Hi all,

I am looking at using hibernate validator for a requirement of mine. I want to validate a bean where properties may have multiple validation checks. e.g.

class MyValidationBean
{
   @NotNull
   @Length( min = 5, max = 10 )
   private String myProperty;
}

But if this property fails validation I want a specific error code to be associated with the ConstraintViolation, regardless of whether it failed because of @Required or @Length, although I would like to preserve the error message.

class MyValidationBean
{
   @NotNull
   @Length( min = 5, max = 10 )
   @ErrorCode( "1234" )
   private String myProperty;
}

Something like the above would be good but it doesn't have to be structured exactly like that. I can't see a way to do this with hibernate validator. Is it possible?

Thanks.