public static boolean validateXXXXXX(Object bean, ValidatorAction va, Field field, ActionErrors errors, HttpServletRequest request);
A "var-value" specified in validation.xml is retrieved like this:
String value = field.getVarValue("myVarName")Where "var-name" in validation.xml would be "myVarName".
So as far as I know, the name has to match exactly. It appears that the JavaScript code in the original validator-rules.xml works that way as well.
As for the minlength/arg1, maxlength/arg2 thing, I know I got that from somewhere, but maybe either it was addressed after 1.1, or the source of my idea was just plain wrong! I thought I verified it myself but I can't quite remember.
If you really want to know what's going on with the code, you could download the commons validator source and grep the "org.apache.commons.validator" package for "minlength".
Good luck, Erik
Shah, Akshay wrote:
Thank you Erik, n Niall
As per Niall's suggestion, i changed "minLength" to all small "minlength"...n bingo it worked.... then I also used maxlenght ( with arg1, it also worked).
now this consideration that the variable name should be all small was not
something i could digest, coz we are specifying it in <var-name> tags. ie
we're stating what would be my variable name....So for testing,
i changed variable names with 1. any other name than minlength,
2. all capital lettered variable name
3. all small lettered
and
4. the 'minLength' again.
And all these worked.
Now i am more confused than earlier? :( any thoughts on this....and I couldnt find any info on this behaviour.
Regards, Akshay -----Original Message----- From: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 8:23 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Struts validator woes : maxLength minLength
A little-publicized feature (ahem) of Struts 1.1 Validator is that arg1 has to be paired with minlength and arg2 has to be paired with maxlength, as I understand it (last I remember this was true). I don't know if this has been changed in more recent versions. You are pairing maxlength with arg1 in the example posted. Also, I think the var-name needs to be "maxlength", not "maxLength".
Erik
Shah, Akshay wrote:
Hii All,
I am using Struts 1.1, DynaValidatorForm. The required validation is working fine. The minlength and maxlength validations are not working for me. ie, wutever be the case they always throw the error. and I am completely clueless as to why is this happening. Any thoughts
Any thoughts?
Regards, Akshay
My Source
validator-rules.xml <validator name="maxlength" classname="org.apache.struts.validator.FieldChecks" method="validateMaxLength" methodParams="java.lang.Object, org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction, org.apache.commons.validator.Field, org.apache.struts.action.ActionErrors, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest" depends="" msg="errors.maxlength"/>
validation.xml <formset>
<!-- An example form --> <form name="parentForm"> <field property="userName" depends="required,maxlength"> <arg0 key="message.username"/> <arg1 name="maxlength" key="${var:maxLength}" resource="false"/> <var> <var-name>maxLength</var-name> <var-value>6</var-value> </var> </field> </form> </formset>
struts-en_US.xml ....
<form-beans> <form-bean name="parentForm" type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm"> <form-property name="userName" type="java.lang.String"/> </form-bean> <form-beans> | | | <action path="/register" name="parentForm" validate="true" scope="session" type="com.kandoo.profile.action.registerAction" input="/profile/pages/register.jsp"> <forward name="success" path="/en_US/home/pages/home.jsp" contextRelative="true"/> <forward name="addChild" path="/en_US/profile/pages/childProfile.jsp" contextRelative="true"/> <forward name="initial" path="/en_US/profile/pages/register.jsp" contextRelative="true"/> </action>
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