Witold, Have you used hidden fields before?
Depending on how you answer, my answer would differ. Let me know. -------------------------- Considering the Certified Java Programmer Exam? http://www.enterprisedeveloper.com/jcertify Eckel, Baldwin, Green, and more --- Witold Iwaniec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > Is there a way, in a servlet application, to get > values on "non-default" > attributes of elements on a page? > > For example, if on my web page I have: > > <input name="EMAIL" type="text"> > > in the HttpServletRequest I will have parameter with > teh name "EMAIL" > and value whatever the textbox contains. > I wonder if there is a way to read other attributes, > in this case value of > "type". > > Actually here is my problem. > On the pages where user has to enter values, some of > the fields are > required. If the value is blank, I would redisplay > the page, with values > that have already been entered and display error > message. > I know that there are some options: > - it can be done thorugh a JavaScript right on the > client > - in my servlet code I can now which are required > elements and deal > with it > - store the elements in a table > - others > > But I would like to write a generic procedure that > checks required > elements. I could, for example, add attribute to the > HTML elements: > > <input name="EMAIL" type="text" required="yes"> > > and in the code iterate through the request > parameters, dynamically > find out which are required, and deal with it. > > Thanks > > Witold > > > > > > To change your membership options, refer to: > http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com To change your membership options, refer to: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm
