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How can I set a bean validation constraint that a List should at minimum contain 1 and at maximum contain 10 elements?

None of the following works:

@Min(1)
@Max(10)
@Size(min=1, max=10)
private List<String> list;
membersound
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    For me, @Size works perfectly. Can you show us code where you validating it? Did you use import javax.validation.constraints.Size? – ByeBye May 22 '17 at 09:14

2 Answers2

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I created simple class:

public class Mock {

    @Size(min=1, max=3)
    private List<String> strings;

    public List<String> getStrings() {
        return strings;
    }

    public void set(List<String> strings) {
        this.strings = strings;
    }

}

And test:

Mock mock = new Mock();
mock.setStrings(Collections.emptyList());
final Set<ConstraintViolation<Mock>> violations1 = Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory().getValidator().validate(mock);
assertFalse(violations1.isEmpty());

mock.setStrings(Arrays.asList("A", "B", "C", "D"));
final Set<ConstraintViolation<Mock>> violations2 = Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory().getValidator().validate(mock);
assertFalse(violations2.isEmpty());

It seems that @Size annotation is working well. It comes from javax.validation.constraints.Size

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    Got it: I'm using `spring-mvc`, and the validation is only applied on the `List` if the list is defined at all in the input parameters (I just left out the list in my request, because I set min=1). Solution is to use `@NotNull` `@Size` in conjunction if the list should always exist and have at least a single item. – membersound May 22 '17 at 09:36
  • @SledgeHammer can you open another question and put some code that is not working to check it? – ByeBye Nov 15 '19 at 14:07
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You can use @NotEmpty to check for empty list. This make sure there is at least one item in list.

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