Try this example
XSSFDataValidation dataValidation = null;
XSSFDataValidationConstraint dvConstraint = null;
XSSFDataValidationHelper validationHelper = null;
int DVRowLimit = (Int16.MaxValue);
XSSFCellStyle numberCellStyle = (XSSFCellStyle)workbook.CreateCellStyle();
XSSFDataFormat numberDataFormat = (XSSFDataFormat)workbook.CreateDataFormat();
numberCellStyle.SetDataFormat(numberDataFormat.GetFormat("#,###,###"));
CellRangeAddressList cellRangeFieldsType1 = new CellRangeAddressList(1, DVRowLimit, headerCount, headerCount);
dvConstraint = (XSSFDataValidationConstraint)validationHelper.CreateintConstraint(OperatorType.BETWEEN, "0", Int64.MaxValue.ToString());
dataValidation = (XSSFDataValidation)validationHelper.CreateValidation(dvConstraint, cellRangeFieldsType1);
dataValidation.ShowErrorBox = true;
dataValidation.SuppressDropDownArrow = true;
dataValidation.ErrorStyle = 0;
dataValidation.CreateErrorBox("InvalidValue", "Number Should be a integer.");
dataValidation.ShowErrorBox = true;
dataValidation.CreatePromptBox("Number Data Validation", "Enter Number.");
dataValidation.ShowPromptBox = true;
sheet.AddValidationData(dataValidation);
sheet.SetDefaultColumnStyle(column, numberCellStyle);
similarly for range validation try
dvConstraint = (XSSFDataValidationConstraint)validationHelper.CreateintConstraint(OperatorType.BETWEEN, "0", "10");
I have consolidated similar examples into a documentation for NPOI. it covers various types of data validation and constraints. Documentation also includes the case when total character count for constraints are more than 255 characters.