Package de.knightsoftnet.validators.shared

Annotation Type PostalCode

@Documented
@Constraint(validatedBy=PostalCodeValidator.class)
@Target({TYPE,ANNOTATION_TYPE})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface PostalCode

The annotated bean must contain two properties:

• country code (option fieldCountryCode)
• postal code/zip (option fieldPostalCode)

The postal code is checked against country specific rules for validity.
Supported types are beans, null elements are considered valid.
If allowLowerCaseCountryCode is set to true, lower case country codes are accepted.

Author:

Manfred Tremmel

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
boolean	allowLowerCaseCountryCode	are lower case country codes allowed (true/false).
String	fieldCountryCode	field name of the country code field.
String	fieldPostalCode	field name of the postal code (zip) field.
Class<?>[]	groups	groups to use.
String	message	localized message.
Class<? extends javax.validation.Payload>[]	payload	payload whatever.

Element Detail

message

String message

localized message.

Returns:

localized validation message

Default:

"{de.knightsoftnet.validators.shared.PostalCode.message}"

groups

Class<?>[] groups

groups to use.

Returns:

array of validation groups

Default:

{}

payload

Class<? extends javax.validation.Payload>[] payload

payload whatever.

Returns:

payload class

Default:

{}

fieldCountryCode

String fieldCountryCode

field name of the country code field.

Returns:

field/path contains country code

Default:

"countryCode"

allowLowerCaseCountryCode

boolean allowLowerCaseCountryCode

are lower case country codes allowed (true/false).

Returns:

true if lower case country code is allowed

Default:

false

fieldPostalCode

String fieldPostalCode

field name of the postal code (zip) field.

Returns:

field/path contains vat postal code

Default:

"postalCode"