Custom validation rules

Using adf/bc with jdev 10.1.3.3. I've created a custom validation rule class according to the instructions in the adf guide. In that class, I've defined just one property, along with its getters/setters. I've registered my rule in the business component project and associated the rule to an entity attribute via the entity object editor. My problem is that I don't see any way for me to set the property/value of the property that's defined in the validation rule class. For example, in the SRDemo app, in the entity editor for ServiceRequest, if you highlight Validation in the left pane then select the AttributeMustExistInViewRowRule for the Status attribute and click the Edit button, you can set various property values that have been defined in the validation rule class. These values appear to then be updated to that entity's xml file. When I'm in my entity object editor and i've assigned a validation rule to an attribute, I can type in the error message text in the Edit Validation Rule dialog, but it says there are no properties to edit! I guess I haven't wired something together quite right? Note, I have not created the customizer and bean info classes for the design time aspect of this stuff. I assume that you do not absolutely need these classes to create and work with a customr validation rule? Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

ok, i figured out the problem. The property/value fields in the Edit Validation Rule dialog will not appear until you've actually compiled the custom validation rule class. I had tried to create the validation rule class, register it with the bc project, and assign it to an entity attribute all without first compiling the class. I stumbled upon this 'fix' in jdev's help, which leads me to another question. For the help topic entitled Creating Custom Declarative Validation Rules for Oracle ADF Business Components, the instructions have you create a class that implements JbiValidator and provide implementation for the method vetoableChange, from which you typically call validateValue. The adf guide's example has the custom validation rule class that extends AbstractValidator and implements JboValidatorInterface. In this example, you provide implementation for the validate method. What's the difference between these two approaches and when should I use one over the other? Thanks.

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Specifically, if you look through the @Jpf.Validate* annotations, while most of these are "canned" common validations, there are a few that are more open-ended, such as @Jpf.ValidateMask and @Jpf.ValidateValidWhen.
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http://www.oracle.com/webapps/online-help/jdeveloper/10.1.3/state/content/navId.4/navSetId._/vtAnchor.sm0477/vtTopicFile.bcadfdevguide%7Cbcadveo~htm/

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