Hi Paul, Let me explain in detail : I have an application that needs to collect info about a primary applicant (applicant1) and one or more co-applicants (coapp1, coapp2 etc.) . So, we could be presenting the same fields from the domain model multiple times in the page - like :
Primary App info : <s:textfield name="application.primaryApp.address.addressline1"../> <s:textfield name="application.primaryApp.address.addressline2"../> Co=App info : <s:textfield name="application.coApp1.address.addressline2"../> <s:textfield name="application.coApp1.address.addressline2"../> and the error message must be specific to the corresponding applicant. Also, the rules could be different for the co-apps than the primary apps. Address is the domain object having fields addressline1, addressline2 etc. and this could be tied to primaryapp or coapp. In the Action class, we have a getApplication and setApplication alone. Also, note that we show both of these in the same page, and the Action is the same. I want to use visitor validation here since the fields are the same and i don't want to repeat them N times, but just define it once in the model. In this case, where would we define the @VisitorFieldValidator and the field-specific validations (@EmailValidator, @StringLengthFieldValidator etc.) Thanks, Joseph On 8/11/07, Paul Benedict <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So your error messages are customized based on user? That doesn't make > sense > to me. Are you sure? > > Paul > > On 8/10/07, j alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > This is somewhat related to Matt's post on conditional validation at > > http://www.nabble.com/Re:-Conditional-validation-p11990883.html ; i dont > > have the original email on struts-user (joined the group only last > week!) > > to > > reply to : > > > > I need some help regarding the extent to which we can apply visitor > field > > validation. Say, my domain object (Address - with attributes addrline1, > > addrline2, ZIP etc.) is buried deep in a hierarchy - ie > app.user1.address; > > and we define only "app" in the Action. Can we declare a visitor > > validation > > on "app" and define the rules on Address-validation.xml ? . > > > > My requirement is that we could use address in different objects ; like > > app.user1.address ; app.user2.address - and the error message needs to > > be customized > > depending on user1, user2 etc . It'll be elegant if the validation rules > > are > > defined just once for Address. Right now, the only way i know to achieve > > is > > to define ALL fields in the <action>- validation.xml and hardcode the > > message for each situation ; which i think is an overkill. > > > > Please let me know if you've any suggestions/ideas. > > > > Thanks, > > Joseph > > >
