From: "Vicky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> My action class extends LookupDispatchAction, which
> has different methods in it. In struts-config.xml i
> have parameter method as we all know. My problem is;
> in my validation.xml i do have to perform different
> validations for different methods, how do I
> distinguish or find out which method is called to
> perform validation for that method only?
Because you're using DynaValidator_Action_Form, the framework will match up
the <action> 'path' attribute from struts-config.xml with the <form> 'name'
attribute from validation.xml.
I do it by having different URL patterns mapped to the same
LookupDispatchAction using the same DynaValidatorActionForm.
In the <action> tag, only the 'path' and 'input' differ (so
'getInputForward()' works, no matter which path you came in with, you go to
the right form-- it's a four-step wizard.)
<action
path="/denRegister"
type="edu.example.RegisterAction"
name="registerForm" ...
input="den.register.step1"> ...</action>
<action
path="/denRegister3"
type="edu.example.RegisterAction"
name="registerForm" ...
input="den.register.step3"> ...</action>
Then in validation.xml, you use the path for the form "name" (which is
slightly confusing...):
<form name="/denRegister"> ... </form>
<form name="/denRegister3">... </form>
And then you can have different fields validated for different paths, even
though it's the same Action and the same Form. All my forms are POSTed, so
I wouldn't have had ?parameter=someText in any case.
HTH,
--
Wendy Smoak
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