diff --git a/javaxval/src/main/java/org/baeldung/Customer.java b/javaxval/src/main/java/org/baeldung/Customer.java
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+package org.baeldung;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.OptionalInt;
+
+import javax.validation.constraints.Min;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotBlank;
+import javax.validation.constraints.PositiveOrZero;
+
+public class Customer {
+
+    @NotBlank(message="Name cannot be empty")
+    private String name;
+
+    private List<@NotBlank(message="Address must not be blank") String> addresses;
+    
+    private Integer age;
+    
+    @PositiveOrZero
+    private OptionalInt numberOfOrders;
+    
+    //@NotBlank
+    private Profile profile;
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getAddresses() {
+        return addresses;
+    }
+
+    public void setAddresses(List<String> addresses) {
+        this.addresses = addresses;
+    }
+
+    public Optional<@Min(18) Integer> getAge() {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(age);
+    }
+
+    public void setAge(Integer age) {
+        this.age = age;
+    }
+
+    public OptionalInt getNumberOfOrders() {
+        return numberOfOrders;
+    }
+
+    public void setNumberOfOrders(OptionalInt numberOfOrders) {
+        this.numberOfOrders = numberOfOrders;
+    }
+
+    public Profile getProfile() {
+        return profile;
+    }
+
+    public void setProfile(Profile profile) {
+        this.profile = profile;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/javaxval/src/main/java/org/baeldung/CustomerMap.java b/javaxval/src/main/java/org/baeldung/CustomerMap.java
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+package org.baeldung;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.validation.constraints.Email;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+
+public class CustomerMap {
+    
+    private Map<@Email(message="Must be a valid email") String, @NotNull Customer> customers;
+
+    public Map<String, Customer> getCustomers() {
+        return customers;
+    }
+
+    public void setCustomers(Map<String, Customer> customers) {
+        this.customers = customers;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/javaxval/src/main/java/org/baeldung/Profile.java b/javaxval/src/main/java/org/baeldung/Profile.java
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+package org.baeldung;
+
+public class Profile {
+    private String companyName;
+
+    public String getCompanyName() {
+        return companyName;
+    }
+
+    public void setCompanyName(String companyName) {
+        this.companyName = companyName;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/javaxval/src/main/java/org/baeldung/valueextractors/ProfileValueExtractor.java b/javaxval/src/main/java/org/baeldung/valueextractors/ProfileValueExtractor.java
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+++ b/javaxval/src/main/java/org/baeldung/valueextractors/ProfileValueExtractor.java
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+package org.baeldung.valueextractors;
+
+import javax.validation.valueextraction.ExtractedValue;
+import javax.validation.valueextraction.UnwrapByDefault;
+import javax.validation.valueextraction.ValueExtractor;
+
+import org.baeldung.Profile;
+
+@UnwrapByDefault
+public class ProfileValueExtractor implements ValueExtractor<@ExtractedValue(type = String.class) Profile> {
+
+    @Override
+    public void extractValues(Profile originalValue, ValueExtractor.ValueReceiver receiver) {
+        receiver.value(null, originalValue.getCompanyName());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/javaxval/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/javax.validation.valueextraction.ValueExtractor b/javaxval/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/javax.validation.valueextraction.ValueExtractor
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+++ b/javaxval/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/javax.validation.valueextraction.ValueExtractor
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.baeldung.valueextractors.ProfileValueExtractor
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diff --git a/javaxval/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ContainerValidationIntegrationTest.java b/javaxval/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ContainerValidationIntegrationTest.java
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+package org.baeldung;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.OptionalInt;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.validation.ConstraintViolation;
+import javax.validation.Validation;
+import javax.validation.Validator;
+import javax.validation.ValidatorFactory;
+import org.baeldung.valueextractors.ProfileValueExtractor;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ContainerValidationIntegrationTest {
+    private Validator validator;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() {
+        ValidatorFactory factory = Validation.byDefaultProvider().configure()
+            .addValueExtractor(new ProfileValueExtractor()).buildValidatorFactory();
+        validator = factory.getValidator();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenEmptyAddress_thenValidationFails() {
+        Customer customer = new Customer();
+        customer.setName("John");
+        customer.setAddresses(Collections.singletonList(" "));
+        Set<ConstraintViolation<Customer>> violations = validator.validate(customer);
+        assertEquals(1, violations.size());
+        assertEquals("Address must not be blank", violations.iterator()
+            .next()
+            .getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenInvalidEmail_thenValidationFails() {
+        CustomerMap map = new CustomerMap();
+        map.setCustomers(Collections.singletonMap("john", new Customer()));
+        Set<ConstraintViolation<CustomerMap>> violations = validator.validate(map);
+        assertEquals(1, violations.size());
+        assertEquals("Must be a valid email", violations.iterator()
+            .next()
+            .getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenAgeTooLow_thenValidationFails() {
+        Customer customer = new Customer();
+        customer.setName("John");
+        customer.setAge(15);
+        Set<ConstraintViolation<Customer>> violations = validator.validate(customer);
+        assertEquals(1, violations.size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenAgeNull_thenValidationSucceeds() {
+        Customer customer = new Customer();
+        customer.setName("John");
+        Set<ConstraintViolation<Customer>> violations = validator.validate(customer);
+        assertEquals(0, violations.size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenNumberOrdersValid_thenValidationSucceeds() {
+        Customer customer = new Customer();
+        customer.setName("John");
+        customer.setNumberOfOrders(OptionalInt.of(1));
+        Set<ConstraintViolation<Customer>> violations = validator.validate(customer);
+        assertEquals(0, violations.size());
+    }
+
+    //@Test
+    public void whenProfileCompanyNameBlank_thenValidationFails() {
+        Customer customer = new Customer();
+        customer.setName("John");
+        Profile profile = new Profile();
+        profile.setCompanyName(" ");
+        customer.setProfile(profile);
+        Set<ConstraintViolation<Customer>> violations = validator.validate(customer);
+        assertEquals(1, violations.size());
+    }
+
+}