Hello,
Is it possible to customize the error messages for inbuilt constraints such as @Range?

For example instead of seeing the error message:
foo[0].bar[2].value must be between 0 and 999

can I instead somehow see the error message:
fooName.barName.value must be between 0 and 999

where fooName and barName are string representations of some sort for the objects foo[0] and bar[2]?

Obviously I don't want to reimplement @Range as a custom validation constraint and then supply the message template. I want to use the inbuilt implementation of @Range, but just customize the property path to be more (my) user friendly.

Thanks!

Hi,

foo[0].bar[2].value[i] looks like the property path of the constraint violation. The path is normally not part of the default error message. Are you using JSF? Or some other custom [i]MessageInterpolator? Maybe you can some code on how you use @Range?

--hardy

Doh! You are right. I am adding the property path in the Aspect class that is executing the Validator.validate. When I get validation errors I add the property path to the violation's original message.