="^([A-Za-z0-9]{2,}(\\-[a-zA-Z0-9])?)$")
@Constraint(validatedBy = {})
public @interface UserName {
    String message() default "invalid userName!";
    Class<?>[] groups() default {};
    Class<? extends Payload>[] payload() default {};
}

Reference 3.2. Constraint composition