Re: Validation Question with Indexed Properties

[Craig Tataryn]

friendly *bump*

On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 18:12:54 -0600 (CST), "Craig Tataryn" wrote:

> 
> Hi, I have the following definition in my validation.xml file:
> 
> 
>   
>  property="provStateId"
>   indexedListProperty="address"
>   depends="required">
>   
>   
>   
> 
> 
> I then have a form that is built like so:
> <% addressIndex = "address(" + region.getKey() + ")"; %>
> 
> .
> .
> .
> 
> 
> This generates HTML that looks like:
> 
> 
> .
> .
> .
> 
> 
> However, if I look at the javascript generated by  formName="addressForm">, I find:
> 
>  var bCancel = false; 
> 
> function validateMarketAddressForm(form) {   
>  
 
> 
> if (bCancel) 
>   return true; 
> else 
>return validateRequired(form); 
>} 
> 
> function required () { 
> } 
> 
> So does this mean that indexed properties for the validator do not work in 
> javascript?  Or am I
> doing something wrong?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Craig
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Validation Question with Indexed Properties

[Craig Tataryn]

Hi, I have the following definition in my validation.xml file:









I then have a form that is built like so:
<% addressIndex = "address(" + region.getKey() + ")"; %>

.
.
.


This generates HTML that looks like:


.
.
.


However, if I look at the javascript generated by , I find:

 var bCancel = false; 

function validateMarketAddressForm(form) { 
 

if (bCancel) 
  return true; 
else 
   return validateRequired(form); 
   } 

function required () { 
} 

So does this mean that indexed properties for the validator do not work in javascript? 
 Or am I
doing something wrong?

Thanks,

Craig





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Re: validwhen validation question

[Mah R]

Is it possisble to use validwhen for date fields like comparing dates?
 


Brendan Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm looking at using validwhen for a complex validation. 

I've got a value that can either be ignored when another parameter is
set or is valid when it's a date.

A simple date validation would be something like this:



datePatterndd-MM-var>


Can a validwhen call another validation? Giving you something like





test
((ignoreDate == "yes") or ( #insert date
validation# ))



or should I just write my own validation rule / do it with javascript
before I submit?



Thanks,

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validwhen validation question

[Brendan Richards]

I'm looking at using validwhen for a complex validation. 
 
I've got a value that can either be ignored when another parameter is
set or is valid when it's a date.
 
A simple date validation would be something like this:


 
datePatterndd-MM-

 
Can a validwhen call another validation? Giving you something like
 
 

  

  test
  ((ignoreDate == "yes") or ( #insert date
validation#  ))

  
 
or should I just write my own validation rule / do it with javascript
before I submit?
 
 
 
Thanks,
 
Brendan

Client Side Validation Question

[Juan Carlos Paramá]

 Hi,

 I have a little problem with validation. I have a form with a field
  that show the property de a bean in a session scope. If the
 field is empty at the load of the page the validation works right, but if
 the property have any value at the load the validation (required) fail. I
 think that cause is the render of the  to:

 

and the value is not null. If the form field is cleared in the screen is
 empty but code fail to validate.

Are there a workaround for this?

Thanks in advance.

-- 
Juan Carlos Paramá





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RE: Struts check box validation question

[Ben Anderson]

right, so I'm assuming you're iterating over a list of all books somehow.  
This is how I did something similar.  In your submitting jsp:
   
   .
   
   
   
 ..
   

in your struts-config:
   
   
...
in your action:
   if( form instanceof DynaActionForm ){
   DynaActionForm dynaForm = ((DynaActionForm)form);
   String[] bookList = dynaForm.get("bookList");
..

From: "Samyukta Akunuru" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: Struts check box validation question
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:46:46 -0600
Ben,

I am using a checkbox.
What I am planning to do is allow the user to check/select items/checkboxes 
on the book display page and check/select the books he wants to delete from 
Book store.
On submitting the form, I want to capture the set/list of checked choices 
so that I can take it as a array and pass it to my deleteBooks() method in 
my Action class.
Please let me know if I was not clear and I could append my sample code 
snippets.
I appreciate your swift replies

Thanks,
~Samy
-Original Message-
From: Ben Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 2:37 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Struts check box validation question
not too sure what you mean by your question, but I'd say no, you don't need
to pass in the array.  You're using a String[] as the form property, right?
Are you using multibox?
http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/struts-html.html#multibox

>From: "Samyukta Akunuru" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: Struts check box validation question
>Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:30:34 -0600
>
>Thanks Ben, I am looking at the code closer now, but do we have to pass 
in
>the array of selections to the ActionForm class from the jsp
>
>Regards,
>Samy.
>
>-Original Message-
>From: Ben Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 2:28 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: Struts check box validation question
>
>
>Here's code I got from Kris Schneider.  It validates that at least one of
>the check boxes was checked, but you should be able to change it fairly
>easily to do whatever you want.  If you're wondering how this code fits 
in,
>check out:
>http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/dev_validator.html
>and look at validateTwoFields to see how to setup of custom validate
>methods.
>
> public static boolean validateRequiredArray(Object bean,
> ValidatorAction va,
> Field field,
> ActionErrors errors,
> HttpServletRequest
>request)
>{
> boolean isValid = false;
>
> LOG.debug("bean: " + bean);
>
> Object[] array = null;
> if (isArray(bean)) {
> array = (Object[])bean;
> } else {
> Object fieldProperty = null;
> try {
> fieldProperty = PropertyUtils.getProperty(bean,
>field.getProperty());
> } catch (Exception exc) {
> // TODO: throw runtime exception?
> LOG.error(exc.getMessage(), exc);
> }
> LOG.debug("fieldProperty: " + fieldProperty);
> if (isArray(fieldProperty)) {
> array = (Object[])fieldProperty;
> }
> }
>
> if (array != null) {
> for (int i = 0, n = array.length; i < n; i++) {
> Object obj = array[i];
> LOG.debug("array[" + i + "]: '" + obj + "'");
> String value = ((obj == null) ? null : obj.toString());
> if (!GenericValidator.isBlankOrNull(value)) {
> isValid = true;
> break;
> }
> }
> }
>
> if (!isValid) {
> errors.add(field.getKey(), Resources.getActionError(request,
>va,
>field));
> }
>
> LOG.debug("isValid: " + isValid);
>
> return isValid;
> }
>
> public static boolean isArray(Object obj) {
> return ((obj == nu

RE: Struts check box validation question

[Samyukta Akunuru]

Ben,

I am using a checkbox.
What I am planning to do is allow the user to check/select items/checkboxes on the 
book display page and check/select the books he wants to delete from Book store.
On submitting the form, I want to capture the set/list of checked choices so that I 
can take it as a array and pass it to my deleteBooks() method in my Action class.
Please let me know if I was not clear and I could append my sample code snippets.
I appreciate your swift replies 

Thanks,
~Samy

-Original Message-
From: Ben Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 2:37 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Struts check box validation question


not too sure what you mean by your question, but I'd say no, you don't need 
to pass in the array.  You're using a String[] as the form property, right?  
Are you using multibox?

http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/struts-html.html#multibox

>From: "Samyukta Akunuru" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: Struts check box validation question
>Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:30:34 -0600
>
>Thanks Ben, I am looking at the code closer now, but do we have to pass in 
>the array of selections to the ActionForm class from the jsp
>
>Regards,
>Samy.
>
>-Original Message-
>From: Ben Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 2:28 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: Struts check box validation question
>
>
>Here's code I got from Kris Schneider.  It validates that at least one of
>the check boxes was checked, but you should be able to change it fairly
>easily to do whatever you want.  If you're wondering how this code fits in,
>check out:
>http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/dev_validator.html
>and look at validateTwoFields to see how to setup of custom validate
>methods.
>
> public static boolean validateRequiredArray(Object bean,
> ValidatorAction va,
> Field field,
> ActionErrors errors,
> HttpServletRequest 
>request)
>{
> boolean isValid = false;
>
> LOG.debug("bean: " + bean);
>
> Object[] array = null;
> if (isArray(bean)) {
> array = (Object[])bean;
> } else {
> Object fieldProperty = null;
> try {
> fieldProperty = PropertyUtils.getProperty(bean,
>field.getProperty());
> } catch (Exception exc) {
> // TODO: throw runtime exception?
> LOG.error(exc.getMessage(), exc);
> }
> LOG.debug("fieldProperty: " + fieldProperty);
> if (isArray(fieldProperty)) {
> array = (Object[])fieldProperty;
> }
> }
>
> if (array != null) {
> for (int i = 0, n = array.length; i < n; i++) {
> Object obj = array[i];
> LOG.debug("array[" + i + "]: '" + obj + "'");
> String value = ((obj == null) ? null : obj.toString());
> if (!GenericValidator.isBlankOrNull(value)) {
> isValid = true;
> break;
> }
> }
> }
>
> if (!isValid) {
> errors.add(field.getKey(), Resources.getActionError(request, 
>va,
>field));
> }
>
> LOG.debug("isValid: " + isValid);
>
> return isValid;
> }
>
> public static boolean isArray(Object obj) {
> return ((obj == null) || obj.getClass().isArray());
> }
>}
>
>-Ben
>
> >From: "Samyukta Akunuru" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Struts check box validation question
> >Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:57:23 -0600
> >
> >Had a quick question on power of struts form validation.Sample code to
> >validate checkboxes checked on the jsp, which will be sent as an array to
> >the Struts Action Form. Tips appreciate.Thanks in advance!
> >
> >Best Regards,
> >Samy
> >
> >
> >
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RE: Struts check box validation question

[Ben Anderson]

not too sure what you mean by your question, but I'd say no, you don't need 
to pass in the array.  You're using a String[] as the form property, right?  
Are you using multibox?

http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/struts-html.html#multibox

From: "Samyukta Akunuru" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: Struts check box validation question
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:30:34 -0600
Thanks Ben, I am looking at the code closer now, but do we have to pass in 
the array of selections to the ActionForm class from the jsp

Regards,
Samy.
-Original Message-
From: Ben Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 2:28 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Struts check box validation question
Here's code I got from Kris Schneider.  It validates that at least one of
the check boxes was checked, but you should be able to change it fairly
easily to do whatever you want.  If you're wondering how this code fits in,
check out:
http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/dev_validator.html
and look at validateTwoFields to see how to setup of custom validate
methods.
public static boolean validateRequiredArray(Object bean,
ValidatorAction va,
Field field,
ActionErrors errors,
HttpServletRequest 
request)
{
boolean isValid = false;

LOG.debug("bean: " + bean);

Object[] array = null;
if (isArray(bean)) {
array = (Object[])bean;
} else {
Object fieldProperty = null;
try {
fieldProperty = PropertyUtils.getProperty(bean,
field.getProperty());
} catch (Exception exc) {
// TODO: throw runtime exception?
LOG.error(exc.getMessage(), exc);
}
LOG.debug("fieldProperty: " + fieldProperty);
if (isArray(fieldProperty)) {
array = (Object[])fieldProperty;
}
}
if (array != null) {
for (int i = 0, n = array.length; i < n; i++) {
Object obj = array[i];
LOG.debug("array[" + i + "]: '" + obj + "'");
String value = ((obj == null) ? null : obj.toString());
if (!GenericValidator.isBlankOrNull(value)) {
isValid = true;
break;
}
}
}
if (!isValid) {
errors.add(field.getKey(), Resources.getActionError(request, 
va,
field));
}

LOG.debug("isValid: " + isValid);

return isValid;
}
public static boolean isArray(Object obj) {
return ((obj == null) || obj.getClass().isArray());
}
}
-Ben

>From: "Samyukta Akunuru" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Struts check box validation question
>Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:57:23 -0600
>
>Had a quick question on power of struts form validation.Sample code to
>validate checkboxes checked on the jsp, which will be sent as an array to
>the Struts Action Form. Tips appreciate.Thanks in advance!
>
>Best Regards,
>Samy
>
>
>
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RE: Struts check box validation question

[Samyukta Akunuru]

Thanks Ben, I am looking at the code closer now, but do we have to pass in the array 
of selections to the ActionForm class from the jsp

Regards,
Samy.

-Original Message-
From: Ben Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 2:28 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Struts check box validation question


Here's code I got from Kris Schneider.  It validates that at least one of 
the check boxes was checked, but you should be able to change it fairly 
easily to do whatever you want.  If you're wondering how this code fits in, 
check out:
http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/dev_validator.html
and look at validateTwoFields to see how to setup of custom validate 
methods.

public static boolean validateRequiredArray(Object bean,
ValidatorAction va,
Field field,
ActionErrors errors,
HttpServletRequest request) 
{
boolean isValid = false;

LOG.debug("bean: " + bean);

Object[] array = null;
if (isArray(bean)) {
array = (Object[])bean;
} else {
Object fieldProperty = null;
try {
fieldProperty = PropertyUtils.getProperty(bean, 
field.getProperty());
} catch (Exception exc) {
// TODO: throw runtime exception?
LOG.error(exc.getMessage(), exc);
}
LOG.debug("fieldProperty: " + fieldProperty);
if (isArray(fieldProperty)) {
array = (Object[])fieldProperty;
}
}

if (array != null) {
for (int i = 0, n = array.length; i < n; i++) {
Object obj = array[i];
LOG.debug("array[" + i + "]: '" + obj + "'");
String value = ((obj == null) ? null : obj.toString());
if (!GenericValidator.isBlankOrNull(value)) {
isValid = true;
break;
}
}
}

if (!isValid) {
errors.add(field.getKey(), Resources.getActionError(request, va, 
field));
}

LOG.debug("isValid: " + isValid);

return isValid;
}

public static boolean isArray(Object obj) {
return ((obj == null) || obj.getClass().isArray());
}
}

-Ben

>From: "Samyukta Akunuru" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Struts check box validation question
>Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:57:23 -0600
>
>Had a quick question on power of struts form validation.Sample code to 
>validate checkboxes checked on the jsp, which will be sent as an array to 
>the Struts Action Form. Tips appreciate.Thanks in advance!
>
>Best Regards,
>Samy
>
>
>
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RE: Struts check box validation question

[Ben Anderson]

Here's code I got from Kris Schneider.  It validates that at least one of 
the check boxes was checked, but you should be able to change it fairly 
easily to do whatever you want.  If you're wondering how this code fits in, 
check out:
http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/dev_validator.html
and look at validateTwoFields to see how to setup of custom validate 
methods.

   public static boolean validateRequiredArray(Object bean,
   ValidatorAction va,
   Field field,
   ActionErrors errors,
   HttpServletRequest request) 
{
   boolean isValid = false;

   LOG.debug("bean: " + bean);

   Object[] array = null;
   if (isArray(bean)) {
   array = (Object[])bean;
   } else {
   Object fieldProperty = null;
   try {
   fieldProperty = PropertyUtils.getProperty(bean, 
field.getProperty());
   } catch (Exception exc) {
   // TODO: throw runtime exception?
   LOG.error(exc.getMessage(), exc);
   }
   LOG.debug("fieldProperty: " + fieldProperty);
   if (isArray(fieldProperty)) {
   array = (Object[])fieldProperty;
   }
   }

   if (array != null) {
   for (int i = 0, n = array.length; i < n; i++) {
   Object obj = array[i];
   LOG.debug("array[" + i + "]: '" + obj + "'");
   String value = ((obj == null) ? null : obj.toString());
   if (!GenericValidator.isBlankOrNull(value)) {
   isValid = true;
   break;
   }
   }
   }
   if (!isValid) {
   errors.add(field.getKey(), Resources.getActionError(request, va, 
field));
   }

   LOG.debug("isValid: " + isValid);

   return isValid;
   }
   public static boolean isArray(Object obj) {
   return ((obj == null) || obj.getClass().isArray());
   }
}
-Ben

From: "Samyukta Akunuru" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Struts check box validation question
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:57:23 -0600
Had a quick question on power of struts form validation.Sample code to 
validate checkboxes checked on the jsp, which will be sent as an array to 
the Struts Action Form. Tips appreciate.Thanks in advance!

Best Regards,
Samy


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Struts check box validation question

[Samyukta Akunuru]

Had a quick question on power of struts form validation.Sample code to validate 
checkboxes checked on the jsp, which will be sent as an array to the Struts Action 
Form. Tips appreciate.Thanks in advance!

Best Regards,
Samy



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Struts check box validation question

[Samyukta A]

Had a quick question on power of struts form validation.Sample code to validate 
checkboxes checked on the jsp, which will be sent as an array to the Struts Action 
Form. Tips appreciate.Thanks in advance!

 

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RE: form validation question

[Andy Kriger]

Looks like there is a functional change or bug in the action input attribute
in Struts 1.1 - a forward name must be used instead of the location of a JSP
or Action. Not sure why this change happened between 1.1RC and 1.1rel -
maybe someone on the Struts dev team can answer?

-Original Message-
From: Andy Kriger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 2:46 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: form validation question

I am having a curious problem with form validation. I submit a form, see in
the logs that the form fails to validate, however, the webapp does not
return to the input page (I get a blank page with no HTML in it), so I do
not see the form with error messages as expected. If I put text in the
field, the form does submit correctly and I see the JSP specified in the
resulting action chain. The log files have no error messages indicating
something is amiss. When validation fails, the subsequent action is
definitely not running (I do not see the logging in the execute method).

Does anyone have any ideas what could be happening here? 
Or how I can track down the problem?
Below is the relevant info...

=== STRUTS CONFIG ===




 



=== orderForm.jsp ===


<%=err%>








=== VALIDATION CONFIG ===






=== LOG MESSAGES ===
[org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor][RequestProcessor]
Validating input form properties
[org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor][RequestProcessor]
Validation failed, returning to '/OrderForm.do'



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RE: form validation question

[Andy Kriger]

It didn't make any difference if I used an action or the JSP for the input
attribute. 

-Original Message-
From: Geeta Ramani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 6:55 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: form validation question

Ok, maybe, I'd have to check into struts code to really be
certain("input"
surely has some significance is what i'm thinking..) So just for the heck of
it though, what happens if you do say "/web/forms/orderForm.jsp" instead?

Andy Kriger wrote:

> OrderForm.do = /web/forms/orderForm.jsp That shouldn't make a 
> difference. I like to refer to actions rather than JSPs to minimize 
> the number of things I have to change if a JSP changes to a different 
> JSP or to another action.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Geeta Ramani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 3:27 PM
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: Re: form validation question
>
> Andy:
>
> Any reason why you have the unusual "input" param..?
>
>  >  type="MyClass"
> >  name="orderForm"
> >  validate="true"
> >  input="/OrderForm.do"
> >  scope="request">
> >  
> >
>
> I woud have thought you'd use this instead:
>
>  >  type="MyClass"
> >  name="orderForm"
> >  validate="true"
> >  input="/web/forms/orderForm.jsp"
> >  scope="request">
> >  
> >
>
> Regards,
> Geeta
>
> >
> > Andy Kriger wrote:
> >
> > > I am having a curious problem with form validation. I submit a 
> > > form, see in the logs that the form fails to validate, however, 
> > > the webapp does not return to the input page (I get a blank page 
> > > with no HTML in it), so I do not see the form with error messages 
> > > as expected. If I put text in the field, the form does submit 
> > > correctly and I see the JSP specified in the resulting action 
> > > chain. The log files have no error messages indicating something 
> > > is amiss. When validation fails, the subsequent action is 
> > > definitely not running (I do not see the
> logging in the execute method).
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any ideas what could be happening here?
> > > Or how I can track down the problem?
> > > Below is the relevant info...
> > >
> > > === STRUTS CONFIG ===
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > >  > >  type="MyClass"
> > >  name="orderForm"
> > >  validate="true"
> > >  input="/OrderForm.do"
> > >  scope="request">
> > >  
> > >
> > >  > > type="org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction"/>
> > >
> > > === orderForm.jsp ===
> > > 
> > > 
> > > <%=err%>
> > > 
> > > 
> > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > >  
> > >
> > > === VALIDATION CONFIG ===
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >
> > > === LOG MESSAGES ===
> > > [org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor][RequestProcessor]
> > > Validating input form properties
> > > [org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor][RequestProcessor]
> > > Validation failed, returning to '/OrderForm.do'
> > >
> > > Andy Kriger | Software Mechanic | Greater Than One, Inc.
> > > 28 West 27th Street | 7th Floor | New York, NY 10001
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Re: form validation question

[Geeta Ramani]

Ok, maybe, I'd have to check into struts code to really be certain("input"
surely has some significance is what i'm thinking..) So just for the heck of it
though, what happens if you do say "/web/forms/orderForm.jsp" instead?

Andy Kriger wrote:

> OrderForm.do = /web/forms/orderForm.jsp
> That shouldn't make a difference. I like to refer to actions rather than
> JSPs to minimize the number of things I have to change if a JSP changes to a
> different JSP or to another action.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Geeta Ramani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 3:27 PM
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: Re: form validation question
>
> Andy:
>
> Any reason why you have the unusual "input" param..?
>
>  >  type="MyClass"
> >  name="orderForm"
> >  validate="true"
> >  input="/OrderForm.do"
> >  scope="request">
> >  
> >
>
> I woud have thought you'd use this instead:
>
>  >  type="MyClass"
> >  name="orderForm"
> >  validate="true"
> >  input="/web/forms/orderForm.jsp"
> >  scope="request">
> >  
> >
>
> Regards,
> Geeta
>
> >
> > Andy Kriger wrote:
> >
> > > I am having a curious problem with form validation. I submit a form,
> > > see in the logs that the form fails to validate, however, the webapp
> > > does not return to the input page (I get a blank page with no HTML
> > > in it), so I do not see the form with error messages as expected. If
> > > I put text in the field, the form does submit correctly and I see
> > > the JSP specified in the resulting action chain. The log files have
> > > no error messages indicating something is amiss. When validation
> > > fails, the subsequent action is definitely not running (I do not see the
> logging in the execute method).
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any ideas what could be happening here?
> > > Or how I can track down the problem?
> > > Below is the relevant info...
> > >
> > > === STRUTS CONFIG ===
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > >  > >  type="MyClass"
> > >  name="orderForm"
> > >  validate="true"
> > >  input="/OrderForm.do"
> > >  scope="request">
> > >  
> > >
> > >  > > type="org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction"/>
> > >
> > > === orderForm.jsp ===
> > > 
> > > 
> > > <%=err%>
> > > 
> > > 
> > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > >  
> > >
> > > === VALIDATION CONFIG ===
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >
> > > === LOG MESSAGES ===
> > > [org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor][RequestProcessor]
> > > Validating input form properties
> > > [org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor][RequestProcessor]
> > > Validation failed, returning to '/OrderForm.do'
> > >
> > > Andy Kriger | Software Mechanic | Greater Than One, Inc.
> > > 28 West 27th Street | 7th Floor | New York, NY 10001
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RE: form validation question

[Andy Kriger]

orderForm was extending DynaValidatorForm. I changed this to
DynaValidatorActionForm - now the form validates (though it shouldn't -
there's a required field missing). Looks like I'm one step closer to a
solution.

Thank you for the idea.

-Original Message-
From: Barnett, Brian W. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 5:10 PM
To: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
Subject: RE: form validation question

Your orderForm does extend ValidatorForm instead of ActionForm right? The
struts validator plug-in relies on your forms extending ValidatorForm in
order to do server-side validations.

Out of curiosity, you may want to see if client-side validation works first.

 ...



When the submit button is pressed, if the required field is empty, you
should get a message window indicating the field is required.

Brian Barnett


-Original Message-
From: Andy Kriger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 1:16 PM
To: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
Subject: RE: form validation question

I see an empty page - no HTML, no nothing. It's as if the handoff to the
input path never happens, even though the logging informs me that validation
failed and the input path is being returned to. When you say 'a question of
display not working right', what do you have in mind? 

-Original Message-
From: Geeta Ramani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 3:05 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: form validation question

Andy:

What do you see in the source of the html page..? Maybe it is just a
question of display not working right..?

Geeta

Andy Kriger wrote:

> I am having a curious problem with form validation. I submit a form, 
> see in the logs that the form fails to validate, however, the webapp 
> does not return to the input page (I get a blank page with no HTML in 
> it), so I do not see the form with error messages as expected. If I 
> put text in the field, the form does submit correctly and I see the 
> JSP specified in the resulting action chain. The log files have no 
> error messages indicating something is amiss. When validation fails, 
> the subsequent action is definitely not running (I do not see the 
> logging
in the execute method).
>
> Does anyone have any ideas what could be happening here?
> Or how I can track down the problem?
> Below is the relevant info...
>
> === STRUTS CONFIG ===
>
> 
>
>   type="MyClass"
>  name="orderForm"
>  validate="true"
>  input="/OrderForm.do"
>  scope="request">
>  
>
>  type="org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction"/>
>
> === orderForm.jsp ===
> 
> 
> <%=err%>
> 
> 
>
> 
> 
>  
>
> === VALIDATION CONFIG ===
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
> === LOG MESSAGES ===
> [org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor][RequestProcessor]
> Validating input form properties
> [org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor][RequestProcessor]
> Validation failed, returning to '/OrderForm.do'
>
> Andy Kriger | Software Mechanic | Greater Than One, Inc.
> 28 West 27th Street | 7th Floor | New York, NY 10001
> P: 212.252.7197 | F: 212.252.7364 | E: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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RE: form validation question

[Andy Kriger]

OrderForm.do = /web/forms/orderForm.jsp
That shouldn't make a difference. I like to refer to actions rather than
JSPs to minimize the number of things I have to change if a JSP changes to a
different JSP or to another action.

-Original Message-
From: Geeta Ramani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 3:27 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: form validation question

Andy:

Any reason why you have the unusual "input" param..?

  type="MyClass"
>  name="orderForm"
>  validate="true"
>  input="/OrderForm.do"
>  scope="request">
>  
>

I woud have thought you'd use this instead:

  type="MyClass"
>  name="orderForm"
>  validate="true"
>  input="/web/forms/orderForm.jsp"
>  scope="request">
>  
>

Regards,
Geeta

>
> Andy Kriger wrote:
>
> > I am having a curious problem with form validation. I submit a form, 
> > see in the logs that the form fails to validate, however, the webapp 
> > does not return to the input page (I get a blank page with no HTML 
> > in it), so I do not see the form with error messages as expected. If 
> > I put text in the field, the form does submit correctly and I see 
> > the JSP specified in the resulting action chain. The log files have 
> > no error messages indicating something is amiss. When validation 
> > fails, the subsequent action is definitely not running (I do not see the
logging in the execute method).
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas what could be happening here?
> > Or how I can track down the problem?
> > Below is the relevant info...
> >
> > === STRUTS CONFIG ===
> >
> > 
> >
> >  >  type="MyClass"
> >  name="orderForm"
> >  validate="true"
> >  input="/OrderForm.do"
> >  scope="request">
> >  
> >
> >  > type="org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction"/>
> >
> > === orderForm.jsp ===
> > 
> > 
> > <%=err%>
> > 
> > 
> >
> > 
> > 
> >  
> >
> > === VALIDATION CONFIG ===
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
> > === LOG MESSAGES ===
> > [org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor][RequestProcessor]
> > Validating input form properties
> > [org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor][RequestProcessor]
> > Validation failed, returning to '/OrderForm.do'
> >
> > Andy Kriger | Software Mechanic | Greater Than One, Inc.
> > 28 West 27th Street | 7th Floor | New York, NY 10001
> > P: 212.252.7197 | F: 212.252.7364 | E: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: form validation question

[Geeta Ramani]

Andy:

Any reason why you have the unusual "input" param..?

  type="MyClass"
>  name="orderForm"
>  validate="true"
>  input="/OrderForm.do"
>  scope="request">
> 
> 
>

I woud have thought you'd use this instead:

  type="MyClass"
>  name="orderForm"
>  validate="true"
>  input="/web/forms/orderForm.jsp"
>  scope="request">
> 
> 
>

Regards,
Geeta

>
> Andy Kriger wrote:
>
> > I am having a curious problem with form validation. I submit a form, see in
> > the logs that the form fails to validate, however, the webapp does not
> > return to the input page (I get a blank page with no HTML in it), so I do
> > not see the form with error messages as expected. If I put text in the
> > field, the form does submit correctly and I see the JSP specified in the
> > resulting action chain. The log files have no error messages indicating
> > something is amiss. When validation fails, the subsequent action is
> > definitely not running (I do not see the logging in the execute method).
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas what could be happening here?
> > Or how I can track down the problem?
> > Below is the relevant info...
> >
> > === STRUTS CONFIG ===
> >
> > 
> >
> >  >  type="MyClass"
> >  name="orderForm"
> >  validate="true"
> >  input="/OrderForm.do"
> >  scope="request">
> > 
> > 
> >
> >  > type="org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction"/>
> >
> > === orderForm.jsp ===
> > 
> > 
> > <%=err%>
> > 
> > 
> >
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
> > === VALIDATION CONFIG ===
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
> > === LOG MESSAGES ===
> > [org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor][RequestProcessor]
> > Validating input form properties
> > [org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor][RequestProcessor]
> > Validation failed, returning to '/OrderForm.do'
> >
> > Andy Kriger | Software Mechanic | Greater Than One, Inc.
> > 28 West 27th Street | 7th Floor | New York, NY 10001
> > P: 212.252.7197 | F: 212.252.7364 | E: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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RE: form validation question

[Barnett, Brian W.]

Your orderForm does extend ValidatorForm instead of ActionForm right? The
struts validator plug-in relies on your forms extending ValidatorForm in
order to do server-side validations.

Out of curiosity, you may want to see if client-side validation works first.


...



When the submit button is pressed, if the required field is empty, you
should get a message window indicating the field is required.

Brian Barnett


-Original Message-
From: Andy Kriger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 1:16 PM
To: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
Subject: RE: form validation question

I see an empty page - no HTML, no nothing. It's as if the handoff to the
input path never happens, even though the logging informs me that validation
failed and the input path is being returned to. When you say 'a question of
display not working right', what do you have in mind? 

-Original Message-
From: Geeta Ramani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 3:05 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: form validation question

Andy:

What do you see in the source of the html page..? Maybe it is just a
question of display not working right..?

Geeta

Andy Kriger wrote:

> I am having a curious problem with form validation. I submit a form, 
> see in the logs that the form fails to validate, however, the webapp 
> does not return to the input page (I get a blank page with no HTML in 
> it), so I do not see the form with error messages as expected. If I 
> put text in the field, the form does submit correctly and I see the 
> JSP specified in the resulting action chain. The log files have no 
> error messages indicating something is amiss. When validation fails, 
> the subsequent action is definitely not running (I do not see the logging
in the execute method).
>
> Does anyone have any ideas what could be happening here?
> Or how I can track down the problem?
> Below is the relevant info...
>
> === STRUTS CONFIG ===
>
> 
>
>   type="MyClass"
>  name="orderForm"
>  validate="true"
>  input="/OrderForm.do"
>  scope="request">
>  
>
>  type="org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction"/>
>
> === orderForm.jsp ===
> 
> 
> <%=err%>
> 
> 
>
> 
> 
>  
>
> === VALIDATION CONFIG ===
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
> === LOG MESSAGES ===
> [org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor][RequestProcessor]
> Validating input form properties
> [org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor][RequestProcessor]
> Validation failed, returning to '/OrderForm.do'
>
> Andy Kriger | Software Mechanic | Greater Than One, Inc.
> 28 West 27th Street | 7th Floor | New York, NY 10001
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RE: form validation question

[Andy Kriger]

I see an empty page - no HTML, no nothing. It's as if the handoff to the
input path never happens, even though the logging informs me that validation
failed and the input path is being returned to. When you say 'a question of
display not working right', what do you have in mind? 

-Original Message-
From: Geeta Ramani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 3:05 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: form validation question

Andy:

What do you see in the source of the html page..? Maybe it is just a
question of display not working right..?

Geeta

Andy Kriger wrote:

> I am having a curious problem with form validation. I submit a form, 
> see in the logs that the form fails to validate, however, the webapp 
> does not return to the input page (I get a blank page with no HTML in 
> it), so I do not see the form with error messages as expected. If I 
> put text in the field, the form does submit correctly and I see the 
> JSP specified in the resulting action chain. The log files have no 
> error messages indicating something is amiss. When validation fails, 
> the subsequent action is definitely not running (I do not see the logging
in the execute method).
>
> Does anyone have any ideas what could be happening here?
> Or how I can track down the problem?
> Below is the relevant info...
>
> === STRUTS CONFIG ===
>
> 
>
>   type="MyClass"
>  name="orderForm"
>  validate="true"
>  input="/OrderForm.do"
>  scope="request">
>  
>
>  type="org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction"/>
>
> === orderForm.jsp ===
> 
> 
> <%=err%>
> 
> 
>
> 
> 
>  
>
> === VALIDATION CONFIG ===
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
> === LOG MESSAGES ===
> [org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor][RequestProcessor]
> Validating input form properties
> [org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor][RequestProcessor]
> Validation failed, returning to '/OrderForm.do'
>
> Andy Kriger | Software Mechanic | Greater Than One, Inc.
> 28 West 27th Street | 7th Floor | New York, NY 10001
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Re: form validation question

[Geeta Ramani]

Andy:

What do you see in the source of the html page..? Maybe it is just a question
of display not working right..?

Geeta

Andy Kriger wrote:

> I am having a curious problem with form validation. I submit a form, see in
> the logs that the form fails to validate, however, the webapp does not
> return to the input page (I get a blank page with no HTML in it), so I do
> not see the form with error messages as expected. If I put text in the
> field, the form does submit correctly and I see the JSP specified in the
> resulting action chain. The log files have no error messages indicating
> something is amiss. When validation fails, the subsequent action is
> definitely not running (I do not see the logging in the execute method).
>
> Does anyone have any ideas what could be happening here?
> Or how I can track down the problem?
> Below is the relevant info...
>
> === STRUTS CONFIG ===
>
> 
>
>   type="MyClass"
>  name="orderForm"
>  validate="true"
>  input="/OrderForm.do"
>  scope="request">
> 
> 
>
>  type="org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction"/>
>
> === orderForm.jsp ===
> 
> 
> <%=err%>
> 
> 
>
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
> === VALIDATION CONFIG ===
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
> === LOG MESSAGES ===
> [org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor][RequestProcessor]
> Validating input form properties
> [org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor][RequestProcessor]
> Validation failed, returning to '/OrderForm.do'
>
> Andy Kriger | Software Mechanic | Greater Than One, Inc.
> 28 West 27th Street | 7th Floor | New York, NY 10001
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form validation question

[Andy Kriger]

I am having a curious problem with form validation. I submit a form, see in
the logs that the form fails to validate, however, the webapp does not
return to the input page (I get a blank page with no HTML in it), so I do
not see the form with error messages as expected. If I put text in the
field, the form does submit correctly and I see the JSP specified in the
resulting action chain. The log files have no error messages indicating
something is amiss. When validation fails, the subsequent action is
definitely not running (I do not see the logging in the execute method).

Does anyone have any ideas what could be happening here? 
Or how I can track down the problem?
Below is the relevant info...

=== STRUTS CONFIG ===









=== orderForm.jsp ===


<%=err%>








=== VALIDATION CONFIG ===






=== LOG MESSAGES ===
[org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor][RequestProcessor]
Validating input form properties
[org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor][RequestProcessor]
Validation failed, returning to '/OrderForm.do'



Andy Kriger | Software Mechanic | Greater Than One, Inc.
28 West 27th Street | 7th Floor | New York, NY 10001
P: 212.252.7197 | F: 212.252.7364 | E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

RE: validation question

[Matthias Wessendorf]

hi

use the DynaValidatorActionForm

in validate.xml
enter the path of submit instead of "complete"-formbeanName

name="/submit1"

and so on

greetings



-Original Message-
From: Nandita Rajagopalan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 5:24 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: validation question


Hi,

I have a form that is shared my multiple JSPs. My problem comes in
validating the form. One text field which is required in a page is not
in the other. How do I set up the validation.xml to be generic enough so
that the above condition can be met.

Thanks for any help.



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validation question

[Nandita Rajagopalan]

Hi,

I have a form that is shared my multiple JSPs. My problem comes in validating the 
form. One text field which is required in a page is not in the other. How do I set up 
the validation.xml to be generic enough so that the above condition can be met.

Thanks for any help.



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RE: validation question

[Yuan, Saul (TOR-ML)]

In your action mappings in struts-config, you can set validate=false,
and do your validation in the action class. Not sure if this is what you
want.

Saul



> -Original Message-
> From: Stephane Grenier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 5:12 PM
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: validation question
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hello all.
> 
> Is there any way to decide if I want to validate the jsp within the
action
> rather than in struts-config ?
> 
> Thank you,
> Stephane
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validation question

[Stephane Grenier]

Hello all.

Is there any way to decide if I want to validate the jsp within the action rather than 
in struts-config ?

Thank you,
Stephane

RE: Validation question

[Bailey, Shane C.]

Thanks.

One minor change needed, the actual value needed to be passed and not the
name of the of a form bean:

errors.add(ActionErrors.GLOBAL_ERROR, new ActionError("errors.userNotFound",
nameOfUserToUpd);




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From: Yansheng Lin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 3:59 PM
To: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
Subject: RE: Validation question

Try

errors.add(ActionErrors.GLOBAL_ERROR, new ActionError("errors.userNotFound",
"userName");

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From: Bailey, Shane C. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: July 28, 2003 1:37 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Validation question


 

I have been using the validator plug-in so long now that I can't remember
how this simple thing works:

 

In an action I determine that the user (as described in a request parameter)
is not in the DB so I want to return an error message to the user

with the username they entered incorrectly.  Here is a code snipet:

 

Action code:

 

public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping,

 ActionForm form,

 HttpServletRequest request,

 HttpServletResponse response)

throws Exception {

 

String nameOfUserToUpd =
request.getParameter("username");



DynaActionForm editUserForm = (DynaActionForm)form;

 

UpdateUserSession updSession = new
UpdateUserSession(nameOfUserToUpd);

User user = updSession.getUser();

 

if(user==null)

{

//Add error

errors.add("userName", new
ActionError("errors.userNotFound"));

saveErrors(request, errors);



//Set the form variable because the
username came in from a "GET" not a "POST".

editUserForm.set("userName",
nameOfUserToUpd);

 

return
(mapping.findForward("userNotFound"));

} 

 

...

}

 

properties file:

errors.userNotFound='{0}' was not found.

 

On the page mapped to "userNotFound" it displays as:'{0}' was not found

 

I thought by having the first parameter to errors.add() with the same name
as an attribute on the form bean it would automatically fill in '{0}' 

This is way past validation and has nothing to do with what is in
validation.xml so I can't specify arg0 value.

 

How do I accomplish what I am trying to do?



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RE: Validation question

[Yansheng Lin]

Try

errors.add(ActionErrors.GLOBAL_ERROR, new ActionError("errors.userNotFound",
"userName");

-Original Message-
From: Bailey, Shane C. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: July 28, 2003 1:37 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Validation question


 

I have been using the validator plug-in so long now that I can't remember
how this simple thing works:

 

In an action I determine that the user (as described in a request parameter)
is not in the DB so I want to return an error message to the user

with the username they entered incorrectly.  Here is a code snipet:

 

Action code:

 

public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping,

 ActionForm form,

 HttpServletRequest request,

 HttpServletResponse response)

throws Exception {

 

String nameOfUserToUpd =
request.getParameter("username");



DynaActionForm editUserForm = (DynaActionForm)form;

 

UpdateUserSession updSession = new
UpdateUserSession(nameOfUserToUpd);

User user = updSession.getUser();

 

if(user==null)

{

//Add error

errors.add("userName", new
ActionError("errors.userNotFound"));

saveErrors(request, errors);



//Set the form variable because the
username came in from a "GET" not a "POST".

editUserForm.set("userName",
nameOfUserToUpd);

 

return
(mapping.findForward("userNotFound"));

} 

 

...

}

 

properties file:

errors.userNotFound='{0}' was not found.

 

On the page mapped to "userNotFound" it displays as:'{0}' was not found

 

I thought by having the first parameter to errors.add() with the same name
as an attribute on the form bean it would automatically fill in '{0}' 

This is way past validation and has nothing to do with what is in
validation.xml so I can't specify arg0 value.

 

How do I accomplish what I am trying to do?



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Validation question

[Bailey, Shane C.]

 

I have been using the validator plug-in so long now that I can't remember
how this simple thing works:

 

In an action I determine that the user (as described in a request parameter)
is not in the DB so I want to return an error message to the user

with the username they entered incorrectly.  Here is a code snipet:

 

Action code:

 

public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping,

 ActionForm form,

 HttpServletRequest request,

 HttpServletResponse response)

throws Exception {

 

String nameOfUserToUpd =
request.getParameter("username");



DynaActionForm editUserForm = (DynaActionForm)form;

 

UpdateUserSession updSession = new
UpdateUserSession(nameOfUserToUpd);

User user = updSession.getUser();

 

if(user==null)

{

//Add error

errors.add("userName", new
ActionError("errors.userNotFound"));

saveErrors(request, errors);



//Set the form variable because the
username came in from a "GET" not a "POST".

editUserForm.set("userName",
nameOfUserToUpd);

 

return
(mapping.findForward("userNotFound"));

} 

 

...

}

 

properties file:

errors.userNotFound='{0}' was not found.

 

On the page mapped to "userNotFound" it displays as:'{0}' was not found

 

I thought by having the first parameter to errors.add() with the same name
as an attribute on the form bean it would automatically fill in '{0}' 

This is way past validation and has nothing to do with what is in
validation.xml so I can't specify arg0 value.

 

How do I accomplish what I am trying to do?

Custom Validation question

[Brian McSweeney]

Seeing as I'm doing so well today, getting my problems solved,
I thought I'd give this one a go.

I am validating some fields automatically using a ValidatorForm.
 
However, some fields I validate myself by overwriting the validate
method
as follows:
 
public ActionErrors validate( ActionMapping mapping,
HttpServletRequest request ) {
// this should call the validate on the automatic stuff
ActionErrors errors = super.validate( mapping, request );
if (errors == null) {
errors = new ActionErrors(  );
}

.my custom validation.

return errors;
}
 
Now what I am trying to do is use custom validation to validate a credit
card.
For example,
 
if ( field1=="specific_value" && field2=="other_value" ){
validateCreditCard( field3 );
}
 
What I would like to know is, if there is a way to call the built in
server side 
validateCreditCard, or validateEmailAddress etc, methods directly from
my 
class?
 
Thanks again!
Brian
 
 
 
 

Validation question

[Hurdle, Robert H, PERSCOM]

Never mind.  Next time I'll search the archive before asking the question.
The answer came from Craig McClanahan.

 

"Struts uses the naming design patterns of the JavaBeans

specification.  Therefore, if you have a property named "foo", it looks for
methods getFoo() and setFoo(), while a method "fooBar" would get translated
to "getFooBar()" and setFooBar()".  You can also override these method names
by providing a BeanInfo class for your bean -- see the JavaBeans spec for
more information."

 

Validation question

[Hurdle, Robert H, PERSCOM]

I am trying to set up the Struts validator to have two required fields on my
input form; userid and acesloccd.  When the input form should display I get
an error msg:

 

Error Message: No getter method for property acesloccd of bean
org.apache.struts.taglib.html.BEAN

 

The input form never displays so it never gets submitted.  I would have
expected to get something like this on submitting the form.

 

I have a get method for acesloccd in the ActionForm associated with
submitting input.  Any guidance on what I'm doing wrong will be greatly
appreciated.

 

Robert Hurdle

Re: Struts Validation Question

[Shashank Dixit]

Test msg .. pls ignore
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From: "Bailey, Shane C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 7:32 PM
Subject: RE: Struts Validation Question


>
> What does your action mapping look like in the struts-config?  Also, I
> believe, by the time you are in the action validation will already be
> performed (once you have it working properly).  So you don't have a call
to
> validate() or anything to do with validation in the action.
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Ranj Nadarajah [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 10:03 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Struts Validation Question
>
> I've been trying to make validator work with our application.  However,
I've
>
> not been
> very successful.  Here is what I did.  Please let me know if I missed
> anything.
>
> I've created a form with firstName and LastName fields.  The validator
> should
> see if that the form is not empty.  Howver, when I don't fill in and
submit,
>
> I get
> to the next page.  I don't see the validator checking for errors and
> reporting.
> I followed the guidelines in http://www.onjava.com/lpt/a/2912
>
>
> 1) Put the commons-validator.jar,jakarta-oro.jar and the struts.jar in the
> lib folder
> 2) Put the validator-rules.xml file in the web-inf directory.
> 3) created the validator.xml file in the web-inf directory and put the
> following in the
> validation.xml file:
>
> 
>
> 
> 
>
>   
>
>   depends="required,minlength">
>   
>   resource="false"/>
>  
>minLength
>5
>  
>  
>
> 
>
>   
>
>
> 
>
>
> 4) Created the ActionForm class and extended it from validator.form
>
> 5) Called the ((FBOrder)form).validate(..) method from the action class
>
> 6) Created the following code in struts-config.xml
>
>   
>property="pathnames" vaue="/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml,
> /WEB-INF/validation.xml" />
>   
>
>
> 7) put the following code in the jsp page.
>
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   
> 
> 
> 
>
> 7) Put the following in the applicationresources.properties file.
> button.cancel=Cancel
> button.confirm=Confirm
> button.reset=Reset
> button.save=Save
>
> # Errors
> errors.footer=
> errors.header=Validation ErrorYou must
> correct the following error(s) before proceeding:
> errors.ioException=I/O exception rendering error messages: {0}
> error.database.missing=User database is missing, cannot validate logon
> credentials
> errors.required={0} is required.
> errors.minlength={0} can not be less than {1} characters.
> errors.maxlength={0} can not be greater than {1} characters.
> errors.invalid={0} is invalid.
>
> errors.byte={0} must be an byte.
> errors.short={0} must be an short.
> errors.integer={0} must be an integer.
> errors.long={0} must be an long.
> errors.float={0} must be an float.
> errors.double={0} must be an double.
>
> errors.date={0} is not a date.
>
> errors.range={0} is not in the range {1} through {2}.
>
> errors.creditcard={0} is not a valid credit card number.
>
> errors.email={0} is an invalid e-mail address.
>
> #Order Form
> orderForm.firstname.displayname=First Name
> orderForm.lastname.displayname=Last Name
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RE: Struts Validation Question

[Bailey, Shane C.]

What does your action mapping look like in the struts-config?  Also, I
believe, by the time you are in the action validation will already be
performed (once you have it working properly).  So you don't have a call to
validate() or anything to do with validation in the action.


-Original Message-
From: Ranj Nadarajah [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 10:03 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Struts Validation Question

I've been trying to make validator work with our application.  However, I've

not been
very successful.  Here is what I did.  Please let me know if I missed 
anything.

I've created a form with firstName and LastName fields.  The validator 
should
see if that the form is not empty.  Howver, when I don't fill in and submit,

I get
to the next page.  I don't see the validator checking for errors and 
reporting.
I followed the guidelines in http://www.onjava.com/lpt/a/2912


1) Put the commons-validator.jar,jakarta-oro.jar and the struts.jar in the 
lib folder
2) Put the validator-rules.xml file in the web-inf directory.
3) created the validator.xml file in the web-inf directory and put the 
following in the
validation.xml file:






  

 
 
 
 
   minLength
   5
 
 



  





4) Created the ActionForm class and extended it from validator.form

5) Called the ((FBOrder)form).validate(..) method from the action class

6) Created the following code in struts-config.xml

  

  


7) put the following code in the jsp page.





  




7) Put the following in the applicationresources.properties file.
button.cancel=Cancel
button.confirm=Confirm
button.reset=Reset
button.save=Save

# Errors
errors.footer=
errors.header=Validation ErrorYou must 
correct the following error(s) before proceeding:
errors.ioException=I/O exception rendering error messages: {0}
error.database.missing=User database is missing, cannot validate logon 
credentials
errors.required={0} is required.
errors.minlength={0} can not be less than {1} characters.
errors.maxlength={0} can not be greater than {1} characters.
errors.invalid={0} is invalid.

errors.byte={0} must be an byte.
errors.short={0} must be an short.
errors.integer={0} must be an integer.
errors.long={0} must be an long.
errors.float={0} must be an float.
errors.double={0} must be an double.

errors.date={0} is not a date.

errors.range={0} is not in the range {1} through {2}.

errors.creditcard={0} is not a valid credit card number.

errors.email={0} is an invalid e-mail address.

#Order Form
orderForm.firstname.displayname=First Name
orderForm.lastname.displayname=Last Name

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Struts Validation Question

[Ranj Nadarajah]

I've been trying to make validator work with our application.  However, I've 
not been
very successful.  Here is what I did.  Please let me know if I missed 
anything.

I've created a form with firstName and LastName fields.  The validator 
should
see if that the form is not empty.  Howver, when I don't fill in and submit, 
I get
to the next page.  I don't see the validator checking for errors and 
reporting.
I followed the guidelines in http://www.onjava.com/lpt/a/2912

1) Put the commons-validator.jar,jakarta-oro.jar and the struts.jar in the 
lib folder
2) Put the validator-rules.xml file in the web-inf directory.
3) created the validator.xml file in the web-inf directory and put the 
following in the
validation.xml file:



   
   

 


	   depends="required,minlength">
	 


  minLength
  5



   

 



4) Created the ActionForm class and extended it from validator.form

5) Called the ((FBOrder)form).validate(..) method from the action class

6) Created the following code in struts-config.xml

 
   
 property="pathnames" vaue="/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml, 
/WEB-INF/validation.xml" />
 

7) put the following code in the jsp page.




   
 



7) Put the following in the applicationresources.properties file.
button.cancel=Cancel
button.confirm=Confirm
button.reset=Reset
button.save=Save
# Errors
errors.footer=
errors.header=Validation ErrorYou must 
correct the following error(s) before proceeding:
errors.ioException=I/O exception rendering error messages: {0}
error.database.missing=User database is missing, cannot validate logon 
credentials
errors.required={0} is required.
errors.minlength={0} can not be less than {1} characters.
errors.maxlength={0} can not be greater than {1} characters.
errors.invalid={0} is invalid.

errors.byte={0} must be an byte.
errors.short={0} must be an short.
errors.integer={0} must be an integer.
errors.long={0} must be an long.
errors.float={0} must be an float.
errors.double={0} must be an double.
errors.date={0} is not a date.

errors.range={0} is not in the range {1} through {2}.

errors.creditcard={0} is not a valid credit card number.

errors.email={0} is an invalid e-mail address.

#Order Form
orderForm.firstname.displayname=First Name
orderForm.lastname.displayname=Last Name
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Iteration and Validation question

[Ashok Madhavan]

hi all, 
I have a case where i iterate a list and create text
box for each iteration. I use the logic:iterate tag to
do this.

How can i use the standard validation xml to do
validation in this case.

Is it possible to use the standdard validation or will
i have to write my own validate method.

Regards
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RE: form validation question

[Marco Tedone]

The values specified in the  are used by the validator as a
replacement for the generic pattern {0}. If you give a closer look to the
properties you should import(unless you won't specify yours) when using the
validator, one of these will be:

{0} is required

What the  causes is actually the value in the {0} to be replaced
by what you specify. So in your case you should see something similar to the
following:

phone(value from bundle) phone.ext(value from bundle) required

or 

phone.ext(value from bundle) required

Marco

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> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: form validation question
> 
> 
> I have a validation rule that looks like this...
> 
>depends="mask">
>   
>   
>   
>   mask
>   ^\s*\d*\s*$
>   
> 
> 
> However, it considers the phoneExt field required. Can anyone 
> tell me why? I want the phoneExt field to be optional, and if 
> filled out, to use the given mask.
> 
> thx
> andy
> 
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Re: form validation question

[Dan Allen]

Andy Kriger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:

> I have a validation rule that looks like this...
> 
>depends="mask">
>   
>   
>   
>   mask
>   ^\s*\d*\s*$
>   
> 
> 
> However, it considers the phoneExt field required. Can anyone tell me why?
> I want the phoneExt field to be optional, and if filled out, to use the
> given mask.
I believe this has been answered several times and that you just
need the newest validation-rules.xml file which makes mask optional
if not filled in, and leave the required up to the
depends="required,mask"

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form validation question

[Andy Kriger]

I have a validation rule that looks like this...





mask
^\s*\d*\s*$



However, it considers the phoneExt field required. Can anyone tell me why?
I want the phoneExt field to be optional, and if filled out, to use the
given mask.

thx
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struts validation question

[Ashish Kulkarni]

Hi,
I have 3 questiona about handling validation in struts
1.1b3, using dyna form and using validation.xml

Q1, Suppose i have to validate date for 3 different
format depending upon a value set in sessio, so if the
value of fomrat is '1' date format is  dd/MM/yy, if
'2' date format is MM/dd/yy and  '3' date format is
yy/MM/dd
Also how to use mask for field entry

Q2, Validating numeric field, for '.' and ',' for
decimal values, like in US "." is used for decimal
while  in france "," is used for decimal value is
double. so how do i validate depending upon local, or
using a value set in session, like if the valus is '1'
then the valid decimal is "." and if the vaus is "2"
the valid decimal is ","

Q3, Is there a way to validate number of digits before
decimal and after decimal, 
like valid value is 123.23 but not 12.323

Any code or defination in validation.xml will really
help, 
Do i have to write custom validtor for above
requirements or is there a way to do it in struts

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Re: Validation question

[Steve Stair]

You could create your own Validator

It could keep a count of the number of fields that were validated,
as well as whether any of the fields were non-empty.
Then while the last field was being validated, if could add an error
if the all the fields had been empty.



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Re: Validation question

[Thomas . Gaudin]

>> you could check at the Form bean level by setting the flag to true for
any
>> set .
>> if false after all sets are invoked then u know no value is set
>> Sangeetha Nagarjunan
>> IT Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.
>> Bangalore
>> 080 - 6655122 X 2119

OK...
Is there any way to do so for a DynaActionForm ?
or do I have to turn my form into a standard Action ?
Cheers,

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Re: Validation question

[Sangeetha Nagarjunan]

you could check at the Form bean level by setting the flag to true for any
set .
if false after all sets are invoked then u know no value is set
Sangeetha Nagarjunan
IT Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
080 - 6655122 X 2119



   
  
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Hi folks,

Is it possible to use the validator to check that at least one field in the
complete ActionForm is set ?
If yes, could someone give me some hints about how to do that ?
many thanks,

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Validation question

[Thomas . Gaudin]

Hi folks,

Is it possible to use the validator to check that at least one field in the
complete ActionForm is set ?
If yes, could someone give me some hints about how to do that ?
many thanks,

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Validation Question

[Andreas Langmann]

Hello,

i had updated to validator-1.0 (from the struts-1.1-b2 version) and my
validation just prints out the following code...

//  End -->


I miss the opening tag and my validation rules...

the tag code is:



formName is correct, and all works perfectly with the pre-release
validator version. Must i update Struts (to nightly build :-( ) ??

Tia

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Validation Question

[Bhamani, Nizar A TL56E]

I have layed out my application to use tiles in which, it has the usual
tiles like
header, footer, bodyContent etc, inwhich the bodyContent is dynamic. For
each page
I have a form that redirects it to the tiles/template and appropriately
setting the
dynamic bodyContent page.

The sequence goes like :

1) MainPage
2) UserInfoPage
3) AdditionalUserInfoPage
and so on.

I had set up the struts application to call the Validation info on
the UserInfoPage to set certain required fields. It worked fine.
Recently I inserted a new page 'LoginPage' between the 'MainPage'
and 'UserInfoPage', which also had its own validation for userId 
and password. 

Since I have added this page, whenever the validation fails on
either the LoginPage or the UserInfoPage, it redirects to
the MainPage  

Am I missing anything ?

Nizar.

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Validation question

[Dan Tran]

First I'd like if this is already answer on this list ( I did try
to search on the archive thou)

My form been has a float properties with get/set method
use float.

The user on my web page enters a invalid float value string

The question here is why my ActionForm bean does not
throw exception rather then setting the property to 0.0?

I do understand I should using String for all my form properties, but it is intrigued 
to understand this.

Any suggestion?

RE: Form Validation Question

[David . A . Ventimiglia]

Thanks!

-Original Message-
From: Ady Das-O'Toole [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 12:51 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: RE: Form Validation Question

You can also set validate=false in your mapping, but call the form's
validate method in your Action, that way you get to decide when to turn
validation on. Of course there's the additional hit of going to the action
every time, in this case.

Ady

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Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 3:45 PM
To: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
Subject: RE: Form Validation Question


How about creating 2 mappings where second mapping will have validation
turned off?

Mark.

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Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 3:36 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Form Validation Question


Hello,



I'm using a single Action Mapping for both "adding" and "editing" an entity.
The mapping looks like this:





  





The idea is, if we come into ../editAuthorityLevel from a link that says
"Add Authority Level", then there'll be no form parameters, the
authorityLevelId consequently will be null, and the EditAuthorityLevelAction
class can do nothing in this case.  If, on the other hand, we come into
../editAuthorityLevel from a form that says "Edit Authority Level", then the
form fields (especially "authorityLevelId") will not be null.  In this case,
if looks up the appropriate bean and populates the form with the
corresponding values.



This works great until I introduce form validation.  If I implement the
form's validate() method so that it returns a non-empty ActionErrors if
required fields are not filled in, then this happens when coming in from the
"Add Authority Level" link.  When this happens, Struts skips the
EditAuthorityLevelAction class and tries to go directly to
../editAuthorityLevel.jsp.  This is bad because EditAuthorityLevelAction
populates several page beans that the JSP needs.



The central problem is this:  I'm using the ActionForm to shuttle data from
the Model side to the View side.  In one case, it's used to swizzle data out
of the model and show it in the JSP's "edit" form.  In the other case, it's
used to collect data from the form and send it (through the Action) back to
the model.  Only in the latter case do I care about form validation.  Yet
Struts imposes validation in both directions.  How do I get around this?



Cheers,

David A. Ventimiglia

Wells Fargo Private Client Services

(415) 396-0414 (work)






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RE: Form Validation Question

[Zeltser, Mark]

You can turn off validation by specifying validate="false" in your action: 



 
   



 
   

Mark


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I would, except I don't know how to turn validation off in the Action
Mapping in struts-config.xml.  As long as I use the same ActionForm for both
"show me a blank form so I can add" and "show me a populated form so I can
edit", and that ActionForm implements validate(), then there's validation.
Is there a way to turn this off?

The alternative, which may not be so bad, is for the validate() method to
inspect the form fields and to decide to actually check for empty fields if
we're in "show me a populated form so I can edit" mode.  Actually, that's
not bad at all because it fits with the overall semantics.

In other words, I was originally thinking the validation rule is:

"The Authentication Level's 'Name' field may not be empty."

But upon further reflection, it's clear the validation rule is really:

"The Authentication Level's 'Name' field may not be empty, UNLESS this is
the special case of the 'Insert Row'."

Where 'Insert Row' is defined to be a bean whose primary key (eg.,
authenticationLevelId) is null.

Cheers,
David

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Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 12:45 PM
To: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
Subject: RE: Form Validation Question

How about creating 2 mappings where second mapping will have validation
turned off?

Mark.

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Subject: Form Validation Question


Hello,



I'm using a single Action Mapping for both "adding" and "editing" an entity.
The mapping looks like this:





  





The idea is, if we come into ../editAuthorityLevel from a link that says
"Add Authority Level", then there'll be no form parameters, the
authorityLevelId consequently will be null, and the EditAuthorityLevelAction
class can do nothing in this case.  If, on the other hand, we come into
../editAuthorityLevel from a form that says "Edit Authority Level", then the
form fields (especially "authorityLevelId") will not be null.  In this case,
if looks up the appropriate bean and populates the form with the
corresponding values.



This works great until I introduce form validation.  If I implement the
form's validate() method so that it returns a non-empty ActionErrors if
required fields are not filled in, then this happens when coming in from the
"Add Authority Level" link.  When this happens, Struts skips the
EditAuthorityLevelAction class and tries to go directly to
../editAuthorityLevel.jsp.  This is bad because EditAuthorityLevelAction
populates several page beans that the JSP needs.



The central problem is this:  I'm using the ActionForm to shuttle data from
the Model side to the View side.  In one case, it's used to swizzle data out
of the model and show it in the JSP's "edit" form.  In the other case, it's
used to collect data from the form and send it (through the Action) back to
the model.  Only in the latter case do I care about form validation.  Yet
Struts imposes validation in both directions.  How do I get around this?



Cheers,

David A. Ventimiglia

Wells Fargo Private Client Services

(415) 396-0414 (work)






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RE: Form Validation Question

[David . A . Ventimiglia]

I would, except I don't know how to turn validation off in the Action
Mapping in struts-config.xml.  As long as I use the same ActionForm for both
"show me a blank form so I can add" and "show me a populated form so I can
edit", and that ActionForm implements validate(), then there's validation.
Is there a way to turn this off?

The alternative, which may not be so bad, is for the validate() method to
inspect the form fields and to decide to actually check for empty fields if
we're in "show me a populated form so I can edit" mode.  Actually, that's
not bad at all because it fits with the overall semantics.

In other words, I was originally thinking the validation rule is:

"The Authentication Level's 'Name' field may not be empty."

But upon further reflection, it's clear the validation rule is really:

"The Authentication Level's 'Name' field may not be empty, UNLESS this is
the special case of the 'Insert Row'."

Where 'Insert Row' is defined to be a bean whose primary key (eg.,
authenticationLevelId) is null.

Cheers,
David

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From: Zeltser, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 12:45 PM
To: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
Subject: RE: Form Validation Question

How about creating 2 mappings where second mapping will have validation
turned off?

Mark.

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Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 3:36 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Form Validation Question


Hello,



I'm using a single Action Mapping for both "adding" and "editing" an entity.
The mapping looks like this:





  





The idea is, if we come into ../editAuthorityLevel from a link that says
"Add Authority Level", then there'll be no form parameters, the
authorityLevelId consequently will be null, and the EditAuthorityLevelAction
class can do nothing in this case.  If, on the other hand, we come into
../editAuthorityLevel from a form that says "Edit Authority Level", then the
form fields (especially "authorityLevelId") will not be null.  In this case,
if looks up the appropriate bean and populates the form with the
corresponding values.



This works great until I introduce form validation.  If I implement the
form's validate() method so that it returns a non-empty ActionErrors if
required fields are not filled in, then this happens when coming in from the
"Add Authority Level" link.  When this happens, Struts skips the
EditAuthorityLevelAction class and tries to go directly to
../editAuthorityLevel.jsp.  This is bad because EditAuthorityLevelAction
populates several page beans that the JSP needs.



The central problem is this:  I'm using the ActionForm to shuttle data from
the Model side to the View side.  In one case, it's used to swizzle data out
of the model and show it in the JSP's "edit" form.  In the other case, it's
used to collect data from the form and send it (through the Action) back to
the model.  Only in the latter case do I care about form validation.  Yet
Struts imposes validation in both directions.  How do I get around this?



Cheers,

David A. Ventimiglia

Wells Fargo Private Client Services

(415) 396-0414 (work)






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RE: Form Validation Question

[Ady Das-O'Toole]

You can also set validate=false in your mapping, but call the form's validate method 
in your Action, that way you get to decide when to turn validation on. Of course 
there's the additional hit of going to the action every time, in this case.

Ady

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Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 3:45 PM
To: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
Subject: RE: Form Validation Question


How about creating 2 mappings where second mapping will have validation
turned off?

Mark.

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Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 3:36 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Form Validation Question


Hello,



I'm using a single Action Mapping for both "adding" and "editing" an entity.
The mapping looks like this:





  





The idea is, if we come into ../editAuthorityLevel from a link that says
"Add Authority Level", then there'll be no form parameters, the
authorityLevelId consequently will be null, and the EditAuthorityLevelAction
class can do nothing in this case.  If, on the other hand, we come into
../editAuthorityLevel from a form that says "Edit Authority Level", then the
form fields (especially "authorityLevelId") will not be null.  In this case,
if looks up the appropriate bean and populates the form with the
corresponding values.



This works great until I introduce form validation.  If I implement the
form's validate() method so that it returns a non-empty ActionErrors if
required fields are not filled in, then this happens when coming in from the
"Add Authority Level" link.  When this happens, Struts skips the
EditAuthorityLevelAction class and tries to go directly to
../editAuthorityLevel.jsp.  This is bad because EditAuthorityLevelAction
populates several page beans that the JSP needs.



The central problem is this:  I'm using the ActionForm to shuttle data from
the Model side to the View side.  In one case, it's used to swizzle data out
of the model and show it in the JSP's "edit" form.  In the other case, it's
used to collect data from the form and send it (through the Action) back to
the model.  Only in the latter case do I care about form validation.  Yet
Struts imposes validation in both directions.  How do I get around this?



Cheers,

David A. Ventimiglia

Wells Fargo Private Client Services

(415) 396-0414 (work)





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RE: Form Validation Question

[Zeltser, Mark]

How about creating 2 mappings where second mapping will have validation
turned off?

Mark.

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Subject: Form Validation Question


Hello,



I'm using a single Action Mapping for both "adding" and "editing" an entity.
The mapping looks like this:





  





The idea is, if we come into ../editAuthorityLevel from a link that says
"Add Authority Level", then there'll be no form parameters, the
authorityLevelId consequently will be null, and the EditAuthorityLevelAction
class can do nothing in this case.  If, on the other hand, we come into
../editAuthorityLevel from a form that says "Edit Authority Level", then the
form fields (especially "authorityLevelId") will not be null.  In this case,
if looks up the appropriate bean and populates the form with the
corresponding values.



This works great until I introduce form validation.  If I implement the
form's validate() method so that it returns a non-empty ActionErrors if
required fields are not filled in, then this happens when coming in from the
"Add Authority Level" link.  When this happens, Struts skips the
EditAuthorityLevelAction class and tries to go directly to
../editAuthorityLevel.jsp.  This is bad because EditAuthorityLevelAction
populates several page beans that the JSP needs.



The central problem is this:  I'm using the ActionForm to shuttle data from
the Model side to the View side.  In one case, it's used to swizzle data out
of the model and show it in the JSP's "edit" form.  In the other case, it's
used to collect data from the form and send it (through the Action) back to
the model.  Only in the latter case do I care about form validation.  Yet
Struts imposes validation in both directions.  How do I get around this?



Cheers,

David A. Ventimiglia

Wells Fargo Private Client Services

(415) 396-0414 (work)





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Form Validation Question

[David . A . Ventimiglia]

Hello,

 

I'm using a single Action Mapping for both "adding" and "editing" an entity.
The mapping looks like this:

 



  



 

The idea is, if we come into ../editAuthorityLevel from a link that says
"Add Authority Level", then there'll be no form parameters, the
authorityLevelId consequently will be null, and the EditAuthorityLevelAction
class can do nothing in this case.  If, on the other hand, we come into
../editAuthorityLevel from a form that says "Edit Authority Level", then the
form fields (especially "authorityLevelId") will not be null.  In this case,
if looks up the appropriate bean and populates the form with the
corresponding values.  

 

This works great until I introduce form validation.  If I implement the
form's validate() method so that it returns a non-empty ActionErrors if
required fields are not filled in, then this happens when coming in from the
"Add Authority Level" link.  When this happens, Struts skips the
EditAuthorityLevelAction class and tries to go directly to
../editAuthorityLevel.jsp.  This is bad because EditAuthorityLevelAction
populates several page beans that the JSP needs.

 

The central problem is this:  I'm using the ActionForm to shuttle data from
the Model side to the View side.  In one case, it's used to swizzle data out
of the model and show it in the JSP's "edit" form.  In the other case, it's
used to collect data from the form and send it (through the Action) back to
the model.  Only in the latter case do I care about form validation.  Yet
Struts imposes validation in both directions.  How do I get around this?

 

Cheers,

David A. Ventimiglia

Wells Fargo Private Client Services

(415) 396-0414 (work)

 

Re: Validation Question?

[David Winterfeldt]

The issue is associating error messages, error message
arguments, and validation information like masks,
dates, etc. for different locales.  Also it would
start getting messy having regexp expression and other
things all directly associtaed with the custom jsp
tags.  Also, to store this information in the jsp page
would start cluttering your view with business logic.

There are a few other validation frameworks that
people have written.  They are posted here if you want
to look at them.

http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/resources.html

David

--- Matt Koidin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm looking for a straightforward way to handle
> basic form validation. I
> downloaded the Struts Validator from Dave
> Winterfeldt and I really like
> the capabilities, but I'm wondering if anyone has a
> solution that is
> more generic? My big problem with the Validator
> design is the need for
> another xml file that I need to fill out for every
> form I want to
> validate. 
> 
> Maybe I am missing something, but is there a way a)
> either using this
> tool, or b) with another validator - that I can
> validate a field at the
> tag level.
> 
> For example, I'd like to write:
> 
>  maxlength="30"
> validate="required"/>
> 
> -or-
> 
>  validate="required,
> email"/>
> 
> and not have to deal with a FORM-SPECIFIC xml file.
> Obviously, I'd have
> to detail what it meant to be "required" and what a
> valid "email" is.
> That seems to be done with the validator-rules.xml
> file. Why can't I
> access that directly?
> 
> I might just go build this myself, but I was curious
> if it has already
> been done, or if I am missing something with the
> Struts Validator.
> 
> Thanks,
> Matt
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Validation Question?

[Matt Koidin]

I'm looking for a straightforward way to handle basic form validation. I
downloaded the Struts Validator from Dave Winterfeldt and I really like
the capabilities, but I'm wondering if anyone has a solution that is
more generic? My big problem with the Validator design is the need for
another xml file that I need to fill out for every form I want to
validate. 

Maybe I am missing something, but is there a way a) either using this
tool, or b) with another validator - that I can validate a field at the
tag level.

For example, I'd like to write:



-or-



and not have to deal with a FORM-SPECIFIC xml file. Obviously, I'd have
to detail what it meant to be "required" and what a valid "email" is.
That seems to be done with the validator-rules.xml file. Why can't I
access that directly?

I might just go build this myself, but I was curious if it has already
been done, or if I am missing something with the Struts Validator.

Thanks,
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Re: Struts Validation question

[David Winterfeldt]

It doesn't skip it just like if you define an
html:text on your JSP and the field doesn't exist it
causes an exception.  I don't think it stops
validating though since all exceptions are caught.

David

--- Sandeep Takhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> when using the struts validator, what happens if you
> define a validation for a field and the field does
> not
> exist?  Does it skip the field (this is what I would
> like).
> 
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when using the struts validator, what happens if you
define a validation for a field and the field does not
exist?  Does it skip the field (this is what I would
like).

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Re: Form Validation Question

[David Winterfeldt]

You can put in any url in the input attribute.  So
there isn't a problem having input go through an
action.

David

--- "DEHAMER,BRIAN (HP-MountainView,ex1)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If I want to use form validation with my ActionForm
> bean, what should I
> specify for the "input" attribute of my action
> defition?  Should it
> reference the JSP page that renders the form (e.g.
> "/login.jsp") or should
> it reference the action responsible for presenting
> the form (e.g.
> "/login.do")?
> 
> All of the examples that I've seen show the "input"
> attribute pointing to
> the JSP page; however, when I do this I notice that
> my page doesn't render
> properly because it is dependent on some information
> that is set in the
> associated action class.  If I put an action path in
> the "input" attribute I
> think I can solve my problem, but I'm not sure if
> this is an appropriate use
> of the architecture.  
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> Brian DeHamer
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Form Validation Question

[DEHAMER,BRIAN (HP-MountainView,ex1)]

If I want to use form validation with my ActionForm bean, what should I
specify for the "input" attribute of my action defition?  Should it
reference the JSP page that renders the form (e.g. "/login.jsp") or should
it reference the action responsible for presenting the form (e.g.
"/login.do")?

All of the examples that I've seen show the "input" attribute pointing to
the JSP page; however, when I do this I notice that my page doesn't render
properly because it is dependent on some information that is set in the
associated action class.  If I put an action path in the "input" attribute I
think I can solve my problem, but I'm not sure if this is an appropriate use
of the architecture.  

Thanks for the help.

Brian DeHamer
Hewlett-Packard Co.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]