Thanks Laurie... This helps! Ill go the secod way.
Laurie Harper wrote: > > On a normal form submit to an action with validation, if validation > fails, the request is forwarded to the input result and execute() is > bypassed, yes. So, you have two options: > > 1) as Dave reiterated, you can put your form reset logic in validate(); > have your validate method detect the when the reset submit button was > pressed and, if so, clear the form. > > 2) use a 'cancel' button as the reset submit. A cancel button will (if > you configure the action appropriately) bypass validation and call > directly into your execute() method. > > For my money, option 2 is the better approach, since cluttering > validate() with non-validation concerns smells a bit... :p) > > L. > > Ashima Beri wrote: >> Hi Laurie, >> Thanks for the quick reply. >> I want to reset the form fields after hitting a reset button. >> When I thought of going about it through the Action class way and tried >> to >> clear out my form fields , strangely i noticed that the Action class's >> execute method is never called if there are still certain validations >> failing. >> I read in struts flow explanation that Action class is only called if the >> validations are passed through. >> I dont know what other way to adopt. >> Any suggestions? >> Thanks >> Ashima Beri >> >> >> Laurie Harper wrote: >>> Ashima Beri wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> I am trying to reset a validator form after the form is submitted and a >>>> few >>>> of the validations have failed. >>>> Reset button used in the form clears out fields changed only since the >>>> time >>>> the form is loaded. That is it does just the client side reset. One way >>>> that >>>> i figured out was to submit the form back to the jsp so that the jsp >>>> reloads >>>> with all the form field reinitialized. >>>> Is there some other method of clearing out the form fields after it has >>>> failed the validations defined in validation.xml? >>>> Thanks in advance for all the valuable suggestions! >>>> Ashima Beri >>> Do you want to clear out the form fields before redisplaying the form >>> after a validation error, or just allow the user to request a reset >>> after the form is redisplayed? >>> >>> Usually you would want to retain the data the user input after a >>> validation failure, so they can correct mistakes without having to fill >>> the entire form in again. If you really want to reset the form to its >>> starting state before redisplaying, discarding the user's input, then >>> you would need to do that in your validate() method (remember, if you >>> don't already have a validate() method, that when you add one it needs >>> to call super.validate() to trigger the XML-based validation). >>> >>> If you just want to provide a button the user can click to reset the >>> form, a 'submit' button and round trip through your action is the >>> correct way to do so. As you've realized, a 'reset' button just tells >>> the browser to restore the input values it received the last time the >>> form was loaded. >>> >>> L. >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/reset-problem-for-a-dynavalidator-form-tp15244933p15246392.html Sent from the Struts - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
