@Pattern for alphanumeric string - Bean validation
Do you try this pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9]*$
or ^[A-Za-z0-9]+$
to avoid empty results.
If you want to check that a string contains only specific characters, you must add anchors (^
for beginning of the string, $
for end of the string) to be sure that your pattern matches the whole string.
Curly brackets are only used to express a repetition, example: if I want two a
:a{2}
You can't put letters inside. The only situation where you can find letters enclosed between curly brackets is when you use UNICODE character classes: \p{L}
(L
for Letters), \p{Greek}
, \p{Arabian}
, ...
In addition, you may use a character class, which can be used in curly braces, namely Alnum. For example, for an alphanumeric character having length between 1 and 32 characters inclusive:
@Pattern(regexp = "^[\\p{Alnum}]{1,32}$")
see https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html