Validates the body argument and any @Valid-annotated parameters of a Feign-built interface using Jakarta Bean Validation (jakarta.validation) before the HTTP request is dispatched. Constraint violations surface as jakarta.validation.ConstraintViolationException.

Marked @Experimental while the underlying feign.interceptor.MethodInterceptor API stabilises.

For the legacy javax.validation namespace, use the sibling feign-validation module.

<dependency>
  <groupId>io.github.openfeign</groupId>
  <artifactId>feign-validation-jakarta</artifactId>
  <version>${feign.version}</version>
</dependency>

Api api = Feign.builder()
    .methodInterceptor(BeanValidationMethodInterceptor.usingDefaultFactory())
    .target(Api.class, "https://example.com");

You can pass an explicit Validator and validation groups:

Validator validator = Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory().getValidator();
Feign.builder()
    .methodInterceptor(new BeanValidationMethodInterceptor(validator, Create.class))
    .target(Api.class, "https://example.com");