Changeing Validation Messages

[paradigmza]

Hello,

How do you change the validation message for a particular field.

I have a field that has to be 6 digits, and the messages says

length must be between 6 and 6

which just looks wrong, I would rather the message says

Debtor Code must be 6 digits

The Code I use is

/**
 * @return the debtorCode
 */
 @Length(min=6,max=6)
 public String getDebtorCode() {
 return debtorCode;
 }

and

<s:decorate id="debtorCodeDecoration" template="layout/edit.xhtml">
 <ui:define name="label">Debtor Code</ui:define>
 <h:inputText id="debtorCode" required="true"
 value="#{CaptureLead.debtorCode}">
 <a:support event="onblur" reRender="debtorCodeDecoration"/>
 </h:inputText>
 </s:decorate>

I have already tried

/**
 * @return the debtorCode
 */
 @Length(min=6,max=6,message="blah blah")
 public String getDebtorCode() {
 return debtorCode;
 }

Which does not do anything.

Any Help?
Thanks.
Sean

[eirirlar]

Have the exact same problem. @NotNull(message="blah") doesn't work.

Does anyone know if referring to the messages.properties-file in the message attribute of @NotNull should work? Like this:

@NotNull(message="#{messages.notnullerror}")

[knaas]

For the hibernate validator, message keys should not be demarcated with "#{}". Simply drop the "#".

@NotNull(message="{messages.notnullerror}")