I am trying to use the validator framework for some simple form-field validation. Under web-inf, I have placed the default validator-rules.xml eg: /WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml (from the extracted examples). and /WEB-INF/validation.xml (from the storefront example, see below); and in my struts-config.xml file I added this: <plug-in className="org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn"> <set-property property="pathnames" value="/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml,/WEB-INF/validation.xml"/> </plug-in>
So it appears I have put the proper pieces in place, but when the webapp starts-up, I get the below error, which looks like it cannot find the files? Also, I have validated that the files are not bad xml. Any ideas? Thanks, Scott Error: [14/Mar/2005:11:16:52] warning (28749): StandardWrapper[/dealer:dealer]: WEB2795: Marking servlet dealer as unavailable [14/Mar/2005:11:16:52] failure (28749): WebModule[/dealer]: WEB2783: Servlet /dealer threw load() exception javax.servlet.UnavailableException: Cannot load a validator resource from '/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml,/WEB-INF/validation.xml' at org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn.init(ValidatorPlugIn.java:174) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.initModulePlugIns(ActionServlet.java:839) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.init(ActionServlet.java:332) at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:256) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:921) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:813) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:3478) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3760) at com.iplanet.ias.web.WebModule.start(WebModule.java:251) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1133) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:652) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1133) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:355) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Embedded.start(Embedded.java:995) at com.iplanet.ias.web.WebContainer.start(WebContainer.java:431) at com.iplanet.ias.web.WebContainer.startInstance(WebContainer.java:500) at com.iplanet.ias.server.J2EERunner.confPostInit(J2EERunner.java:161) validation.xml <form-validation> <global> <constant> <constant-name>phone</constant-name> <constant-value>^\(?(\d{3})\)?[-| ]?(\d{3})[-| ]?(\d{4})$</constant-value> </constant> <constant> <constant-name>zip</constant-name> <constant-value>^\d{5}\d*$</constant-value> </constant> </global> <formset> <constant> <constant-name>zip</constant-name> <constant-value>^\d{5}(-\d{4})?$</constant-value> </constant> <form name="checkoutForm"> <field property="firstName" depends="required,mask"> <arg0 key="label.firstName"/> <var> <var-name>mask</var-name> <var-value>^[a-zA-Z]*$</var-value> </var> </field> <field property="lastName" depends="required,mask,maxlength"> <msg name="mask" key="label.lastName"/> <arg0 key="label.lastName"/> <arg1 name="maxlength" key="${var:maxlength}" resource="false"/> <var> <var-name>mask</var-name> <var-value>^[a-zA-Z]*$</var-value> </var> <var> <var-name>maxlength</var-name> <var-value>15</var-value> </var> </field> <field property="address" depends="required,mask"> <arg0 key="label.address"/> <var> <var-name>mask</var-name> <var-value>^\w+$</var-value> </var> </field> <field property="city" depends="required,mask"> <arg0 key="label.city"/> <var> <var-name>mask</var-name> <var-value>^[a-zA-Z]*$</var-value> </var> </field> <field property="state" depends="required,mask"> <arg0 key="label.state"/> <var> <var-name>mask</var-name> <var-value>^[a-zA-Z]*$</var-value> </var> </field> <field property="postalCode" depends="required,mask"> <arg0 key="label.postalCode"/> <arg1 name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}" resource="false"/> <var> <var-name>mask</var-name> <var-value>${zip}</var-value> </var> </field> <field property="country" depends="required,mask"> <arg0 key="label.country"/> <var> <var-name>mask</var-name> <var-value>^[a-zA-Z]*$</var-value> </var> </field> <field property="phone" depends="required,mask"> <arg0 key="label.phone"/> <arg1 name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}" resource="false"/> <var> <var-name>mask</var-name> <var-value>${phone}</var-value> </var> </field> </form> </formset> </form-validation> Scott K Purcell | Developer | VERTIS | 555 Washington Ave. 4th Floor | St. Louis, MO 63101 | 314.588.0720 Ext:1320 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.vertisinc.com <http://www.vertisinc.com/> Vertis is the premier provider of targeted advertising, media, and marketing services that drive consumers to marketers more effectively.