I added basic client side javascript validation that
matches the server side validation. Validation rules
are stored in an xml file.
I thought that if the form had a locale attribute that
would take care of i18n or there could be separate
files like the property resource files.
I was also thinking about how open the validation
framework should be. If it could be configured a
little like some Ant tasks, you could define a method
to perform validation and what validation need to
finish before others proceed like the Ant depends
attribute.
<name="required"
class="org.apache.struts.Validation"
property="validateRequired"/>
<name="regexp"
class="org.apache.struts.Validation"
property="validateRegexp"
depends="required"/>
<field property="firstName"
validations="required,regexp"
mask="^\w+$" />
I thought of this because I'm checking for all
required fields before continuing to check the regular
expressions. Anyway, it's late. I hope that part
made sense.
I posted the code and a example war at. Ted, if you
want to, you can add this to the list of struts
sites/resources you have. Is this something along the
lines you were thinking of? Let me know what you
think of Ted.
http://home.earthlink.net/~dwinterfeldt
David Winterfeldt
--- Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My initial thoughts were to look at what some of the
> advanced HTML
> authoring tools, like FrontPage and Dreamweaver do
> with this. Craig
> mentioned to me that the client-side validations
> should be coordinated
> with any new work on server-side validations.
>
> Obviously, some standard "domain type" validations
> would be very useful,
> corresponding to Java or SQL types. These might be
> the sorts of things
> we could easily add as properties, and would fit in
> with any IDE
> integration projects.
>
> These could then be braced server-side with hardcore
> regex validations,
> along with any business logic checking.
>
> Of course, late-model Javascript also supports regex
> ...
>
> Jim Richards wrote:
> >>The other thing I haven't found reference to yet
> is
> >>client side validation (but I also haven't looked
> that hard either)
>
> > I did notice that you had your name down for the
> client
> > side validation. I'd be interested in your
> thoughts, and
> > ideas because this is something I've done a lot of
> > recently (not in Struts/JSP though) ...
>
> -- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY USA.
> -- Custom Software ~ Technical Services.
> -- Tel 716 425-0252; Fax 716 223-2506.
> -- http://www.husted.com/about/struts/
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