validate two propertis with only one custom validator

[gianluca gian]

hello, I have a problem with validation. Is it possible to validate two properties of a bean using only one ConstraintValidator? I have something like the following:

@Component
public class CheckSomeBeanPropertiesValidator  implements ConstraintValidator<CheckSomeBeanProperties, SearchFormBean> {

	@Autowired
	SomeApplicationService applicationService;
	
    public void initialize(CheckSomeBeanProperties checkSomeBeanProperties) {
    }

    public boolean isValid(SearchFormBean searchFormBean, ConstraintValidatorContext context) {
    	
       ReturnSearchBean searchBean = applicationService.findBySearchBean(searchFormBean);

        if(searchBean.isNoResults()) return false; // it will return the message No data found

        if(searchBean.isTooManyDataReturned()) return false; // it will return too many records found

	return true;
    }
}

inside the CheckSomeBeanPropertiesValidator I call the service SomeApplicationService that returns some data searched calling findBySearchBean. Instead to have to call more than one customized ConstraintValidator (and more than one findBySearchBean) is it possible to call only one time the service and check two different properties?

Thanks

bye

[Bill Gorder]

Please UseCodeTags when posting code it makes it easier to read. I have added them for you so you can see the difference it makes.

It looks like your question is how to create an annotation that allows you to validate multiple fields. There is a good explanation of that here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1972933/cross-field-validation-with-hibernate-validator-jsr-303

[gianluca gian]

Yes in that way source code is much better. I will read what you suggested me soon, I think it's right what I was looking for. Thank you. Bye