Book.java

@Entity
public class Book {

	@Min(100)
	@Max(1000)
	private int numPages;

	…
}

pom.xml

<dependency>
	<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
	<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
	<version>5.4.1.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
	<groupId>javax.el</groupId>
	<artifactId>javax.el-api</artifactId>
	<version>2.2.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
	<groupId>org.glassfish.web</groupId>
	<artifactId>javax.el</artifactId>
	<version>2.2.4</version>
</dependency>

ValidationHigh.log

14:57:24,905 ERROR [org.hibernate.internal.ExceptionMapperStandardImpl] - HHH000346: Error during managed flush [Validation failed for classes [org.thoughts.on.java.model.Book] during persist time for groups [javax.validation.groups.Default, ]
List of constraint violations:[
	ConstraintViolationImpl{interpolatedMessage='must be less than or equal to 1000', propertyPath=numPages, rootBeanClass=class org.thoughts.on.java.model.Book, messageTemplate='{javax.validation.constraints.Max.message}'}
]]

ValidationLow.log

14:54:05,684 ERROR [org.hibernate.internal.ExceptionMapperStandardImpl] - HHH000346: Error during managed flush [Validation failed for classes [org.thoughts.on.java.model.Book] during persist time for groups [javax.validation.groups.Default, ]
List of constraint violations:[
	ConstraintViolationImpl{interpolatedMessage='must be greater than or equal to 100', propertyPath=numPages, rootBeanClass=class org.thoughts.on.java.model.Book, messageTemplate='{javax.validation.constraints.Min.message}'}
]]