Hi I have this contrived controller:
@Model
@FieldMatch(first = "username", second = "usernameAgain", message = "The email fields must match")
public class HelloController implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = -8187960089787583270L;
private String username;
private String usernameAgain;
private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HelloController.class.getName());
// final static ValidatorFactory factory = Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory();
// private static Validator validator = factory.getValidator();
public String login() {
// final Set<ConstraintViolation<HelloController>> violations = validator.validate(this);
// LOG.info(violations.toString());
final boolean valid = isValid();
LOG.info("{VALID: " + valid + "},{USERNAME: " + username + "}, {USERNAMEAGAIN: " + usernameAgain + "}");
return null;
}
@AssertTrue(message = "NO VALID")
private boolean isValid() {
return username.equals(usernameAgain);
}
In looking for a proper way to validate fields are equal, I started researching jsf validation, which led me to hibernate's implementation. I also came across this gem: Cross field validation with Hibernate Validator (JSR 303)
So if I put @NotNull/@Size/etc... on username and usernameAgain that validation works.
However when I "login()" neither the FieldMatch or the isValid() (see above stack question as to why I thought that would work, though I couldn't find it in the documentation) seem to fire. (logging, debugging) If i force isValid() that doesn't throw an error either.
If i manually run
validator.validate(this);
then i seem to get the desired affect.
The unit tests I wrote initially all seem to work, but again in those I'm manually running Hibernates Validator on it as I thought it implemented the same bean validation JSF does during its validation?
It seems either there is a disconnect in my mind about what kind of validations are going on between standard BeanValidation and JSF Validation, or i have something wrong in my setup. Of course there is the third option, i'm totally clueless.
Thanks in advance.
