NotEmpty Annotation

@NotEmpty

The @NotEmpty annotation may be applied to fields annotated with @Option and @Arguments to require that the value given not be an empty string e.g.

@Option(name = "--reference", arity = 1)
@NotEmpty
private String reference;

Restricts the --reference option to strings which are not empty strings

If you want to require a value that is not all whitespace then @NotBlank would be suitable.


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