True. The action's "execute" method is not being called. However, in the ModelDriven pattern, the invalid (in my case Null) request parameters are set on the Model during request processing. This is opposed to a non-ModelDriven action where the parameters would be set on Action properties.
Since my Model is acquired from the Hibernate session (during the "prepare()" Action method), it is a transactional persistent instance. Note this from the hibernate documentation: "Transactional persistent instances (ie. objects loaded, saved, created or queried by the Session) may be manipulated by the application and any changes to persistent state will be persisted when the Session is flushed (discussed later in this chapter). There is no need to call a particular method (like update(), which has a different purpose) to make your modifications persistent." (http://www.hibernate.org/hib_docs/v3/reference/en/html/objectstate.html#objectstate-modifying) So when the OpenEntityManagerInView filter closes the EntityManager at the end of request processing (even when validation fails), Hibernate attempts to write the invalid model object to the database. best, Jon French Programmer ASRC Management Services ECOS Development Team [EMAIL PROTECTED] 970-226-9290 Fort Collins Science Center US Geological Survey 2150 Centre Ave, Building C Fort Collins, CO 80526-8116 "Musachy Barroso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/01/2007 02:42 PM Please respond to "Struts Users Mailing List" <user@struts.apache.org> To "Struts Users Mailing List" <user@struts.apache.org> cc Subject Re: ModelDriven CRUD validation failure still causes JPA update If there is a validation error the code on your action shouldn't be executed at all, so you wouldn't have this problem. Are you applying the "defaultWorkflow" interceptor to your action? regards musachy On 10/1/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a ModelDriven action which controls CRUD operations on JPA managed > Entity E. E has a property called ?name? which maps to a database column > with a NOT NULL constraint. I have added a RequiredStringValidator > annotation to my Action to validate that the ?model.name? property is > non-null. The validation works perfectly. > However, during Struts Interceptor processing of a user entered empty > string for the ?model.name? ServletRequest parameter, entity instance E > has its getName() property set to a null value. Hibernate (my JPA > implementation provider) detects this property state change when the > Hibernate session is flushed at the closing of the JPA EntityManager by > the configured OpenEntityManagerInView ServletFilter. This results in an > attempt by Hibernate to update the ?name? database column to null and > results in a SqlException. > So the problem is that even with appropriate validation on a ModelDriven > action, my Entity moves to an invalid state which Hibernate then tries to > persist to the database at the closing of the session. > Based on what I gleaned from this WebWorkx post: > http://forums.opensymphony.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5315ᓃ > (which seems to be the exact same problem except with the > OpenSessionInView filter instead of my OpenEntityManagerInView filter) > And this spring post: > http://forum.springframework.org/showthread.php?t=35740 > ? I think that what I need to do is set Hibernate?s flush mode to NEVER. > What this means to me is that Hibernate will only flush when I execute a > EntityManager.flush() command and that OpenEntityManagerInView?s closing > of the EntityManager won?t automatically result in a Hibernate session > flush and thus Entity E?s invalid state will not be persisted. This is in > line with what I understand to be the default behavior of Spring?s > OpenSessionInView filter. Unfortunately, I have not yet been able to set > Hibernate's flush mode (nor am I certain that this will solve my issue). > Can anyone shed some light on this problem? > Thanks in advance! > > Jon French > Programmer > ASRC Management Services > ECOS Development Team > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 970-226-9290 > > Fort Collins Science Center > US Geological Survey > 2150 Centre Ave, Building C > Fort Collins, CO 80526-8116 -- "Hey you! Would you help me to carry the stone?" Pink Floyd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
