I am validating constructor and method arguments, as I want to the software, especially the model part of it, to fail fast.

As a result, constructor code often looks like this

public MyModelClass(String arg1, String arg2, OtherModelClass otherModelInstance) {
    if(arg1 == null) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentsException("arg1 must not be null");
    }
    // further validation of constraints...
    // actual constructor code...
}

Is there a way to do that with an annotation driven approach? Something like:

public MyModelClass(@NotNull(raise=IllegalArgumentException.class, message="arg1 must not be null") String arg1, @NotNull(raise=IllegalArgumentException.class) String arg2, OtherModelClass otherModelInstance) {

    // actual constructor code...
}

In my eyes this would make the actual code a lot more readable.

In understand that there are annotations in order to support IDE validation (like the existing @NotNull annotation).

Thank you very much for your help.