Javax validation api. Add a field from the parent bean to the validation message

Hibernate Validator
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Hi!

I have a question about the javax validation api, specifically, is it possible to generate a validation message of the following format.

For example, there are classes with a nested structure: Model, Attribute, and Value:

public class Model { @NotBlank private String id; @NotBlank private String name; @Size(min = 1) private List<Attribute> attributes; } public class Attribute { @NotBlank private String id; @NotBlank private String name; @Size(min = 1) private List<Value> values; } public class Value { @NotBlank private String id; @NotBlank private String name; }

After calling the validation of the model object:

validator.validate(modelObject)

i want to generate validation errors that would contain the object IDs of each of the levels, for example:

M[model_id] A[attribute_id] V [value_id] Value error message M[model_id] A[attribute_id] Open attribute error message M[model_id] A[attribute_id] Private attribute error message M[model_id] A[attribute_id] Attribute error message M[model_id] Model error message

Is it possible to do something similar?

For business users, this is more readable compared to the default output of the path ’ attributes[0].values[0].names’.

I will be grateful for any help!

Note: i found it in the org.hibernate class.validator.internal.engine.validationcontext. Abstract ValidationContext the processedPathsPerBean field that stores the Path and Bean mapping, but this context is not accessible from the outside ((

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I found a solution using the “Extensions of the Path”

 public String createErrorMessageFrom(ConstraintViolation<E> violation) { Path path = violation.getPropertyPath(); StringBuilder targetErrorMessage = new StringBuilder(); String fieldWithInvalidValue = null; if (isRoot(path)) { fieldWithInvalidValue = path.toString(); } else { for (Iterator<Path.Node> iterator = violation.getPropertyPath().iterator(); iterator.hasNext(); ) { Path.Node nextPathNode = iterator.next(); fieldWithInvalidValue = nextPathNode.toString(); if (iterator.hasNext()) { NamedEntityDto dto = (NamedEntityDto) nextPathNode.as(PropertyNode.class).getValue(); targetErrorMessage .append(getDtoPrefixForMessage(dto)); } } } targetErrorMessage.append(String.format("The field '%s' %s", fieldWithInvalidValue, violation.getMessage())); return targetErrorMessage.toString(); }