This is more of a DispatchAction question but I'm using DynaValidatorForm as
well. The page is very simple. A single field that is required. Currently I
have defined two action mappings in struts-config.xml One to edit/view the
field (load it from the database) and a second to act as the save target. They
both point to the same DispatchAction subclass which has two methods 'edit' and
'save'.
I've defined the field in validation.xml as:
<form name="InputForm">
<field property="testfield" depends="required">
<arg0 key="testfield.label"/>
</field>
</form>
In my struts-config.xml I have(only showing applicable parts):
<form-bean name="InputForm" dynamic="true"
type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm" >
<form-property name="testfield" type="java.lang.String"/>
</form-bean>
<action path="/EditInput" scope="request"
type="com.example.InputAction"
name="InputForm" validate="true" parameter="o">
<forward name="success" path="/input/page.jsp" />
</action>
<action path="/SaveInput"
type="com.example.InputAction"
name="InputForm" validate="true" parameter="o"
input="/input/page.jsp" scope="request">
</action>
So to get to this page I goto "/EditInput?o=edit" and my form submits to
"/SaveInput" with a hidden field "o" set to "save". This is working fine. I
feel there is a cleaner way though.
So now my question. Is there a way to have DispatchAction have a default
action? (In my case I want it to be edit) Is there a way to disable validation
in the DynaValidatorForm for certain dispatch methods? (In my case the Edit
method) I want to have a single Action mapping in struts config. Then I could
go to the "/Input" let it default to "edit()" method with no validation. Then
on the submit I'd submit to "/Input" with the hidden field set to "save". This
would fire validation and call the save() method.
Is this dreaming? Have I tried to simplify too much? I'm just trying to find
the best practice here so I can utilize the DynaValidatorForm and DispatchAction
in all our forms. I think these two classes give the struts framework a big
plus. Make creating new pages very very fast and simple.
thanks
-kevin
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