Validator for optional field

Vaadin 6 / 7 / 8
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Hello all together,

i am using Vaadin 8.1 and have a Problem. I am using an EmailValidator together with a Binding. But the validation should only occur, if the email is not empty (cause email is not required in my case). How can I do that?

Here’s my code:

        binder.forField(email)
                            .withValidator(new EmailValidator("Ungültige Email-Adresse"))
                            .bind(MyBean::getEmpfaengerEmail, MyBean::setEmpfaengerEmail);
        form.addComponent(email);

        NativeButton btn = new NativeButton("submit");
        btn.addClickListener(e -> {
            MyBean dataBean = new MyBean(domain);
            try {
                binder.writeBean(dataBean);
                ...
            } catch (ValidationException e1) {
                Notification.show("Bitte korrigieren Sie die fehlerhaften Eingaben.");
            }
        });