In Spring MVC validation, Is it possible to show only one error message per field at a time?

Question

Example,

I have

@NotEmpty //tells you 'may not be empty' if the field is empty
@Length(min = 2, max = 35) //tells you 'length must be between 2 and 35' if the field is less than 2 or greater than 35
private String firstName;

Then I input an empty value.

It says, 'may not be empty length must be between 2 and 35'

Is it possible to tell spring to validate one at a time per field?

Answer 1

Yes it is possible. Just create your own annotation like this:

@Documented
@Constraint(validatedBy = {})
@Target({ ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE })
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@ReportAsSingleViolation
@NotEmpty
@Length(min = 2, max = 35)
public @interface MyAnnotation {

    public abstract String message() default "{mypropertykey}";

    public abstract Class<?>[] groups() default {};

    public abstract Class<?>[] payload() default {};
}

important part is the @ReportAsSingleViolation annotation