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CustomValidator Annotation
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Added by Rainer Hermanns, last edited by Don Brown on Nov 14, 2006 (view change)

This annotation can be used for custom validators. Use the ValidationParameter annotation to supply additional params.

## Usage

The annotation must be applied at method or type level.

## Parameters

Parameter | Required | Default | Notes
--- | --- | --- | ---
message | yes |  | field error message
key | no |  | i18n key from language specific properties file.
fieldName | no |  |
shortCircuit | no | false | If this validator should be used as shortCircuit.
type | yes | ValidatorType.FIELD | Enum value from ValidatorType. Either FIELD or SIMPLE can be used here.

## Examples

    @CustomValidator(type ="customValidatorName", fieldName = "myField")

## Adding Parameters

Use the ValidationParameter annotation to add custom parameter values.

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ValidationParameter annotation (Apache Struts 2 Documentation)