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How can I make javax validation both of sub class and super class?

I'm using Spring framework,
and I faced the inheritance problem when I write Controller logic.
First of all,
this is my Controller code snippet
#PostMapping("/pay/detail")
public ResponseEntity<PayDetail.Response> getPayDetail(
#Valid PayDetail.Request payDetail
) {
... some code
}
and PayDetail class looks like this
public class PayDetail {
#Getter
#Setter
#NoArgsConstructor
#AllArgsConstructor
public static class Request extends CommReqForm {
#NotNull(message = "Not null please")
private String work_type;
}
}
and CommReqForm
#Data
#AllArgsConstructor
#NoArgsConstructor
public class CommReqForm {
#NotEmpty(message = "servicecode not empty")
private String servicecode;
#NotEmpty(message = "reqtype not empty")
private String reqtype;
}
I wish that I can validate both of PayDetail.Request and CommReqForm classes but It makes validation just only PayDetail.Request class.
How can I solve this problem?
#Valid cannot validate super class. I want to make both of sub class and super class validation.

Can I use a java class inside protobuf file?

I have two java classes, called MyJavaClass and MyAnotherJavaClass.
MyJavaClass :
#Data
#Builder
#AllArgsConstructor
#NoArgsConstructor
public class MyJavaClass implements Serializable {
private Integer id;
private String name;
private MyAnotherJavaClass myAnotherJavaClass;
}
MyAnotherJavaClass:
#Data
#Builder
#AllArgsConstructor
#NoArgsConstructor
public class MyAnotherJavaClass implements Serializable {
private Integer id;
private String someField;
}
Can I have something like this?
message MyClassMessage {
MyJavaClass javaclass = 1;
}
Instead of create a message to use protobuf, since I use the same fields.

How to exclude boolean type value for jackson payload

I have really simple requirement to exclude Boolean type attribute from payload during Jackson serialization. Following is the piece of code that I want to fix that. I want exclude it always irrespective to its value.
#Getter
#Setter
#NoArgsConstructor
#XmlRootElement
public class Order{
#JsonIgnore
private boolean userPresent;
}
Can someone help me on this?

You should explicitly add the Getter for the property you want to ignore and set the #JsonIgnore there:
#Getter
#Setter
#NoArgsConstructor
#XmlRootElement
public class Order{
private boolean userPresent;
#JsonIgnore
public boolean isUserPresent() {
return this.userPresent;
}
}
If you don't have any other properties in the class, you should remove the #Getter annotation because it is redundant now.

Deserializing XML containing list into a POJO

My XML looks something like this:
<asset id="35465146">
<TOV artist="" music="0" episodeNumber="">
<credit biography="" />
<credit biography="" />
<credit biography="" />
<credit biography="" />
<castCrew role="Actor" name="John C. Reilly"/>
<castCrew role="Director" name="Keith Scholey"/>
<castCrew role="Director" name="Alastair Fothergill"/>
<castCrew role="Director" name="Adam Chapman"/>
</TOV>
</asset>
My asset POJO looks like this:
public class asset {
#Getter #Setter private String id;
#Getter #Setter private TOV TOV;
}
and the TOV class look like this:
public class TOV {
#Getter #Setter private String episodeNumber;
#Getter #Setter private String music;
#Getter #Setter private String artist;
#Getter #Setter private List<credit> credit;
#Getter #Setter private List<castCrew> castCrew;
}
Now, I run the code and get a null pointer.
When I debug the code I see that the asset object has been created and that the ID field has been extracted from the XML. However, the TOV object is equal to null. Do I require some sort of label to tell Jackson that the TOV java object maps to the XML one? Also, would having credit and castCrew inside a java List work?

In the asset class I was missing
#JacksonXmlProperty(localName = "TOV")
On top of
#Getter #Setter private TOV TOV;
And for the list I needed to add
#JacksonXmlElementWrapper(useWrapping = false)
#JacksonXmlProperty(localName = "castCrew")
Both problems were just related to having to specify which field in java it should be mapped to in the XML

Add validation rules to Pojo.name to object extending Pojo?

I have a simple java pojo which i give to my android users:
#XmlRootElement
#AllArgsConstructor
#NoArgsConstructor
#ToString
public class PostAccount {
#Getter
#Setter
private String email;
#Getter
#Setter
private String pass1;
#Getter
#Setter
private String pass2;
}
This pojo is serialized to json and send to my server. On my server i which to use jersey bean validation:
public NumberResult add(#Valid ValidAccount account) {
But because the Account pojo doesn't have any validation annotations validation doesn't do much.
I can create a second pojo with validation annotations and use that on server side:
public class ValidAccount {
#Getter
#Setter
#NotEmpty
#CheckEmail
private String email;
#Getter
#Setter
#NotBlank
private String pass1;
#Getter
#Setter
#NotBlank
private String pass2;
}
Works perfectly.
But when i now add a field at Account pojo i do have to remember to change ValidAccount pojo. No problem, but when you have a lot of pojo's things get complicated to manage.
Is there a better solution?
For example is it possible to extends the Account pojo and in a way add the validation rules? (please i which to continue using annotations, xml gives me the creeps)