But that is my whole point. Complex validation or not. Why don't we handle both types of validation in the SAME class. I don't want to beat this into the ground. But, it just seems organizationaly better in my mind to handle validation on the Action level. With all the great minds on this project I am certain that there is a good design reason for placing validate in the ActionForm. I am just curious what it is.
Thanks, Brandon Goodin Phase Web and Multimedia P (406) 862-2245 F (406) 862-0354 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phase.ws -----Original Message----- From: Gemes Tibor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 2:24 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [Gurus Invited] Why not an Action Based Validator? 2003. janu�r 15. 10:13 d�tummal Phase Web and Multimedia ezt �rtad: > But, can the Validator be called/used from within the action class? I use the Validator to check if the input is in the appropriate Domain (int, float, mask, date, etc) which can be checked "static". However there are some validations which require calls to the model. These are checked in the Action. And these are far more complex so cannot be declared in an xml. > failure and my input forwards back to the jsp then the page explodes because > the collections are empty. So, what I need to do is populate the collections > in the ValidatorActionForm again For this I put the form into session scope or I give the 'input' attribute for the mapping not the jsp but the action which prepopulates the SELECTs and forwards to the jsp. Hth, Tib -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
