This section describes the notes on the implementation of Bean Validation.

Notes on the Bean Validation 1.0 specifications

With the Bean Validation 1.0 specifications, only one validation.xml can be allocated to the class path. Do not allocate multiple validation.xml to the class path of a J2EE application.

Notes related to the default Message Interpolator messages

The default Message Interpolator messages differ from the content mentioned in the standard specifications. The following table lists the default values of the Message Interpolator messages for Application Server.

Table 10-7 Default values of the Message Interpolator messages for Application Server

Message property key	Default value
javax.validation.constraints.AssertFalse.message	must be false
javax.validation.constraints.AssertTrue.message	must be true
javax.validation.constraints.Digits.message	numeric value out of bounds (<{integer} digits>.<{fraction} digits> expected)
javax.validation.constraints.Future.message	must be in the future
javax.validation.constraints.Max.message	must be less than or equal to {value}
javax.validation.constraints.Min.message	must be greater than or equal to {value}
javax.validation.constraints.NotNull.message	may not be null
javax.validation.constraints.Null.message	must be null
javax.validation.constraints.Past.message	must be in the past
javax.validation.constraints.Pattern.message	must match "{regexp}"
javax.validation.constraints.Size.message	size must be between {min} and {max}