Java EE: Bean Validation

Learn how to use one of the most useful and important Java EE APIs—Bean Validation and its reference implementation Hibernate Validator—to ensure data integrity in applications.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• Using the exercise files
• Using the challenges

1. What Is Bean Validation?

• Bean Validation headline features
• Java EE ecosystem integration
• Bean Validation implementations

2. Course Project Introduction

• Course project walk-through
• How to work with the project

3. Applying Built-In Bean Validation Constraints

• Built-in constraints introduction
• Null constraints introduction
• Null constraints implementation
• Numerical constraints introduction
• Numerical constraints implementation
• Pattern, Boolean, and date constraints introduction
• Pattern, Boolean, and date constraints implementation

4. Applying Hibernate Bean Validation Constraints

• Hibernate constraints overview
• Hibernate constraints implementation

5. Designing Custom Constraint Validators

• Motivation for custom constraints
• Creating custom composite constraints
• Creating custom validation constraints

6. Bean Validation Failure Messages

• Managing validation failures
• Local custom validation failure messages
• Global custom validation failure messages
• Internationalize failure messages
• ✓ Challenge
• ✓ Solution

7. Advanced Bean Validation Features

• Bean Validation and RESTful webservices introduction
• Bean Validation and RESTful webservices implementation
• Cross-field validation implementation
• Cross-parameter validation implementation
• Advanced constraint usage

Conclusion

• Next steps