What does the @Valid annotation indicate in Spring?

Question

In the following example, the ScriptFile parameter is marked with an @Valid annotation.

What does that do?

@RequestMapping(value = "/scriptfile", method = RequestMethod.POST)    
public String create(@Valid ScriptFile scriptFile, BindingResult result, ModelMap modelMap) {    
    if (scriptFile == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("A scriptFile is required");        
    if (result.hasErrors()) {        
        modelMap.addAttribute("scriptFile", scriptFile);            
        modelMap.addAttribute("showcases", ShowCase.findAllShowCases());            
        return "scriptfile/create";            
    }        
    scriptFile.persist();        
    return "redirect:/scriptfile/" + scriptFile.getId();        
}    

Answer 1

its for validation propose.

Validation It is common to validate a model after binding user input to it. Spring 3 provides support for declarative validation with JSR-303. This support is enabled automatically if a JSR-303 provider, such as Hibernate Validator, is present on your classpath. When enabled, you can trigger validation simply by annotating a Controller method parameter with the @Valid annotation: After binding incoming POST parameters, the AppointmentForm will be validated; in this case, to verify the date field value is not null and occurs in the future.

look here for more info: http://blog.springsource.com/2009/11/17/spring-3-type-conversion-and-validation/

Answer 2

IIRC @Valid isn't a Spring annotation but a JSR-303 annotation (which is the Bean Validation standard). What it does is it basically checks if the data that you send to the method is valid or not (it will validate the scriptFile for you).