On 12.Jul.2001 -- 03:16 PM, Berin Loritsch wrote:
> I want to clean up the Validator XSP page. The reason is that I want
> to provide a markup that does not require me to embed <xsp:logic> tags
> in my forms. Basically, it will be tags like the following:
>
> <on-error name="field">
> <warn>Display this message</warn>
> </on-error>
> <on-toosmall name="name">
> <warn>Name needs to be at least 5 characters</warn>
> </on-toosmall>
>
>
> This cleans up the generated code, and is much more maintainable for the
> end user. Does anyone have any input on preferred semantics?
>
I remember that there have been discussions on this list whether to
duplicate e.g. if-then-else constructs in xsp tags. I believe the
consensus was that's not too good an idea.
Actually, I don't mind but this should really be an addition rather
than a replacement for the <is-ok> &c. tags.
For a real application I would envision a higher level taglib that
combines the validation with reading the request parameters and does
more form specific stuff.
<form-lib:input type="text" name="fieldname" default="">
<form-lib:label> <!-- tooltip or real label? -->
This is an input field
</form-lib:label>
<!-- even more things you can do with input field, javascript &c -->
<form-lib:on-error>
<warn>Display this message</warn>
</form-lib:on-error>
</form-lib:input>
So, maybe I would put it there rather than the form-validator. I will
have a go at this and the necessary stylesheet but currently I'm
trying to sensibly integrate Informix SERIAL columns into
DatabaseAddAction.... Probably a more modular approach to
DatabaseAddAction.
> Also, should this be 2.1 only, or should I make the functionality available
> for 2.0 as well?
It's not gonna break anything nor is it likely to introduce new bugs
so I'd say 2.0 should be OK.
Chris.
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