Apache Struts 2 Documentation > Home > Guides > Core Developers Guide > Annotations > RequiredStringValidator Annotation |
This validator checks that a String field is not empty (i.e. non-null with a length > 0).
The annotation must be applied at method level.
Parameter | Required | Default | Notes |
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message | yes | field error message | |
key | no | i18n key from language specific properties file. | |
fieldName | no | ||
shortCircuit | no | false | If this validator should be used as shortCircuit. |
type | yes | ValidatorType.FIELD | Enum value from ValidatorType. Either FIELD or SIMPLE can be used here. |
trim | no | true | Boolean property. Determines whether the String is trimmed before performing the length check. |
@RequiredStringValidator(message = "Default message", key = "i18n.key", shortCircuit = true, trim = true)