# Bean Validation Cheat Sheet — @Digits

> @Digits(integer=,fraction=) BigDecimal, BigInteger, CharSequence, byte, short, int, long and the respective wrappers of the primitive types; Additionally supported by HV: any sub-type of Number Checks whether the annotated value is a number having up to integer digits and fraction fractional digits

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@Digits(integer=,fraction=)

BigDecimal, BigInteger, CharSequence, byte, short, int, long and the respective wrappers of the primitive types; Additionally supported by HV: any sub-type of Number

Checks whether the annotated value is a number having up to integer digits and fraction fractional digits

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

public class Customer {
  //Constraint: Age can only be 3 digits long or less
  @Digits(integer = 3, fraction = 0)
  private int age;

  public String getAge()  {
    return age;
  }

  public void setAge(String age)  {
      this.age = age;
    }

    ...
}
```

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

@Controller
public class CustomerController  {

 ...

 @RequestMapping(value = "/registerCustomer",  method = RequestMethod.POST)
 public @ResponseBody String registerCustomer(@Valid Customer customer, 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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