Hi, I've the current problem.

This is the entity I'm working on.


[code]
public class InventoryOrder extends BasicEntity {

private Date date;

private DepartmentGroup departmentGroup;

[b]
@InventoryOrderDepartment
private Department department;
[/b]

private Boolean partialInventory;

private Boolean detailedInventory;

private Kind kind;

private Group group;

private Set<Center> centers;

private Date preliminarBalanceDeadLine;

private Date finalBalanceDeadLine;

private Integer daysBeforeStartWarning = 1;

private String mailWarningStartLegend;

private String mailPreliminarBreachLegend;

private String mailFinalBreachLegend;

private Set<InventoryOrderCenter> centersOrders;
}
[/code]

This is the validator I've made.



[code]

@Documented
@ValidatorClass(InventoryOrderDepartmentValidator.class)
@Target({METHOD, FIELD})
@Retention(RUNTIME)

public @interface InventoryOrderDepartment {
String message() default "{InventoryOrder.Validator.Department}";
}


public class InventoryOrderDepartmentValidator implements Validator<InventoryOrderDepartment>, Serializable {

private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

public void initialize(InventoryOrderDepartment parameters) {

}

public boolean isValid(Object value){
...
}
}
[/code]


The problem:

During the [code]isValid[/code] method execution I need data from [code]InventoryOrder[/code] besides the [code]department[/code] attribute.

To be more specific, I need to validate if the [code]department[/code] that is to be set is not already persisted in the DB with the same [code]date[/code].

Is there anyway to specified the value of the entity that is gonna be validate, without, this, being necesary the attribute itself?

If not... how could I make this validation posible?

Thanx in advance