OK. I had several similar requirements and got around them by building an error message for field 'B' on the fly.
application-rules.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!--DOCTYPE form-validation PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Validator Rules Configuration 1.1//EN" "http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/validator-rules_1_1.dtd"--> <form-validation> <global> <validator name="validateMVR" classname="com.labone.struts.extensions.ValidatorExtensions" method="ValidateMVR" methodParams="java.lang.Object, org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction, org.apache.commons.validator.Field, org.apache.struts.action.ActionErrors, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest" msg="errors.field.error" /> </global> <formset> <form name="/InsertAction"> <field property="mvrSelected" depends="validateMVR"> <var> <var-name>mvrAccount</var-name> <var-value>mvrAccount</var-value> </var> </field> </form> </formset> </form-validation> <code-snip> public static boolean ValidateMVR(Object object, ValidatorAction va, Field field, ActionErrors errors, HttpServletRequest request) { String mvrSelected = ValidatorUtil.getValueAsString(object, field.getProperty()); // field to check if (!(mvrSelected.equals("false"))) { String mvrAccount = ValidatorUtil.getValueAsString(object, field.getVarValue("mvrAccount")); // second variable to check if (mvrAccount.equals("notSelected")) { field.setKey("mvrAccount"); // set the field name for the error object; error message is 'errors.field.error' Arg arg0 = new Arg(); arg0.setKey("InsertForm.account.displayname"); // insert arg0 (field name) field.addArg0(arg0); Arg arg1 = new Arg(); arg1.setKey("text.required"); // insert arg1 (is required) field.addArg1(arg1); errors.add(field.getKey(), StrutsValidatorUtil.getActionError(request, va, field)); return false; } } return true; } </code-snip> ApplicationResources.properties (for 'errors.field.error') errors.header=<span style="color:FF0000;font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;"> errors.footer=</span> errors.prefix= errors.suffix= # Struts Validator Error Messages - do not change! errors.required={0} is required.<br> errors.minlength={0} can not be less than {1} characters.<br> errors.maxlength={0} can not be greater than {1} characters.<br> errors.invalid={0} is invalid.<br> errors.byte={0} must be an byte.<br> errors.short={0} must be an short.<br> errors.integer={0} must be an integer.<br> errors.long={0} must be an long.<br> errors.float={0} must be an float.<br> errors.double={0} must be an double.<br> errors.date={0} is not a date.<br> errors.range={0} is not in the range {1} through {2}.<br> errors.creditcard={0} is not a valid credit card number.<br> errors.email={0} is an invalid e-mail address.<br> # locally defined messages for validator errors.field.error={0} {1}<br> text.field=Field text.required=is required. text.invalid=contains invalid character(s). text.format=format is invalid for selected state. InsertForm.account.displayname = Account Number If I need to I can change the errors.field.error to have up to three or four placeholders; using this approach gives me the flexability to create custom error messages (provided I've though about what I want to tell the user in advance!). HTH, Jerry > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Kriger [mailto:akriger@;greaterthanone.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 3:13 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: how do i get a Field object in Validator? > > > Essentially, yes. Lets say I have 2 fields A & B. I am > validating A but it > requires B. If B fails, I'd like to get the arg0 value from > B's Field object > and use that in the error message (since there's a key to the > display name > in that arg). > > I've worked around this by passing in keys as a separate var > but like I said > earlier, it's ugly. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Jalenak [mailto:Jerry.Jalenak@;LABONE.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 15:29 > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Subject: RE: how do i get a Field object in Validator? > > > Not quite sure I understand your question then. Are you wanting to > manipulate the error message that is being returned? In > other words, if one > of the 'other' variables fails, then return a message for > that failure ? > > Jerry > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andy Kriger [mailto:akriger@;greaterthanone.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 1:45 PM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: RE: how do i get a Field object in Validator? > > > > > > That much I understand - but is it possible to get a > > reference to the Field > > objec that represents that 2nd property? For example, if you > > wanted to get > > message arguments from the other field. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jerry Jalenak [mailto:Jerry.Jalenak@;LABONE.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 14:19 > > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > > Subject: RE: how do i get a Field object in Validator? > > > > > > In your validator-rules.xml file, add the following for each > > form field you > > need access to: > > > > <form name="yourForm"> > > <field property="firstProperty" > > depends="yourCustomRoutine"> > > <var> > > > > <var-name>secondProperty-Label</var-name> > > > > <var-value>secondProperty-Value</var-name> > > </var> > > </field> > > </form> > > > > secondProperty-Label would be what you want to call the > > variable in your > > custom routine; secondProperty-Value would be the actual form > > field name > > that contains the entered value. Then in your custom routine > > you can access > > these values by > > > > public static boolean yourCustomRoutine(Object object, > > ValidatorAction va, Field field, ActionErrors errors, > > HttpServletRequest > > request) > > { > > String fp = ValidatorUtil.getValueAsString(object, > > field.getProperty()); > > String sp = ValidatorUtil.getValueAsString(object, > > field.getVarValue("secondProperty-Label")); > > > > ... do something ... > > return true; // or false if the validation fails > > } > > > > HTH, > > > > Jerry > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Andy Kriger [mailto:akriger@;greaterthanone.com] > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 11:33 AM > > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > > Subject: how do i get a Field object in Validator? > > > > > > > > > I am writing a custom rule and I need to know how I can get a > > > handle to a > > > different Field object? 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