Java Spring Boot Validation Messages not working

Question

I am trying to learn Spring Boot.

Control Object partial code:

import javax.validation.constraints.NotBlank;
import javax.validation.constraints.Size;

public class WatchlistItem {

@NotBlank(message="Please enter the title")
private String Title;
private String Rating;
private String Priority;

@Size(max=50, message="Comment should be maximum of 50 characters")
private String Comment;
private Integer ID;

Controller partial code:

@PostMapping("/watchlistItemForm")
    public ModelAndView getWatchlistItem(@Valid WatchlistItem watchlistItem,    BindingResult bindingResult) {

if(bindingResult.hasErrors()) {
            return new ModelAndView("watchlistItemForm");
        }
        
        WatchlistItem exisiting = findWatchlistItem(watchlistItem.getID());
        
        if (exisiting == null) {
            watchlistItem.setID(index++);
            watchlistItems.add(watchlistItem);
            
        }else {
            //if it is existing then it changes the attributes.
            
        }
        
                    
        RedirectView view = new RedirectView();
        
        view.setUrl("/watchlist");
        
        return new ModelAndView(view);

Html partial Code:

<div class = "col-sm-4">
                  <input th:field="*{title}" type = "text" class = "form-control" placeholder = "Mandatory">
               </div>
               <div class="col-sm-4">
                    <span class="text-danger" th:errors="*{title}"> </span>      
                </div>
            </div>

The form works fine, the form does not accept incomplete information. But the error messages are not displayed. Please advice.

Show your code in controller. You must push error(s) from Controller to View. — Vy Do
– Vy Do, Commented Nov 25, 2021 at 4:18

coolexplorer · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-25 06:46:22Z

1

If you do not use custom validation message, try to put this the application.properties.

server.error.include-message=always
server.error.include-binding-errors=always

Or, If you'd like to add your custom validation message, add a configurations for message and validator.

@Configuration
public class MessageConfig {
    private static final String MESSAGE_SOURCE_PATH = "classpath:/message";

    @Bean
    public MessageSource messageSource() {
        ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource messageSource = new ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource();
        messageSource.setBasename(MESSAGE_SOURCE_PATH);
        messageSource.setDefaultEncoding("UTF-8");

        return messageSource;
    }
}

@Configuration
public class ValidationConfig {
    private final MessageSource validationMessageSource;

    @Bean
    public LocalValidatorFactoryBean getValidator() {
        LocalValidatorFactoryBean bean = new LocalValidatorFactoryBean();
        bean.setValidationMessageSource(validationMessageSource);

        return bean;
    }
}

Then, adding the messages you want in the message path. message.properties (under resources folder)

validation.title.empty= Please enter the title

Custom validation message usage

@NotBlank(message="{validation.title.empty}")
private String Title;

This is basic setting for the custom validation. Hope you resolve your issue.

answered Nov 25, 2021 at 6:46

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