How to validate field level constraint before class level constraint?

Question

I have a class:

@ColumnNameUnique(groups = CreateTableChecks.class)
public class Table {    
    @Valid
    @NotEmpty(groups = CreateTableChecks.class)
    p         


        

Answer 1

You need to use @GroupSequence and re-define the default group sequence. Without this the validation order within a group is not defined and it can be in any order (that the class level constraint in your case is always executed first is not a must). Something like this should work:

@GroupSequence({FieldChecks.class, ClassChecks.class})
@ColumnNameUnique(groups = ClassChecks.class)
public class Table {    
    @Valid
    @NotEmpty(groups = FieldChecks.class)
    private List measures; 
}

Now, if the @Default group gets validated, first the class level constraints and then the field level ones will be validated.