In reference to the problem below, it actually seems that the DynaValidatorForm.validate() method does validate Strings, but not Integers....
any clues appreciated Elie > Hi there, > > am having a problem validating a form manually using the > DynaValidatorForm.validate() function. For some reason, when validation > is carried out this way it only seems to find errors in one of the form > fields - however, if I set the validate="true" property in the > struts-module-config.xml file, validation does seem to be carried out > properly, which suggests to me that I did not make a mistake in the > validation configuration. Since I want to use DispatchAction however, I > can't use validate="true", as I need to validate the form selectively > for one of the methods only. > > I have tried using ValidatorLookupdispatchForm, but can't use it as > Struts 1.1 (which I am using) seems to have a bug with the set-property > tag in the module-config.xml file. Also tried latest version of Struts > (1.1, was using 1.1rc3) and of the validator (1.0, 1.02, latest nightly > build). My code is as follows - pretty straightforward: > > <Action> > DynaValidatorForm thisForm = (DynaValidatorForm)form; > ActionErrors errors=thisForm.validate(mapping,request); > > Integer var1= (Integer)thisForm.get("var1"); > (... get more form vars...) > > //if errors, back to form > if (!errors.isEmpty()) { > saveErrors(request, errors); > > return mapping.getInputForward(); > } > </Action> > > <struts-module-config.xml> > <action input="/editUserDetails.vm" name="details_form" > path="/details" > scope="request" > parameter="method" > type="com.inc.modules.users.DetailsAction" > validate="false"> > <!-- not working in struts 1.1 > <set-property property="validateMethod(doEdit)" value="true"/> > <set-property property="validateMethod(viewEdit)" value="false"/> > <set-property property="validateMethod(viewDetails)" value="false"/> > --> > <forward name="view" path="/viewUserDetails.vm" redirect="false"/> > </action> > </struts-module-config.xml> > > <validation-module.xml> > <form name="details_form"> > <field > property="var1" > depends="required,integer"> > <msg name="required" key="errors.required"/> > <arg0 name="required" key="forms.var1"/> > <msg name="integer" key="errors.integer"/> > <arg0 name="integer" key="forms.var1"/> > </field> > </form> > </validation-module.xml> > > I have spent almost 2 days trying to figure ways of getting around this > - anyone have any ideas? > > Thanks, > Elie > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]