Hi,
I just happened to be working on this problem myself. I wrote a validator:
public class dateValidation implements Serializable {
private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(dateValidation.class);
/* checks two date fields to see if the second field isn't earlier than
* the first field.
* Use in combination with Date validator to make sure date format is
correct.
*/
public static boolean beginEndDate(Object bean,
ValidatorAction va, Field field,
ActionMessages errors,
Validator validator,
HttpServletRequest request){
Date beginDate = null;
Date endDate = null;
String dateBegin = ValidatorUtils.getValueAsString(bean,
field.getProperty());
String sProperty2 = field.getVarValue("endDate");
String dateEnd = ValidatorUtils.getValueAsString(bean, sProperty2);
String datePattern = field.getVarValue("datePattern");
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(datePattern);
try{
beginDate = sdf.parse(dateBegin);
endDate = sdf.parse(dateEnd);
}
catch (ParseException e){
if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
log.debug("Date parse failed dateBegin =[" + dateBegin
+ "] dateEnd =["+ dateEnd + "], " +
"pattern=[" + datePattern +
"], " + e);
}
}
if (beginDate.compareTo(endDate) <= 0) return true;
return false;
}
}
you'll also need to add the following to validation-rules:
<validator name="beginEndDate"
classname="nl.sogyo.intranet.timesheets.customValidators.dateValidation"
method="beginEndDate"
methodParams="java.lang.Object,
org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages,
org.apache.commons.validator.Validator,
javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest"
depends="date"
msg="errors.beginEndDate"/>
I haven't tested it yet, so I give no guarantees.
mvg,
Jasper
On 5/25/06, Chaudhary, Harsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yeah. There is this date comparator at:
http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/validator/apidocs/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/DateValidator.html
It has methods like compareDates etc. But you will need to call this method
from a Java class and a custom validator seems like a good place. Considering
it gives you access to a bunch of objects for free like the form bean, fields,
the request object, errors object etc. You could probably do it in a separate
class cueing off of the data from the form bean, but I think it would be much
harder.
Harsh.
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 2:31 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: RE: Validation for second field must greater than the first field
Harsh, Thanks for the quick response.
I was seeking if Struts has the internal validator do this things. If not,
then I agree with you in that I need to write my own custom validator easily.
But I prefer if Struts already has this sort of comparison validator.
"Chaudhary, Harsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The solution is to write a custom validator if you want to do it server side using validator. In
your custom validator, create 2 calendars, one each for start date and end date. Then use the
method call "before" or "after" on these calendar.
Harsh. Man I got a lot of free time today.
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 2:20 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Validation for second field must greater than the first field
I am not sure if this is workable, but my requirement was that
Two Fields, startDate and endDate, I need to validate the endDate is
greater/older than the startDate. Is this something workable/configurable using
struts validator?
Thanks.
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