I've never used Validator outside of Struts, but I do know I've
successfully referenced nested elements while validating, by using dot
notation. In your case, you can refer to fields "a", "b", "obj.i,
"obj.j", "obj.obj.k".
Hubert
On 8/24/05, Ashutosh Satyam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am using the Struts Validator(Commons Validator) outside the Struts
> framework, to do validation.
> I would like to know how to validate an object when it has objects nested
> within it, and I need to
> validate the fields in those nested objects, too.
>
> Precisely I intend to achieve the following. A pseudo code of my requirement.
> I am passing object of class X to the validator., as shown below
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> Class X{
> String a;
> String b;
> Y obj;
> }
> Class Y{
> String i;
> String j;
> Z obj;
> }
> Class Z{
> String k;
> }
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
> I am trying to validate an object of class X, and I need to validate the
> enclosed object of Class Y,
> and the object of class Z further encapsulated in Y.
>
> Is it doable using the existing Validator framework. Is there a way to
> specify this kind of
> nested validation in the "validation-rules.xml" ( configuration file used by
> validator )
>
> If yes can anyone give me a pointer on the same.
>
>
> Regards,
> Ashutosh
>
>
>
>
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