Re: Form Validation with multi-lingual fields ?

[Benjamin . Papez]

We continued the conversation the last time and I explained that there is no check at the language change. When pressing Save "validwhen" will check just the  current language somebody is working on.

Benjamin Papez

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Sébastien Landeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 19.12.2005 16:11:36:

> It should, but doesn't work !
>
> Remember I have a content with an Image and a ImageAlt field
> The ImageAlt is mandatory (validwhen function) if image is setted.
>
> I've just tested, switching language during the contribution.
> For example, I blank the ImageAlt in french, switch to english and
> valid the form.
> The validation don't catch the missing ImageAlt for french.
>
>

> 2005/10/3, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Sébastien Landeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 03.10.2005 16:27:35:
>
> > Does this mechanism work when in edition, the contributor switch the
> > input language by clicking of the language flags in the editing pop-up ?
> >
>
>
> Yes, it should !
>
> Benjamin Papez
>
>
> Sébastien Landeau < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 03.10.200516:27:35:
>
> > Does this mechanism work when in edition, the contributor switch the
> > input language by clicking of the language flags in the editing pop-up ?
> >
>
>
>
> The Jahia Field Input Validation Guide, which is currently linked on
> the Documentation page is unfortunately an older version. You should
> read the corrected text in Chapter 17 of the Jahia 4.x Template
> Developer Guide, which is also linked on the Documentation page.
>
> On page 108 you can read the following:
>
> >> The validator only accesses the getter-methods of those fields,
> for which you will define validation rules. The field values should
> be taken from the ContainerFacadeInterface object and for that you
> should use the inherited methods getJahiaField(String) or
> getJahiaMultiLanguageField(String). Which method to use depends on
> the validation rule, which should be applied. Most of the standard
> validators expect the field value as a String, but there are Jahia
> specific multilingual validations, which need to get access to all
> language entries of a field and for those fields you should return a
> JahiaMltHelper object.
>
> If you want to apply both (standard validators and Jahia
> multilingual validators) to the same field you should provide two
> different getter-methods. In this special case, the getter method
> returning the String must match the field name property, while for
> the getter method returning the JahiaMltHelper you can choose any
> property name.<<
>
> So if you use the standard "validwhen" validation rule, your bean
> method should return a String, even if the field-type is SMALLTEXT
> and the value is multilingual.
>
> Just use:
>      public String getImageAlt()
>     {
>         return getJahiaField("ImageAlt");
>     }
>
> This way your "validwhen" rule will check the value of ImageAlt for
> the current language somebody is working on.
>