UrlValidator Annotation

This validator checks that a field is a valid URL.

Usage

The annotation must be applied at method level.

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Default	Notes
message	yes		field error message
key	no		i18n key from language specific properties file
messageParams	no		additional params to be used to customize message - will be evaluated against the Value Stack
fieldName	no		field name under validation
shortCircuit	no	false	if this validator should be used as shortCircuit
urlRegex	no		defines regex to use to validate url
urlRegexExpression	no		defines regex as expression to validate url, expression will be evaluated against current stack to get proper regex
type	yes	ValidatorType.FIELD	Enum value from ValidatorType. Either FIELD or SIMPLE can be used here

Examples

UrlValidator usage example

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urlRegex neither urlRegexExpression are only used on client side to validate URLs - this will be changed with next major release!

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If no urlRegex neither urlRegexExpression is defined, default regex will be used instead, based on StackOverflow answer

Default URL regex