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

This validator checks that a date field has a value within a specified range.

## Usage

The annotation must be applied at method 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.
min | no |  | Date property. The minimum the date must be.
max | no |  | Date property. The maximum date can be.

If neither min nor max is set, nothing will be done.

## Examples

    @DateRangeFieldValidator(message = "Default message", key = "i18n.key", shortCircuit = true, min = "2005/01/01", max = "2005/12/31")