@NotNull annotation with validation.properties with {0} is required field

[Jacob Sonia]

How can we substitute the field name being validation with {0} when emitting out the message.

[Knute Snortum]

I'm not exactly clear on what you want to do. Could you post a short example of the code you want to change? Or give us a little more detail.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Also please explain which framework you are using; there is no NotNull class in the standard Java8 API. There is an annotation of that name in the JavaEE API however.

[Jacob Sonia]

I have this custom message in my ValidationMessage.properties ->
missing.startDate= startDate is a required field.

I have this on my request
@NotNull(message="{missing.startDate}")

Now, this forces me to create a message for each field. If i could do something like this
In ValidationMessage.properties
missing = fieldName is a required field. OR
missing = {0} is a required field.

@NotNull(field="startDate") or just have it as @NotNull

@NotNull is for javax