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javajpaeclipselinkbean-validation

JPA Embedded and BeanValidation

@Entity    
public class Foo {

    [...]

    @Valid
    @Embedded
    private Poo poo;
}

@Embeddable
public class Poo {

    @NotNull
    private Double value;

    @NotNull
    private Double value2;

    [...]
}

I need to save the class Poo as null in the database and consequently any attribute that already exists in the table is converted to null. It's possible?

The only way I could do it was to remove @NotNull from the attributes and set each attribute itself to null.

Solution

  • Just had the same problem and I solved it by adding an Annotation like @NotNull just underneath the annotation @Valid

        @Entity    
public class Foo {

    [...]

    @Valid
    @Embedded
    @NotNull
    private Poo poo;
}

@Embeddable
public class Poo {

    @NotNull
    private Double value;

    @NotNull
    private Double value2;

    [...]
}