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Added by Rainer Hermanns, last edited by Don Brown on Nov 14, 2006  (view change)

This validator checks that a field is non-null.

Usage

The annotation must be applied at method level.

Parameters

Parameter Required Default Notes
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.

Examples

@RequiredFieldValidator(message = "Default message", key = "i18n.key", shortCircuit = true)