Problem Solved. I just needed to explicitly set the validation-rules.xml file in both of my struts-config.xml files. Thanks David and Niall for all your help.

-jeff

On Nov 23, 2004, at 6:13 AM, Jeff Smith wrote:

Setting the form bean type to DynaValidatorForm seems to trigger validation. Thanks much.
In the logs I'm now seeing:


[java] 06:08:42,407 ERROR [DynaValidatorForm] No ValidatorAction named required found for field firstName
[java] org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorException: No ValidatorAction named required found for field firstName


Now it seems like I'm just doing something silly with the validation.xml

-jeff

On Nov 23, 2004, at 1:32 AM, Niall Pemberton wrote:

Looking at the original post, where you showed your struts-config.xml and
validation.xml - you're using the wrong flavour of Dyna form...


1) DynaValidatorActionForm validates according to the Action Mapping's path

So in your validation.xml you would have three forms as follows...

<form-validation>
     <formset>
         <form name="/reg/step1">
             ....
         </form>
         <form name="/reg/step2">
         </form>
         <form name="/reg/step3">
         </form>

2) DynaValidatorForm validates according to the Action Mapping's form name.

So in your validation.xml you would have one form (as you do)....
<form-validation>
     <formset>
         <form name="registrationForm">
             ....
         </form>

Niall


----- Original Message ----- From: "David G. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 4:55 AM Subject: RE: Multi-Page Wizard Validation Problem


Jeff,

This is my final set of questions (I'm out of questions and will concede
being useless if this question fails).


I noticed your reg actions are all of class
"com.rochets.application.action.RegistrationAction". Do you have your own
validate method in those actions or are you leaving it to the default
provided by whatever class you subclass? Are they simply
org.apache.struts.action.Action(?) subclasses with no overridden(?)
validate() method? If defined your own validate() method and are not
calling super.validate or invoking the form's validate() method
appropriately, perhaps no ActionMessages/ActionErrors are being returned
so
it looks like the validation is clear when it should be failing.

Regards,
David

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 11:43 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: Multi-Page Wizard Validation Problem


I tried setting the page number in the first page to 5. When I hit next
it gets correctly incremented to 6 but no validation.


If I put stuff back to normal but add some output to the page of the
page number I get
1 when I start, 2 after submitting step 1, 3 after submitting step 2.
Seems to be correct.

-jeff


On Nov 22, 2004, at 9:33 PM, David G. Friedman wrote:

Jeff,

Have you tried going to the first step and hard-coding the hidden
variable
"page" to be something high like "5". That would force it to try all
validations.

Can you print out the value of the "page" form field in each JSP? I'd
like
to know when you submit your various forms to /reg/step1.do,
/reg/step2.do,
/reg/step3.do, what is the value of the "page" attribute submitted.


Regards,
David (he who must be missing something from all of the details you
provided! LOL)

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 11:26 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: Multi-Page Wizard Validation Problem


David,

Thanks for all your help with this.

I tried setting the input attribute to a dummy jsp page and it never
gets there either. I also confirmed that I had the appropriate messages
in my resource bundle, although I don't know why that would make a
difference. At this point I'll try anything.


When the app deploys I see the following:
      [java] 21:19:27,059 INFO  [ValidatorPlugIn] Loading validation
rules file from '/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml'
      [java] 21:19:27,063 INFO  [ValidatorPlugIn] Loading validation
rules file from '/WEB-INF/validation.xml'
      [java] 21:19:27,379 INFO  [ValidatorPlugIn] Loading validation
rules file from '/WEB-INF/struts/reg/validation.xml'

The third one is the one in question. So it appears the validator is
loading my file correctly.



On Nov 22, 2004, at 9:14 PM, David G. Friedman wrote:

Jeff,

Have you tried setting the input="" attribute to a completely
different page
to make sure validation IS failing and that you're just not properly
showing
error messages?


Do your logs show the Validation plugIn being configured upon
web-application startup?

Regards,
David

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 9:37 AM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: Multi-Page Wizard Validation Problem


I added that, it fixes the page always resetting problem, but still no
validation between page changes.


On Nov 22, 2004, at 7:26 AM, Bill Siggelkow wrote:

I believe you need a form-property named 'page' with a type of
'java.lang.Integer'.

-Bill Siggelkow



Jeff Smith wrote:
Let me paste the files in instead
-- struts config starts here --
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC
"-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration
1.2//EN"
"http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-config_1_2.dtd";>
<struts-config>
<!--
Form Bean Definitions
-->
<form-beans>
<form-bean name="registrationForm"
type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorActionForm">
<!-- Page One -->
<form-property name="firstName"
type="java.lang.String"/>
<form-property name="middleName"
type="java.lang.String"/>
<form-property name="lastName" type="java.lang.String"/>
<form-property name="username" type="java.lang.String"/>
<form-property name="password" type="java.lang.String"/>
<form-property name="password2"
type="java.lang.String"/>
<!-- Page Two -->
<form-property name="birthDate"
type="java.lang.String"/>
<!-- Page Three -->
<form-property name="street1" type="java.lang.String"/>
<form-property name="street2" type="java.lang.String"/>
<form-property name="city" type="java.lang.String"/>
<form-property name="state" type="java.lang.String"/>
<form-property name="country" type="java.lang.String"/>
<form-property name="postalCode"
type="java.lang.String"/>
</form-bean>
</form-beans>
<!--
Action Mappings
-->
<action-mappings>
<action path="/reg/step1"
parameter="command"
type="com.rochets.application.action.RegistrationAction"
name="registrationForm"
scope="session"
validate="true"
input="reg.step1">
<forward name="next" path="reg.step2"/>
<forward name="cancel"
path="/WEB-INF/jsp/mywizardcancel.jsp"/>
</action>
<action path="/reg/step2"
parameter="command"
type="com.rochets.application.action.RegistrationAction"
name="registrationForm"
scope="session"
validate="true"
input="reg.step2">
<forward name="previous" path="reg.step1"/>
<forward name="next" path="reg.step3"/>
<forward name="finish"
path="/WEB-INF/jsp/mywizarddone.jsp"/>
<forward name="cancel"
path="/WEB-INF/jsp/mywizardcancel.jsp"/>
</action>
<action path="/reg/step3"
parameter="command"
type="com.rochets.application.action.RegistrationAction"
name="registrationForm"
scope="session"
validate="true"
input="reg.step3">
<forward name="previous" path="reg.step3"/>
<forward name="finish"
path="/WEB-INF/jsp/mywizarddone.jsp"/>
<forward name="cancel"
path="/WEB-INF/jsp/mywizardcancel.jsp"/>
</action>
<action path="/reg/registration"
parameter="command"
name="registrationForm"
scope="session"
type="com.rochets.application.action.RegistrationAction"
validate="true"
input="/reg/registration.do">
<forward name="next" path="reg.step1"/>
</action>
</action-mappings>
<message-resources parameter="resources.reg.Registration"
null="false"/>
<plug-in
className="org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn">
<set-property
property="pathnames"
value="/WEB-INF/struts/reg/validation.xml"/>
</plug-in>
</struts-config>
-- validation.xml starts here --
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE form-validation PUBLIC
"-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Commons Validator
Rules
Configuration 1.1.3//EN"


"http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/dtds/validator_1_1_3.dtd";>
<form-validation>
<formset>
<form name="registrationForm">
<!-- Page One -->
<field property="firstName"
depends="required,mask,minlength,maxlength" page="1">
<arg key="firstname" position="0"/>
<arg name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}"
resource="false" position="1"/>
<var>
<var-name>mask</var-name>
<var-value>^\w+$</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>minlength</var-name>
<var-value>2</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>maxlength</var-name>
<var-value>255</var-value>
</var>
</field>
<field property="middleName" depends="mask,maxlength"
page="1">
<arg key="firstname" position="0"/>
<var>
<var-name>mask</var-name>
<var-value>^\w+$</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>maxlength</var-name>
<var-value>255</var-value>
</var>
</field>
<field property="lastName"
depends="required,mask,minlength,maxlength" page="1">
<arg key="lastname" position="0"/>
<arg name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}"
resource="false" position="1"/>
<var>
<var-name>mask</var-name>
<var-value>^\w+$</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>minlength</var-name>
<var-value>2</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>maxlength</var-name>
<var-value>255</var-value>
</var>
</field>
<field property="username"
depends="required,maxlength,email" page="1">
<arg key="username" position="0"/>
<var>
<var-name>maxlength</var-name>
<var-value>255</var-value>
</var>
</field>
<field property="password"
depends="required,minlength,maxlength,twofields" page="1">
<arg key="password" position="0"/>
<arg name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}"
resource="false" position="1"/>
<var>
<var-name>minlength</var-name>
<var-value>6</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>maxlength</var-name>
<var-value>255</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>secondProperty</var-name>
<var-value>password2</var-value>
</var>
</field>
<field property="password2"
depends="required,minlength,maxlength" page="1">
<arg key="password2" position="0"/>
<arg name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}"
resource="false" position="1"/>
<var>
<var-name>minlength</var-name>
<var-value>6</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>maxlength</var-name>
<var-value>255</var-value>
</var>
</field>
<!-- Page Two -->
<field property="birthDate" depends="required,date"
page="2">
<arg key="birthdate" position="0"/>
<var>
<var-name>datePatternStrict</var-name>
<var-value>MM/dd/yyyy</var-value>
</var>
</field>
<field property="weight"
depends="required,minlength,maxlength,integer" page="2">
<arg key="weight" position="0"/>
<var>
<var-name>minlength</var-name>
<var-value>2</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>maxlength</var-name>
<var-value>3</var-value>
</var>
</field>
<field property="goalWeight"
depends="required,minlength,maxlength,integer" page="2">
<arg key="goalweight" position="0"/>
<var>
<var-name>minlength</var-name>
<var-value>2</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>maxlength</var-name>
<var-value>3</var-value>
</var>
</field>
<field property="currentDaysPerWeek"
depends="required,maxlength,integer,intRange" page="2">
<arg key="currentdaysperweek" position="0"/>
<var>
<var-name>min</var-name>
<var-value>0</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>max</var-name>
<var-value>7</var-value>
</var>
</field>
<field property="availableMinutesPerDay"
depends="required,maxlength,integer,intRange" page="2">
<arg key="availableminutesperday" position="0"/>
<var>
<var-name>maxlength</var-name>
<var-value>3</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>min</var-name>
<var-value>30</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>max</var-name>
<var-value>60</var-value>
</var>
</field>
<field property="availableDays" depends="required"
page="2">
<arg key="availabledays" position="0"/>
</field>
<!-- Page Three -->
<field property="street1"
depends="required,minlength,maxlength" page="3">
<arg key="street1" position="0"/>
<arg name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}"
resource="false" position="1"/>
<var>
<var-name>minlength</var-name>
<var-value>6</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>maxlength</var-name>
<var-value>255</var-value>
</var>
</field>
<field property="street1" depends="minlength,maxlength"
page="3">
<arg key="street1" position="0"/>
<arg name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}"
resource="false" position="1"/>
<var>
<var-name>minlength</var-name>
<var-value>6</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>maxlength</var-name>
<var-value>255</var-value>
</var>
</field>
<field property="city"
depends="required,minlength,maxlength" page="3">
<arg key="street1" position="0"/>
<arg name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}"
resource="false" position="1"/>
<var>
<var-name>minlength</var-name>
<var-value>2</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>maxlength</var-name>
<var-value>255</var-value>
</var>
</field>
<field property="state"
depends="required,minlength,maxlength" page="3">
<arg key="state" position="0"/>
<arg name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}"
resource="false" position="1"/>
<var>
<var-name>minlength</var-name>
<var-value>2</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>maxlength</var-name>
<var-value>255</var-value>
</var>
</field>
<field property="country"
depends="required,minlength,maxlength" page="3">
<arg key="country" position="0"/>
<arg name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}"
resource="false" position="1"/>
<var>
<var-name>minlength</var-name>
<var-value>6</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>maxlength</var-name>
<var-value>255</var-value>
</var>
</field>
<field property="postalCode"
depends="required,minlength,maxlength" page="3">
<arg key="postalcode" position="0"/>
<arg name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}"
resource="false" position="1"/>
<var>
<var-name>minlength</var-name>
<var-value>5</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>maxlength</var-name>
<var-value>255</var-value>
</var>
</field>
</form>
</formset>
</form-validation>
On Nov 21, 2004, at 12:07 PM, Jeff Smith wrote:
All,

Sorry if this has been discussed, I've been digging around on the
web and can't seem to find a solution to my problem. I have a 3
step
registration process that works like a "wizard". I defined a
LookupDispatchAction subclass to handle things like the next and
previous button. Everything works great except validation never
gets
triggered and the page variable on the form bean is always reset to
zero. I have confirmed with the debugger that it is the same
instance of the form bean throughout the steps. I assume the two
problems are related because my validation.xml specifies page
numbers greater than zero. I've attached the struts-config.xml and
the validation.xml.


Any help is appreciated.

-jeff



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