Overriding validation annotations

jopaki · **Joined:** Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:52 pm **Posts:** 8

Hibernate version: 3.2.4.sp1

I have a simple entity hierarchy:

Code:

abstract class Entity {
...
}

abstract class NamedEntity extends Entity {
  protected String name;

  @Column(name = "name")
  @NotEmpty @Length(max=32)
  public String getName() {
    return name;
  }

}

class ANamedEntityImpl extends NamedEntity {

  @Override
  @Length(max=50)
  public String getName() {
    return name;
  }

}

I want to effectively override the @Length annotation for the name property in ANamedEntityImpl. What is the desired way to do this? Do I have to override the method in order to put an overriding @Length annotation as is the case in the code block above?

Thanks!

emmanuel · **Posted:** Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:24 pm

There is no way to override. The rational is that if a constraint is applied to a method, all submethods should follow at least the same constraint, because a submethod is just a clarification of a given method, it should not change its behavior