i'm thinking with a JSF mind,, and typing ideas flowing my mind.... may be it fires some other idea in your (or others) mind too..
if i had such a requirement, i would; 1- create a custom jsf component.. say it <hsn:othersValidator /> 2- bind commons validators, which you want to be used for your form's "other" fields, to this custom component, <hsn:othersValidator> <s:commonsValidator type="required" .... /> <s:commonsValidator type="mask" mask="..." .... /> </hsn:othersValidator> hsn:othersValidator will do; get its validators(required, mask), at validation phase, and fires each of them for all your form's "other" fields' values/submittedvalues... that's it... as i stated above, this is just a brainstorm... i wrote it because may help to fire some ideas about someone's(or yours) implementation... hasan...
