The problem is that HTML forms pass an empty string when you leave a field blank. They don't leave the field out, so there's always a value. If you have a string property, you should use the required string validator.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 5:42 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [OS-webwork] RequiredFieldValidator > > > I've got that already - the validation is firing, it's just > that the getFieldValue method, which ends up calling Ognl, > returns an empty string when i'm expecting a null string, > unless i'm doing something wrong (which i'm going to assume I > am at this stage). > > Ben. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Francisco Hernandez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 19 August 2003 10:39 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [OS-webwork] RequiredFieldValidator > > > something I was forgetting to do when testing the validation > framework > was applying the ValidatorInteceptor in the interceptor-stack I was > using for that action. > > > Ben Hall wrote: > > I'm trying to make the required field validator work for me but i'm > > having > a > > slight problem. The value that is returned by the call within the > validator > > - getFieldValue(fieldName, object), seems to always return > a non null > value. > > > > My velocity template looks a little like this: > > > > <table> > > <form action="ValidationTestX.action" method="post"> > > #tag (TextField "label=userName" "name=username") > > #tag (Password "label=password" "name=password") > > #tag (Submit "value='submit'") > > </form> > > </table> > > > > I'm not using model driven so my action class has username and > > password members and appropriate getters and setters. > > > > My xml validation snippet looks like this: > > > > <field name="username"> > > <field-validator type="required"> > > <message key="usernameRequired"/> > > </field-validator> > > </field> > > > > The string value returned by the getFieldValue seems to be > "" when I > > don't enter anything in the text fields and submit the > form. 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