org.hibernate.validator.constraints
Annotation Type NotBlank

@Documented
@Constraint(validatedBy={})
@Target(value={METHOD,FIELD,ANNOTATION_TYPE,CONSTRUCTOR,PARAMETER})
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@NotNull
public @interface NotBlank

Validate that the annotated string is not null or empty. The difference to NotEmpty is that trailing whitespaces are getting ignored.

Author:

Hardy Ferentschik

Optional Element Summary

Class<?>[]	groups
String	message
Class<? extends javax.validation.Payload>[]	payload

message

public abstract String message

Default:

"{org.hibernate.validator.constraints.NotBlank.message}"

groups

public abstract Class<?>[] groups

Default:

{}

payload

public abstract Class<? extends javax.validation.Payload>[] payload

Default:

{}