Is there a way to limit the length of a string from a jaxb class?

Question

How do you specify facets for the xsd in an annotated jaxb java class?

I'd like to limit a String to only 1 character using annotations (and not from an xsd). Is this possible?

Answer 1

You can use an implementation of Bean Validation (JSR-303) for this use case. It allows you to specify validation rules via annotations or XML for object properties. Hibernate implemented the reference implementation:

• http://www.hibernate.org/subprojects/validator.html