Re: Client/Server Side Validation for Struts 1.1

[Ted Husted]

I still have the feeling that we lack a decent foundation package to do
the grunt work of typecasting and String formatting, so that things like
a Validation servlet and something like a <bean:transform
picture="##/##/##" > tag could share a common codebase. 

We might want to start with something like this: 

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http://www.mail-archive.com/struts-dev@jakarta.apache.org/msg01522.html
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Perhaps as an extension to java.text.Format, as Rey Francois has been
suggesting: 

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http://www.mail-archive.com/struts-user@jakarta.apache.org/msg02711.html
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And then look at how we can use this package to extend the Validation
servlet and enhance the bean tags.

It's a little confusing now, since validations, conversions, and
transformations and are closely linked, but appear at different points
in the input / store / output continuum. Even so, I think the processes
have enough in common to create a cohesive package, even if you would
not use every method on any one layer of a MVC application.


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