I'd like to get a discussion started on the client/standard validations for Struts 1.1. I thought it would be good to talk about what basic features it would include and implementation. Here are the descriptions from the To Do list for 1.1. Standard Validations. Add the ability to configure standard validations on particular properties to be enforced by the controller servlet automatically. Where feasible, client-side JavaScript validations may also be generated based on the same configuration rules. Client Side Validation. Add the ability to automatically generate optional JavaScript code to perform client-side validations for things like required fields, numeric fields, dates/times/timestamps, and so on. The required validation should mesh with validation enhancements provided in the controller servlet itself. Nic Hobbs and I have both volunteered for the Standard (Server Side) Validations and Ted Husted, Nic Hobbs, Spencer Smith and I have volunteered for the Client Validations (JavaScript). Ted has been using a validation framework I've done on a project (I'm not sure what version). It lets you define your validation rules in an xml file. It supports internationalized rules for a form and internationalized messages. It has basic support for creating JavaScript methods that can do what a server side method does. The code, documentation, and example webapps are posted here. And of course Struts is welcome to the source code if everyone thinks that what I've done so far is good foundation to start on. http://home.earthlink.net/~dwinterfeldt/ If any of the other volunteers have started something, I'd like to see it and I'm sure everyone has ideas for the design. I'd go into more detail about everything I've done, but it is probably easier for anyone interested to go to my site and read the documentation and javadocs posted there. David Winterfeldt http://home.earthlink.net/~dwinterfeldt/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
