JSR-303 @допустимая аннотация (вложенный объект) не работает

[spring 3.0.5][Jboss 5.1]

мои основные классы

public class UserAddressesForm {

    @NotEmpty
    private String firstName;

    @NotEmpty
    private String lastName;

    private List<AddressForm> addresses;

...
setters and getters 

public class AddressForm {

    @NotEmpty
    private String customName;
    @NotEmpty
    private String city;
    @NotEmpty
    private String streetAn;
    @NotEmpty
    private String streetHn;
    @NotEmpty
    private String addressCountry;
    @NotEmpty
    private String postCode;
...
setters and getters

Контроллер

@RequestMapping(value = "/up", method = RequestMethod.POST)
    public String completeForm(@Valid @ModelAttribute("userAddressesForm") UserAddressesForm userAddressesForm,  
            BindingResult result, HttpServletRequest req)
...

страница JSP

<form:form commandName="userAddressesForm" action="registered">
    <table>

        <tr>
            <td class="formLabels"><form:label path="firstName">
                <spring:message code="label.name" />
            </form:label></td>
            <td><form:input path="firstName" /></td>
            <td><form:errors path="firstName" cssClass="error" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="formLabels"><form:label path="lastName">
                <spring:message code="label.surname" />
            </form:label></td>
            <td><form:input path="lastName" /></td>
            <td><form:errors path="lastName" cssClass="error" /></td>
        </tr>
    </table>

    <c:forEach items="${userAddressesForm.addresses}" varStatus="gridRow">  
        <div id="main_address" class="address_data_form">
            <fieldset>
                <legend><spring:message code="label.stepThreeMainAddressInfo" /></legend>
                <a href="#" class="deleteItem"></a>
                <table>
                    <tr>            
                        <td class="formLabels">
                            <spring:message code="label.address.custom.name" />
                        </td>
                        <td>
                            <spring:bind path="addresses[${gridRow.index}].customName">
                                <input type="input" name="<c:out value="${status.expression}"/>"
                                    id="<c:out value="${status.expression}"/>"
                                    value="<c:out value="${status.value}"/>" />
                                    <form:errors path="${status.expression}"/>
                            </spring:bind>
                        </td>   
                    </tr>               
                    <tr>            
                        <td class="formLabels">
                            <spring:message code="label.streetAnStreetHn" />
                        </td>
                        <td>
                            <spring:bind path="addresses[${gridRow.index}].streetAn">
                                <input type="input" name="<c:out value="${status.expression}"/>"
                                    id="<c:out value="${status.expression}"/>"
                                    value="<c:out value="${status.value}"/>" />
                            </spring:bind>
                            <spring:bind path="addresses[${gridRow.index}].streetHn">
                            <input type="input" name="<c:out value="${status.expression}"/>"
                                id="<c:out value="${status.expression}"/>"
                                value="<c:out value="${status.value}"/>" >
                            <form:errors path="addresses[${gridRow.index}].streetHn"/>
                            </spring:bind>

                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>                        
                        <td class="formLabels">
                            <spring:message code="label.postCode" />
                        </td>
                        <td>
                            <spring:bind path="addresses[${gridRow.index}].postCode">
                                <input type="input" name="<c:out value="${status.expression}"/>"
                                    id="<c:out value="${status.expression}"/>"
                                    value="<c:out value="${status.value}"/>" />
                            </spring:bind>
                        </td>                   
                    </tr>
                    <tr>                
                        <td class="formLabels">
                            <spring:message code="label.city" />
                        </td>
                        <td>
                            <spring:bind path="addresses[${gridRow.index}].city">
                                <input type="input" name="<c:out value="${status.expression}"/>"
                                    id="<c:out value="${status.expression}"/>"
                                    value="<c:out value="${status.value}"/>" />
                                <form:errors path="addresses[${gridRow.index}].city" cssClass="error" />
                            </spring:bind>
                        </td>
                    </tr>       
                </table>    
            </fieldset>
        </div>
    </c:forEach>

почему поля объекта не проверяются адресной формой?

пожалуйста, помогите.