how to do validation within ActionSupport?

Hi, I need to perform database access for validation. Is the best place to do this in my ActionSupport-derived class? If so, how can I mark which fields have validation errors? Thank you in advance for any advice. *** IMPORTANT NOTE* The opin

Re: struts2 design question

>Funny; I was thinking the same thing about the static context stuff in JSF >that makes it really difficult to test in isolation. What makes you think that's difficult? I'm sure you're aware of mock objects. There are a number of mock JSF test frameworks---JMock and Shale come to mind. Writing

Re: struts2 design question

I wouldn't have seen that. Thanks, Jeromy. It's disturbing to see this kind of code in 2008 and makes me wonder what other antipatterns might exist in the struts2 codebase. Dave Newton wrote: > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I'm curious why the developers of struts2 chose to define const

struts2 design question

Hi, I'm curious why the developers of struts2 chose to define constants in an interface (StrutsStatics) and then implement that interface in at least 18 classes (see http://struts.apache.org/2.x/struts2-core/apidocs/org/apache/struts2/StrutsStatics.html). The"interface constant" pattern has b

Re: Actions without extending ActionSupport?

Hi David, Thanks again for the reply. I'm comparing MVC frameworks right now, and wondering if struts2 has a similar feature to JSF. In JSF, an action can look like this: public class MyAction { public String deleteUser() { // Here I can inject errors for display on the JSP by writing: