I have Category Entity with two custom validation annotations @FieldMatch and @CategoryExists. This is the code:
@Entity
@Table(name = "Category")
@FieldMatch(first = "defaultSrcLanguage", second =
"defaultTargetLanguage", message = "Languages must be different")
@CategoryExists(category="name", message="Category already exists")
public class Category {
@Id
@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
private int id;
@Size(min=2, message="Enter at least 2 characters...")
@Column(name = "name")
private String name;
@OneToOne
@NotNull
private Language defaultSrcLanguage;
@OneToOne
@NotNull
private Language defaultTargetLanguage;
private String defaultTargetSide;
private int defaultCountdownDuration;
// getters and setters
@CategoryExists checks whether category, with provided name, already exists in database. If exists, the error message is displayed: "Category already exists". It's desired during creating new category. But during updating category i.e. "Test5" I don't want always to change category name, but other fields such as defaultSrcLanguage. Btw, I will receive same error message "Category already exists". It's possible to disable annotation @CategoryExist for updating? Maybe other solution?
