That makes sense. So if I had two input fields and a radio button
(status-that is defaulted to a checked value from my ValidatorForm) I
would think the following would work:
<field property="shortDiagnosisDescription" depends="requiredif">
<arg0 key="searchForm.shortDiagnosisDescription"/>
<var>
<var-name>field[0]</var-name>
<var-value>diagnosisDescription</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>field-test[0]</var-name>
<var-value>NULL</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>field[1]</var-name>
<var-value>status</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>field-test[1]</var-name>
<var-value>NULL</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>field-join</var-name>
<var-value>OR</var-value>
</var>
</field>
<field property="diagnosisDescription" depends="requiredif">
<arg0 key="searchForm.diagnosisDescription"/>
<var>
<var-name>field[0]</var-name>
<var-value>shortDiagnosisDescription</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>field-test[0]</var-name>
<var-value>NULL</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>field[1]</var-name>
<var-value>status</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>field-test[1]</var-name>
<var-value>NULL</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>field-join</var-name>
<var-value>OR</var-value>
</var>
</field>
That basically says if nothing is entered in either input field just use
the the value given for the status radio button. Using the above listing
however doesn't behave as I expect. Are radio buttons evaluated
differently? Looking at the validateRequiredIf method doesn't seem to
indicate that. Thanks to all the help thus far.
-----Original Message-----
From: James Turner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 11:17 AM
To: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
Subject: RE: 1.1 rc1 -Validator: Conditionally required fields.
That would be me. For the moment, here's a simple example of a
requiredif:
Let's say you have three fields in your form, Sex, dateOfLastMamogram,
and testResult. If sex is 'F' or 'f', dateOfLastMamogram should be
required. If dateOfLastMamogram is not empty, testResult is required.
Here the validator XML for it:
<form name="medicalStatusForm">
<field
property="dateOfLastMamogram" depends="requiredif">
<arg0 key="medicalStatusForm.dateOfLastMamogram.label"/>
<var>
<var-name>field[0]</var-name>
<var-value>sex</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>field-test[0]</var-name>
<var-value>EQUAL</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>field-value[0]</var-name>
<var-value>F</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>field[1]</var-name>
<var-value>sex</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>field-test[1]</var-name>
<var-value>EQUAL</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>field-value[1]</var-name>
<var-value>f</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>field-join</var-name>
<var-value>OR</var-value>
</var>
</field>
<field
property="testResult" depends="requiredif">
<arg0 key="medicalStatusForm.testResult.label"/>
<var>
<var-name>field[0]</var-name>
<var-value>dateOfLastMamogram</var-value>
</var>
<var>
<var-name>field-test[0]</var-name>
<var-value>NOTNULL</var-value>
</var>
</field>
</form>
I've added this example to the Validator dev guide and the Struts FAQ to
hopefully reduce the number of these queries.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 10:58 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: 1.1 rc1 -Validator: Conditionally required fields.
>
>
> >Are there any other examples of using conditionally required
> fields for
> >the validator? I find the example here a bit confusing.
>
> You're not the only one. I still haven't figured it out
> although I haven't
> spent much time with it. A committer (can't remember which one) has
> developed an easier validation method for this kind of thing.
> We should be
> adding it for 1.2.
>
> >
> >http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/dev_validator.html
> >
> >Specifically the part:
> ><form-bean
> > name="dependentlistForm"
> > type="org.apache.struts.webapp.validator.forms.ValidatorForm">
> >
> > <form-property
> > name="dependents"
> > type="org.apache.struts.webapp.validator.Dependent[]"
> > initial="{'','','','','','','','','','',''}"/>
> > <form-property
> > name="insureDependents"
> > type="java.lang.Boolean"
> > initial="false"/>
> >
> ></form-bean>
> >
> >'Where dependent is a bean that has properties lastName, firstName,
> >dob, coverageType'
> >
> >Is 'dependent' referring to Dependent[] or dependentlistForm? If
> >Dependent[], I don't see this in the src. Or this something
> I need to
> >code? Thanks for any clarity you can offer.
> >
> >steve
> >
> >
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