Oh I see. In my code, I am validating using the plug-in validator. You are
validating in the action class. I haven't tried the things you are doing.
Anyone else tried this?
-- Derek
----- Original Message -----
From: "Seth Milder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: DynaValidatorForm and Multi-page Forms
> Derek Lin wrote:
>
> > What is the setPage() method? From what class?
> >
> > Are you trying to do a form wizard(multiple pages using one
> > DynaValidatorForm)?
>
>
> Yes. This is it exactly.
>
> > If so, I have something like that. But I had to
> > override the reset() method in DynaValidatorForm class.--I am still
> > not sure
> > if this is the most elegant way. (don't have time to investigate
further)
> >
> > Let me know if I should post my code.
> >
> > -- Derek
>
>
> In struts-config.xml I have:
>
> <form-beans>
> <form-bean
> name="dynaRegistrationForm"
> dynamic="true"
> type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm">
> .
> .
> .
> <form-property name="page" type="int"/>
> .
> .
> .
> </form-bean>
> </form-beans>
>
> And in the jsp's I have the typical hidden field:
> .
> .
> .
> <html:form method="GET" action="/action/register">
> <html:hidden property="page" value="2"/>
> .
> .
> .
>
> But the page will not validate correctly unless I call explicitly the
> setPage method for the DynaValidatorForm in the Action class, like so:
>
> DynaValidatorForm info = (DynaValidatorForm) form;
> int foof = -1;
> try{
> foof = Integer.parseInt(request.getParameter("page"));
> info.setPage(foof);
> }catch(Exception e){
> if(!(e instanceof java.lang.NoSuchMethodException))
> log.error(e.getMessage(),e);
> }
>
> ActionErrors errors = info.validate(mapping, request);
>
>
> If I do not put the above in the Action code, the info.getPage() always
> returns zero, so the page is not validated since I have no page=0 in the
> appropriate places in validation.xml. With the above the first page gets
> validated correctly but the second also tries to validate every field
> that has page=2 in validation.xml AND page=1 too, which all fail since
> those parameters are not being submitted. It is almost like it is
> "forgetting" that they were set on the first page. Perhaps the trouble
> is that the DynaValidatorForm is not being saved in the session? I
> should not have to do this myself. Right? If you have this working, then
> by all means post your code.
>
>
> Thanks a bunch!
>
>
> --
> Seth Milder
> Department of Physics and Astronomy
> MS 3f3
> George Mason University
> Fairfax, VA
> http://www.mrseth.org
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