@Override public List<String> validateResponseAttributes( List<FeedbackResponseAttributes> responses, int numRecipients) { if (responses.isEmpty()) { return new ArrayList<String>(); } if (areDuplicatesAllowed) { return new ArrayList<String>(); } else { List<String> errors = new ArrayList<>(); for (FeedbackResponseAttributes response : responses) { FeedbackRankOptionsResponseDetails frd = (FeedbackRankOptionsResponseDetails) response.getResponseDetails(); Set<Integer> responseRank = new HashSet<>(); for (int answer : frd.getFilteredSortedAnswerList()) { if (responseRank.contains(answer)) { errors.add("Duplicate rank " + answer); } responseRank.add(answer); } } return errors; } }