javax.validation.ConstraintViolationException: validation failed for classes [*] during update time for groups [javax.validation.groups.Default, ]
This message wasted many hours to figure out the solution. javax.validation.ConstraintViolationException: validation failed for classes [*] during update time for groups [javax.validation.groups.Default, ] When I applied the validation as following, I found that the confirmPassword is the field causing validation error. ValidatorFactory factory = Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory(); Validator validator = factory.getValidator(); Set<ConstraintViolation<User>> constraintViolations = validator.validate(user); System.out.println("constraintViolations.size : "+constraintViolations.size()); Iterator<ConstraintViolation<User>> iterator = constraintViolations.iterator(); while (iterator.hasNext()) { ConstraintViolation<dpgsource.users.User> constraintViolation = (ConstraintViolation<dpgsource.users.User>) iterator .next(); System.out.println(con