Question

I know that I can do a custom validation message for the @ Required annotation in the Play model layer, like this:

@Required(message = "customError.required")
public String name;

But I tried to do the same for the @MinSize annotation…

@MinSize(8)(message = "customError.passwordSoShort")
public String password;

… and recieved this compilation error:

The file /app/models/User.java could not be compiled. Error raised is : Syntax error on token ")", ? expected
@MinSize(8)↓(message = "customError.passwordSoShort")
public String password;

Answer 1

There is a syntax error with your code.

Try with:

@MinSize(value=8, message = "customError.passwordSoShort")
public String password;