Spring MVC Validation - FAQ: Is it possible to integrate multiple validation string in one annotation?

CourseCode.java

package com.luv2code.springdemo.mvc.validation;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import javax.validation.Constraint;
import javax.validation.Payload;

@Constraint(validatedBy = CourseCodeConstraintValidator.class)
@Target( { ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.FIELD } )
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface CourseCode {

	// define default course code
	public String[] value() default {"LUV"};
	
	// define default error message
	public String message() default "must start with LUV";
	
	// define default groups
	public Class<?>[] groups() default {};
	
	// define default payloads
	public Class<? extends Payload>[] payload() default {};
}

CourseCodeConstraintValidator.java

package com.luv2code.springdemo.mvc.validation;

import javax.validation.ConstraintValidator;
import javax.validation.ConstraintValidatorContext;

public class CourseCodeConstraintValidator 
	implements ConstraintValidator<CourseCode, String> {

	private String[] coursePrefixes;
	
	@Override
	public void initialize(CourseCode theCourseCode) {
		coursePrefixes = theCourseCode.value();
	}

	@Override
	public boolean isValid(String theCode, 
						ConstraintValidatorContext theConstraintValidatorContext) {

		boolean result = false;
		
		if (theCode != null) {
			
			//
			// loop thru course prefixes
			//
			// check to see if code matches any of the course prefixes
			//
			for (String tempPrefix : coursePrefixes) {
				result = theCode.startsWith(tempPrefix);
				
				// if we found a match then break out of the loop
				if (result) {
					break;
				}
			}
		}
		else {
			result = true;
		}
		
		return result;
	}
}

Customer.java

package com.luv2code.springdemo.mvc;

import javax.validation.constraints.Max;
import javax.validation.constraints.Min;
import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
import javax.validation.constraints.Pattern;
import javax.validation.constraints.Size;

import com.luv2code.springdemo.mvc.validation.CourseCode;

public class Customer {

	private String firstName;
	
	@NotNull(message="is required")
	@Size(min=1, message="is required")
	private String lastName;

	@NotNull(message="is required")
	@Min(value=0, message="must be greater than or equal to zero")
	@Max(value=10, message="must be less than or equal to 10")
	private Integer freePasses;

	@Pattern(regexp="^[a-zA-Z0-9]{5}", message="only 5 chars/digits")
	private String postalCode;
	
	@CourseCode(value={"TOPS", "LUV"}, message="must start with TOPS or LUV")
	private String courseCode;
	
	public String getCourseCode() {
		return courseCode;
	}

	public void setCourseCode(String courseCode) {
		this.courseCode = courseCode;
	}
	
	public String getPostalCode() {
		return postalCode;
	}

	public void setPostalCode(String postalCode) {
		this.postalCode = postalCode;
	}
	
	public Integer getFreePasses() {
		return freePasses;
	}

	public void setFreePasses(Integer freePasses) {
		this.freePasses = freePasses;
	}

	public String getFirstName() {
		return firstName;
	}

	public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
		this.firstName = firstName;
	}

	public String getLastName() {
		return lastName;
	}

	public void setLastName(String lastName) {
		this.lastName = lastName;
	}

	
}

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