The following table lists and describes the supported Bean Validation annotations. Note that with Application Server, you can use Bean Validation from JSF and CDI.

Package	Annotation
javax.validation	@Constraint
	@GroupSequence
	@OverridesAttribute
	@OverridesAttribute.List
	@ReportAsSingleViolation
	@Valid
javax.validation.constraints	@AssertFalse
	@AssertFalse.List
	@AssertTrue
	@AssertTrue.List
	@DecimalMax
	@DecimalMax.List
	@DecimalMin
	@DecimalMin.List
	@Digits
	@Digits.List
	@Past
	@Pattern.List
	@Future
	@Future.List
	@Max
	@Max.List
	@Min
	@Min.List
	@Size
	@Size.List
	@NotNull
	@NotNull.List
	@Null
	@Null.List
	@Pattern
	@Pattern.List

For Bean Validation annotations, see the Bean Validation specification documents.

The following table describes the definable range for the annotations of Bean Validation.

Item No.	Linkage target	javax.validation package	javax.validation.constraintspackage	Supported version
1	JSF linkage	Class on the class path	Class that specifies @ManagedBean	09-00
2	CDI linkage user application	Class on the class path	JavaBeans class#	09-50

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When a user program manages the instances of the JavaBeans class, you can use annotations of Bean Validation with that class.

When a container (such as Servlet/EJB) manages the instances of the JavaBeans class, you cannot use annotations of Bean Validation with that class.