Hi,
just wondering what's the correct way to code my domain class (entity).
I have a list-type property and the list elements' classes are an inner class of my entity. Like this:

@Entity
public class AuthMethodGroup {

        @Id
        private String id;
        
        @Valid
        private List<AuthNMethod> authNMethods;
        
        /** Constructor */
        public AuthMethodGroup() {
                authNMethods = new ArrayList<AuthNMethod>();
                authNMethods.add(new AuthNMethod());
                authNMethods.add(new AuthNMethod());
        }
        
        public AuthNMethod getFirstAuthNMethod() {
                return authNMethods.get(0);
        }
        
        public AuthNMethod getSecondAuthNMethod() {
                return authNMethods.get(1);
        }
        
        public static class AuthNMethod {

                private String name;
                
                @Min(value=0, message="#{messages['validation.min0']}")
                private int level;
                
                // ------- getters/setters-------
        }

        // ------- more getters/setters-------
}

I expose the level property of AuthNMethod in my page and I want to have it validated (should not be negative) with s:validateAll:

<h:form>
  <s:validateAll>
    <h:inputText value="#{authMethodGroup.firstAuthNMethod.level}" required="true" />
  </s:validateAll>
</h:form>

Validation works fine.

The thing is that I noticed that it even works without the @Valid annotation on the property authNMethods!

So can I safely drop the annotation?