it's an xml thing, try putting & instead of & as & is a special character for xml which starts an entity, and & is the entity for an ampersand :-)
> -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Bezanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 22 November 2004 14:21 > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Struts 1.2.4/Validator 1.1.3 and constant validation > issue with '&' for constant-value > > > Hello. I'm trying to create a mask for use in password fields > that accepts: > - UPPERCASE A-Z > - lowercase a-z > - Numbers 0-9 > - Special Characters !,@,#,$,%,^,&,(,), and * > > In the "validation.xml" file I have the following defined. > > <form-validation> > <global> > <constant> > <constant-name>password</constant-name> > <constant-value>[EMAIL PROTECTED]&*()]*$</constant-value> > </constant> > </global> > ... > ... > </form-validation> > > When I start my application server (Tomcat 5.x) and the struts > validation code starts to load my rules I get the following messages: > > 11-04-2004 11:46:19 struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn - Loading > validation rules file from '/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml' > 11-04-2004 11:46:19 struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn - Loading > validation rules file from '/WEB-INF/validator-rules-custom.xml' > 11-04-2004 11:46:19 struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn - Loading > validation rules file from '/WEB-INF/validation.xml' > 11-04-2004 11:46:20 commons.digester.Digester - Parse Fatal Error at > line 22 column 39: The entity name must immediately follow the '&' in > the entity reference. > org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The entity name must > immediately follow > the '&' in the entity reference. > > Removing the '&' from the constant-value allows the > application to start > properly, however I can't use the '&' as a valid input character. > > Going to the url below to use the regexp sample applet, my original > string with the '&' does work. > http://jakarta.apache.org/regexp/applet.html Regular Expression: [EMAIL PROTECTED]&*()]* String: [EMAIL PROTECTED]()^&done I am using commons-validator 1.1.3 with Struts 1.2.4 Any thoughts, fixes, or suggestions are much appreciated. Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
