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The document discusses validation in Spring Boot applications using Hibernate Validator. It explains the basics of bean validation and important validation annotations. It also outlines the steps to enable validation on REST controllers and customize validation responses.

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Class Notes - Validation in Spring Boot With Hibernate Validator

The document discusses validation in Spring Boot applications using Hibernate Validator. It explains the basics of bean validation and important validation annotations. It also outlines the steps to enable validation on REST controllers and customize validation responses.

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Validation in Spring Boot

with Hibernate Validator


By Ramesh Fadatare ( Java Guides)

By Ramesh Fadatare ( Java Guides)


By Ramesh Fadatare ( Java Guides)
Java Bean Validation Basics
• We validate a Java bean with the standard framework — JSR 380, also
known as Bean Validation 2.0.
• Validating user input is a super common requirement in most
applications. And the Java Bean Validation framework has become the
de facto standard for handling this kind of logic.
• JSR 380 is a specification of the Java API for bean validation and this
ensures that the properties of a bean meet specific criteria, using
annotations such as @NotNull, @Min, and @Max.
• Hibernate Validator is the reference implementation of the validation
API.
Important Bean Validation annotations
• @NotNull validates that the annotated property value is not null.
• @Size validates that the annotated property value has a size between the attributes
min and max; can be applied to String, Collection, Map, and array properties.
• @Min validates that the annotated property has a value no smaller than the value
attribute.
• @Max validates that the annotated property has a value no larger than the value
attribute.
• @Email validates that the annotated property is a valid email address.
• @NotEmpty validates that the property is not null or empty; can be applied to String,
Collection, Map or Array values.
• @NotBlank can be applied only to text values and validates that the property is not
null or whitespace.
Validation in Spring Boot
• Spring boot provides good integration support with Hibernate validator
• We will use Hibernate Validator, which is one of the reference
implementations of the bean validation API
• Starting with Boot 2.3, we need to explicitly add the spring-boot-
starter-validation dependency:

<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
</dependency>
Development Process
1. Add maven dependency: <dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
</dependency>

2. Apply validation annotations to a PostDto bean. For example, @NotNull, @NotBlank,


and @Size annotations etc.
3. Enable validation on Spring Rest Controller by adding @Valid annotation in addition
to @RequestBody
4. To customize response validation we need to extend
ResponseEntityExceptionHandler class and override
handleMethodArgumentNotValid(MethodArgumentNotValidException ex,
HttpHeaders headers, HttpStatus status, WebRequest request) method.

By Ramesh Fadatare ( Java Guides)

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