Range validation problems

[bart]

Hi, I'm having trouble validating a byte field like:

  @Column(name = "NUMBER", precision = 2, scale = 0)
  @Range(min = 0, max = 99)
  public Byte getNumber() {
    return this.number;
  }

when entering a value above 255 the message returned to the user is: value must be a number between 0 and 255
but when it's below  255 i do get the expected message: value must be a number between 0 and 99!

Can anyone explain what i'm doing wrong here? Thanks

[acerberus]

My guess is, that hibernate first validates that the value falls into the range of the datatype byte. Since a value above 255 cannot be represented by one byte, hibernate stops the validation process at this point (returning the message that the user should please enter a value that is in the byte range) and your specific more granular validation is never reached.

This is, however, just a guess.

[bart]

Yes. That's my best guess too. I was just wondering if there is a way around this. I want to override the standard message which is triggered by the 'byte validation' and just use my custom message. Does anyone know a way how to achieve this?
Thanks,