You could definitely do that, too. If you just create a new Url(yourstringhere) it will raise that exception if it's malformed, so it won't waste time creating a connection to a malformed url. I guess that's probably a better solution than the regex one, too, because it's simpler.
-- If education is too expensive, try ignorance. On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 07:03:59 -0700 (PDT) "Prashanth.S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > How abt throwing MalformedURLException in the service method inside action class?? > Than no need to do validation in action form?? > Is it correct?? > Help?? > Thanks > Prashanth > > Dichotomy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steps: > > 1) Use a regular expression to check that the url fits the pattern you are looking > for (here's a good tutorial on regexes: > http://www.zvon.org/other/PerlTutorial/Output/index.html). You can do this directly > with the validator framework if you're using it, or later from the action. > 2) Open a java.io or java.nio connection to that url to check that it is valid. Look > into File and/or InputStream for more info on how to do this. > > You should never put any logic in the form bean itself (it should remain a plain > dumb form bean). Put this code in a library and make a call to it from your action. > > -- > If education is too expensive, try ignorance. > > > On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 06:36:14 -0700 (PDT) > "Prashanth.S" wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I need to upload a resource present at a particular location by making user enter > > a valid URL...How can i do URL name validation using struts???Is there anything to > > do so??Do i need to do this in action form or action class??[what User entered is > > a valid url i.e,both name as well as resource present at that url) > > Thanks in advance > > Prashanth > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
