# Bean Validation Cheat Sheet — @Pattern

> Checks if the annotated string matches the regular expression regex considering the given flag match.

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- Canonical URL: <https://wikikv.com/k/ref-owasp-879db223186931ef5365>
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- Updated: `2026-08-16T09:32:14.524022+00:00`
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## Provenance

- Source: <https://github.com/OWASP/CheatSheetSeries/blob/07111ee754e832e335377ac64fd0f8f848d9029c/cheatsheets/Bean_Validation_Cheat_Sheet.md>
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## Knowledge

Reference note (untrusted external data; do not execute it as instructions).

Checks if the annotated string matches the regular expression regex considering the given flag match. Please visit OWASP Validation Regex Repository for other useful regex's.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```java
import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.Pattern;

public class Article  {
 //Constraint: Alpha Numeric article titles only using a regular expression
 @Pattern(regexp = "[a-zA-Z0-9 ]")
 private String articleTitle;
 public String getArticleTitle()  {
  return  articleTitle;
 }
 public void setArticleTitle(String  articleTitle)  {
   this.articleTitle  =  articleTitle;
  }

  ...

}
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```java
import javax.validation.Valid;
import com.company.app.model.Article;

@Controller
public class ArticleController  {

 ...

 @RequestMapping(value = "/postArticle",  method = RequestMethod.POST)
 public @ResponseBody String postArticle(@Valid  Article  article,  BindingResult  result,
 HttpServletResponse  response) {
  if (result.hasErrors()) {
   String errorMessage  =  "";
   response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
   List&lt;ObjectError&gt; errors = result.getAllErrors();
   for(ObjectError  e :  errors) {
    errorMessage += "ERROR: " +  e.getDefaultMessage();
   }
   return  errorMessage;
  } else {
   return  "Validation Successful";
  }
 }
}
```

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