Hi All,
I am currently using the struts validator (Struts 1.2.9) to create some
client side validation code for one of my JSP pages. The problem I have
is that some of the JavaScript it creates includes some JavaDoc comments
such as:
/*$RCSfile: validateMaxLength.js,v $ $Rev: 376673 $ $Date: 2006-02-10
13:42:31 +0000 (Fri, 10 Feb 2006) $ */
/**
* A field is considered valid if less than the specified maximum.
* Fields are not checked if they are disabled.
* <p>
* <strong>Caution:</strong> Using <code>validateMaxLength</code> on a
password field in a
* login page gives unnecessary information away to hackers. While it
only slightly
* weakens security, we suggest using it only when modifying a
password.</p>
* @param form The form validation is taking place on.
*/
function validateMaxLength(form) {
Therefore when I run my generated HTML through the W3C tidy application it
complains with :
"<" + "/" + letter not allowed here
Cause:
The 2 characters "</" have been detected in a wrong place.
Solution:
In most case, this is due to wrong javascript:
BAD <document.write("</h1>");
GOOD <document.write("<\/h1>");
References:
W3C faq: http://validator.w3.org/docs/help.html#faq-javascript
HtmlHelp: http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/problems.html#script
So, my questions are, is there someway to supress the comments being
included ? or how am I supposed to use the Struts validator to generate
W3C compliant HTML ?
Many thanks for your time
Neil
