I guess that the big question is: "What about CamperForm?, what does it look like?" If it is a Java class that you created, what does the validate() method look like? If it is a DynaValidatiorForm (make sure that it is not a DynaActionForm), what does the XML look like?
- Nick On 2/7/06, Tom Ansley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am trying to validate server side. I have an action which forwards to > another action. If the original action has validate="true" then the > forward > doesn't happen and the validation tries to validate a null form. If > validate="false" in the original action then everything works but no > validation occurs. > > Does validator somehow alter the work flow in struts? My action doesn't > get > completely skipped because it does attempt to load a jsp page, but I have > no > idea how it gets this jsp page and why it doesn't call the action. > > This seems very strange. The link appears on the html page like this: > > <a href="/camp/jsp/family/searchFamily.do?action=addCamper">Tom</a> > > So, the original action is "searchFamily" and the forward is "addCamper". > The forward happens inside the searchFamily action because I look for the > "action" parameter and forward according to that value. This forward code > is this: > > return (mapping.findForward(action)); > > Is this findForward not how I should be doing this? > > The struts-config excerpt for addCamper in the family module is: > > <forward name="addCamper" contextRelative="true" > path="/jsp/camper/addCamper.do" redirect="true"/> > > and the excerpt in the camper module is: > > <action path="/addCamper" > type="com.camp.actions.camper.addCamperAction" > name="CamperForm" > scope="session" > validate="true" > parameter="submit" > input="/addCamper.jsp"> > <forward name="add" path="/addCamper.jsp"/> > <forward name="menu" contextRelative="true" > path="/jsp/menu/Menu.do" redirect="true"/> > <forward name="add_registration" contextRelative="true" > path="/jsp/registration/addRegistration.do" redirect="true"/> > </action> > >
