src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/validation/IntegerProperty.java

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ public class IntegerProperty extends ValidatableProperty<Integer> {
 
     private final static String[] KEY_ORDER = Array.join(
             ValidatableProperty.KEY_ORDER_HEAD,
-            Array.of("unit", "min", "max", "step"),
+            Array.of("unit", "min", "minFrom", "max", "maxFrom", "step"),
             ValidatableProperty.KEY_ORDER_TAIL);
 
     private String unit;

src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/validation/StringProperty.java

@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ public class StringProperty extends ValidatableProperty<String> {
 
     private static final String[] KEY_ORDER = Array.join(
             ValidatableProperty.KEY_ORDER_HEAD,
-            Array.of("values"),
+            Array.of("matchesRegEx", "minLength", "maxLength"),
-            ValidatableProperty.KEY_ORDER_TAIL);
+            ValidatableProperty.KEY_ORDER_TAIL,
-    private Pattern regExPattern;
+            Array.of("hidden"));
+    private Pattern matchesRegEx;
     private Integer minLength;
     private Integer maxLength;
     private boolean hidden;
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ public class StringProperty extends ValidatableProperty<String> {
     }
 
     public StringProperty matchesRegEx(final String regExPattern) {
-        this.regExPattern = Pattern.compile(regExPattern);
+        this.matchesRegEx = Pattern.compile(regExPattern);
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -55,8 +56,8 @@ public class StringProperty extends ValidatableProperty<String> {
         if (maxLength != null && propValue.length()>maxLength) {
             result.add(propertyName + "' length is expected to be at max " + maxLength + " but length of " + display(propValue) + " is " + propValue.length());
         }
-        if (regExPattern != null && !regExPattern.matcher(propValue).matches()) {
+        if (matchesRegEx != null && !matchesRegEx.matcher(propValue).matches()) {
-            result.add(propertyName + "' is expected to be match " + regExPattern + " but " + display(propValue) + " does not match");
+            result.add(propertyName + "' is expected to be match " + matchesRegEx + " but " + display(propValue) + " does not match");
         }
         if (readOnly && propValue != null) {
             result.add(propertyName + "' is readonly but given as " + display(propValue));

src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/validation/ValidatableProperty.java

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import static java.util.Optional.ofNullable;
 public abstract class ValidatableProperty<T> {
 
     protected static final String[] KEY_ORDER_HEAD = Array.of("propertyName");
-    protected static final String[] KEY_ORDER_TAIL = Array.of("required", "defaultValue", "isTotalsValidator", "thresholdPercentage");
+    protected static final String[] KEY_ORDER_TAIL = Array.of("required", "defaultValue", "readOnly", "writeOnly", "computed", "isTotalsValidator", "thresholdPercentage");
 
     final Class<T> type;
     final String propertyName;
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public abstract class ValidatableProperty<T> {
     private Boolean required;
     private T defaultValue;
     protected Function<PropertiesProvider, T> computedBy;
+    protected boolean computed; // used in descriptor, because computedBy cannot be rendered to a text string
     protected boolean readOnly;
     protected boolean writeOnly;
 
@@ -177,26 +178,32 @@ public abstract class ValidatableProperty<T> {
             // Add entries according to the given order
             for (String key : keyOrder) {
                 final Optional<Object> propValue = getPropertyValue(key);
-                propValue.ifPresent(o -> sortedMap.put(key, o));
+                propValue.filter(ValidatableProperty::isToBeRendered).ifPresent(o -> sortedMap.put(key, o));
             }
 
             return sortedMap;
     }
 
+    private static boolean isToBeRendered(final Object v) {
+        return !(v instanceof Boolean b) || b;
+    }
+
     @SneakyThrows
     private Optional<Object> getPropertyValue(final String key) {
-        try {
+        return getPropertyValue(getClass(), key);
-            final var field = getClass().getDeclaredField(key);
-            field.setAccessible(true);
-            return Optional.ofNullable(arrayToList(field.get(this)));
-        } catch (final NoSuchFieldException e1) {
-            try {
-                final var field = getClass().getSuperclass().getDeclaredField(key);
-                field.setAccessible(true);
-                return Optional.ofNullable(arrayToList(field.get(this)));
-            } catch (final NoSuchFieldException e2) {
-                return Optional.empty();
     }
+
+    @SneakyThrows
+    private Optional<Object> getPropertyValue(final Class<?> clazz, final String key) {
+        try {
+            final var field = clazz.getDeclaredField(key);
+            field.setAccessible(true);
+            return Optional.ofNullable(arrayToList(field.get(this)));
+        } catch (final NoSuchFieldException exc) {
+            if (clazz.getSuperclass() != null) {
+                return getPropertyValue(clazz.getSuperclass(), key);
+            }
+            throw exc;
         }
     }
 
@@ -220,6 +227,7 @@ public abstract class ValidatableProperty<T> {
 
     public ValidatableProperty<T> computedBy(final Function<PropertiesProvider, T> compute) {
         this.computedBy = compute;
+        this.computed = true;
         return this;
     }
 

src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/hosting/asset/validators/HsUnixUserHostingAssetValidatorUnitTest.java

@@ -107,4 +107,25 @@ class HsUnixUserHostingAssetValidatorUnitTest {
         assertThat(result).containsExactly(
                 "'identifier' expected to match '^abc00$|^abc00-[a-z0-9]+$', but is 'xyz99-temp'");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void describesItsProperties() {
+        // given
+        final var validator = HsHostingAssetEntityValidatorRegistry.forType(UNIX_USER);
+
+        // when
+        final var props = validator.properties();
+
+        // then
+        assertThat(props).extracting(Object::toString).containsExactlyInAnyOrder(
+                "{type=integer, propertyName=SSD hard quota, unit=GB, maxFrom=SSD}",
+                "{type=integer, propertyName=SSD soft quota, unit=GB, maxFrom=SSD hard quota}",
+                "{type=integer, propertyName=HDD hard quota, unit=GB, maxFrom=HDD}",
+                "{type=integer, propertyName=HDD soft quota, unit=GB, maxFrom=HDD hard quota}",
+                "{type=enumeration, propertyName=shell, values=[/bin/false, /bin/bash, /bin/csh, /bin/dash, /usr/bin/tcsh, /usr/bin/zsh, /usr/bin/passwd], defaultValue=/bin/false}",
+                "{type=string, propertyName=homedir, readOnly=true, computed=true}",
+                "{type=string, propertyName=totpKey, matchesRegEx=^0x([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})+$, minLength=20, maxLength=256, writeOnly=true, hidden=true}",
+                "{type=password, propertyName=password, minLength=8, maxLength=40, writeOnly=true, hidden=true}"
+        );
+    }
 }