I think this got lost in the DynaBean discussion so
I'm resending it.
--- "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip>
> We should also consider whether it makes sense to
> integrate the
> configuration of the validation criteria into
> struts-config.xml -- not as
> a *replacement* for the existing mechanism, but as
> an alternative for
> Struts based users.
<snip>
Did you have anything specific in mind for the
structure? I think that this has been mentioned
before, but I wasn't sure how to cleanly include this
in with the struts-config.xml. The basic information
could be add to the form-bean definitions, but how
would multiple locale validation rules be handled?
Would there be multiple form-beans that defined the
locale?
<form-bean name="logonForm"
type="org.apache.struts.action.DynaActionForm">
<form-property
name="username"
type="java.lang.String"
initial="user"
depends="required">
<arg0 key="user.displayname"/>
</form-property>
<form-property
name="password"
type="java.lang.String">
depends="required"/>
<arg0 key="password.displayname"/>
</form-property>
</form-bean>
Also since the Validator is in Commons now, something
like this would require maintaining a separate
resource initializer to handle the different xml
structure. Which might be worthwhile to maintain if
it would enhance usability enough. If the current
Validator xml structure was just placed as is in the
struts-config.xml, then the main resource intializer
could be made to take a parameter for the xml root to
use (instead of /form-validation to use
/struts-config/form-validation in
${xml.root}/formset/form/field).
Martin had mentioned in Commons whether or not to move
the Struts Validator interface out of commons and into
Struts proper. Any thoughts on this? It was on the
original 1.1 to do list to have a validation framework
built in. I could go either way, but I think it would
be nice if it was in the core. Especially since there
are so few classes left since most are in the Commons
now (6 classes plus one or two to be added for a
ValidatorDynaActionForm).
David
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