How to obtain ConstraintValidatorContext?

Question

I am writing code that has explicit call to Bean Validation (JSR-303) something like this:

public class Example {

    @DecimalMin(value = \"0\")
    private         


        

Answer 1

I recently had exactly the same issue as the OP. However contrary to the accepted answer it is possible to write Unit tests that include the ConstraintValidationContext. This excellent link explains how to do it, http://farenda.com/java/bean-validation-unit-testing/

Basically you need to use the ValidatorFactory to obtain a Validator interface, then call validate(c) on that interface, where the parameter c is an instance of the class containing the bean validation annotations. A code example is clearer, code sample taken from the above link.

   public class Player {

   // name have to be 3 chars:
   @Size(min = 3, max = 3)
   private String name;

   // possible score in game:
   @Min(0) @Max(100)
   private int score;

   public Player(String name, int score) {
      this.name = name;
      this.score = score;
   }

   // just for logs
   @Override
   public String toString() {
      return "Player{name='" + name + '\'' + ", score=" + score + '}';
   }
}

public class PlayerValidationTest {
   private static ValidatorFactory validatorFactory;
   private static Validator validator;

   @BeforeClass
   public static void createValidator() {
      validatorFactory = Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory();
      validator = validatorFactory.getValidator();
   }

   @AfterClass
   public static void close() {
      validatorFactory.close();
   }

   @Test
   public void shouldDetectInvalidName() {
      //given too short name:
      Player player = new Player("a", 44);

      //when:
      Set> violations
            = validator.validate(player);

      //then:
      assertEquals(violations.size(), 1);
  }

}