1 field of multiple regex @ patterns?

I tried to apply multiple @ pattern annotations to a single field:

@Pattern(regexp = "(?=.*[0-9])",message = "Password must contain one digit.")
@Pattern(regexp = "(?=.*[a-z])",message = "Password must contain one lowercase letter.")
@Pattern(regexp = "(?=.*[A-Z])",message = "Password must contain one uppercase letter.")
@Pattern(regexp = "(?=\S+$)",message = "Password must contain no whitespace.")
private String password;

But I can't do that I want individual messages that violate regular expression constraints on password fields Is that possible?

My alternative is to use the JSF 2.0 F: validatorregex tag

Solution

You can use the internal @ list annotation of @ pattern:

@Pattern.List({
    @Pattern(regexp = "(?=.*[0-9])",message = "Password must contain one digit."),@Pattern(regexp = "(?=.*[a-z])",message = "Password must contain one lowercase letter."),@Pattern(regexp = "(?=.*[A-Z])",message = "Password must contain one uppercase letter."),@Pattern(regexp = "(?=\\S+$)",message = "Password must contain no whitespace.")
})
private String password;