True, so I guess the null test will work.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sid Stuart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: Design question about ActionForm's validate method
> You get a zero length string.
>
> Sid
>
> dderry wrote:
>
> > What if your user then hits the Submit button without populating any of
the
> > form fields?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Sid Stuart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 2:06 PM
> > Subject: Re: Design question about ActionForm's validate method
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > My friend, Lee Crawford, just pointed out to me that the fields of the
> > > ActionForm will be null if the validate method is called before the
form
> > is
> > > submitted, but will be non-null afterwards. This provides a quick and
> > simple
> > > test that works for JSP called pages and for Action called pages,
> > >
> > >
> > > public ActionErrors validate (ActionMapping mapping,
> > > HttpServletRequest request) {
> > > // See if the form has been submitted, if not do not
> > > validate.
> > > if (logon == null || password == null ) return null;
> > > // Validate the data
> > > final ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors ();
> > > if (logon.length() < 1) {
> > > errors.add ("logon", new ActionError
> > > ("error.logon.logonRequired"));
> > > }
> > > if (password.length() < 1) {
> > > errors.add("password", new ActionError
> > > ("error.logon.passwordRequired"));
> > > }
> > > return errors;
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> > > Sid
> > >
> > >
> >
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