[REQ][Java][Spring] Generate validation for type arguments in containers via mustache template

[DatApplePy]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

On our project, we would like to specify individual error messages for each constraint (e.g. @Pattern or @Size). For this, there is already a vendor extension (x-pattern-message) in the BeanValidationCore.mustache template as an example. The problem is that while validation annotations are generated for non-container types, such as String, based on the mustache template, annotations for type arguments in containers are merged with the container type in the generator itself. Therefore, in such a case, we have no chance to provide a unique error message and we receive the default messages given by Jakarta.

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Non-container example:

exampleString:
  type: string
  pattern: "^\d{10,50}$"
  x-pattern-message: "invalid example"

@Pattern(regex = "^\\d{10,50}$", message = "invalid example")
public String getExampleString() {
  return exampleString;
}

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Container example:

exampleList:
  type: array
  items:
    type: string
    pattern: "^\d{10,50}$"
    x-pattern-message: "invalid example"

public List<@Pattern(regex = "^\\d{10,50}$") String> getExampleList() {
  return exampleList;
}

Describe the solution you'd like

Currently, annotations for type arguments are "hard-coded" (source) and assigned to the dataType along with the container type. It should be split into two separate variables and used in mustache templates that way. I think it would be good if the generator used the BeanValidationCore.mustache template (or a new one) for container types as well as for non-container types. This would provide the opportunity to take control over what we want the generator to do in these cases by customizing the mustache templates.

Note

If no one applies for the task, I will gladly take it on, because we really need this feature (or something similar) on the project :D

[DatApplePy]

This issue has an extended version (#19601). In case it is closed, this can also be closed.