> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peterkofsky, Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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> I've been successfully using the Dispatch action in the
> development of an
> application here, without yet implementing validation. I'm using
> DynaValidatorActionForm beans and extending action classes from
> DispatchAction. Now, in thinking of implementing validation, I see a
> potential problem. We will be using the XML Validator, with
> validation
> executed by the controller.
>
> Here is an example action mapping:
>
> <action
> path="/FWMatDevRequestManage"
>
> type="ext.fwnike.client.material.action.FWMatDevManageDispatchAction"
> name="FWMatDevRequestForm"
> scope="request"
> parameter="method"
>
> input="/ext/fwnike/client/material/jsp/page/FWMatDevRequestEdit.jsp">
> <forward name="update" contextRelative="true"
> path="fw.material.matdevrequest.update"/>
> <forward name="create" contextRelative="true"
> path="/ext/fwnike/client/material/jsp/page/FWMatDevRequestEdit.jsp"/>
> <forward name="view" contextRelative="true"
> path="fw.material.matdevrequest.view"/>
> <forward name="home" contextRelative="true"
> path="/ext/fwnike/client/material/jsp/page/FWMatDevRequestHome.jsp"/>
> </action>
>
> As you can see, this action handles the CRUD functions, and
> while there is
> only one "edit" JSP, separate forwards are used for Create
> and Update, since
> there must be separate Tiles template definitions that use
> the edit.JSP (for
> setting page titles/headlines, etc. for the appropriate page).
>
> The issue I'm thinking comes when a validation error occurs, and the
> controller routes the request back to the path specified by
> the "input"
> parameter. This seems to be a problem, because there are
> more than one
> pages in the DispatchAction submitting form data, but only one "input"
> parameter path. So, there may be a validation error from the
> Create page,
> in which case the Create page should be displayed again by
> the controller;
> there may also be a validation error from the Update page, in
> which case the
> Update page should be displayed again by the controller.
> With only one
> "input" parameter, how is this accomplished?
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The solution is not to set the ``validate="false"' is the action mapping.
In other words call the "validate()" method in your Action controller
instead. If the validation returns non-empty `ActionErrors' then you
can forward redirect to your local ActionForwards.
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Peter Pilgrim
Struts/J2EE Consultant
+44 (0)207-375-5642
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