Hello fellow Seamers :)

I need to validate that a certain date type field is within secified range.

I made a custom Validator-based annotation but I can't seem to make it work correctly so any advices would be greatly appreciated.

FYI here are my validator Elements (code):

My annotation:

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import org.hibernate.validator.ValidatorClass;

@ValidatorClass(DateRangeValidator.class) 
@Target({ METHOD, FIELD})
@Documented
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface DateRange {
 String after() default "";
 String before() default "";
 String message() default ("validator.daterange");
 


}

The Validator itself

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Date;


import org.hibernate.validator.Validator;
import org.jboss.seam.ScopeType;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Name;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Scope;

@Name("daterangevalidator")
@Scope(ScopeType.CONVERSATION)
public class DateRangeValidator implements Validator<DateRange>, Serializable  {

     /**
      * 
      */
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 7958814426292792622L;
     private long after=0l;
     private long before=0l;
     public void initialize(DateRange parameters) {
          after=new Long(parameters.after()).longValue();
          before=new Long(parameters.before()).longValue();
          System.out.println(after);
     }

     public boolean isValid(Object value ) {
          System.out.println(value);
           long lValue=((Date)value).getTime();
            System.out.println(lValue);
           if(lValue<after) return false;
           if(lValue>before) return false;
           if((lValue>=after) &&(lValue<=before))return true;
          
          return false;
     }

     



}

actually, the validator is never called

Thanks in advance for your help!

Laurent