I'm not guaranteeing that this is the best way to do it, but it works for me ;-)
<validator name="date1LEdate2"
classname="portfolio.CustomValidators"
method="date1LEdate2"
methodParams="java.lang.Object,
org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
org.apache.struts.action.ActionErrors,
javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest"
msg="errors.daterange">
</validator>
private static final String dateTimeFormat = "MM/dd/yyyy-HH:mm:ss";
/*
* This validator must be associated with date2 (the later date),
* not date1. (This is so that date1 has already been validated.)
* date1 and date2 must use the same datePattern and
* they must have already been validated as valid dates,
*/
public static boolean date1LEdate2( Object bean,
ValidatorAction va,
Field
field,
ActionErrors errors,
HttpServletRequest request )
{
String date2Property = field.getProperty();
String dateStr2 = ValidatorUtil.getValueAsString(bean,date2Property);
String date1Property = field.getVarValue("date1");
String dateStr1 = ValidatorUtil.getValueAsString(bean,date1Property);
String datePattern = null;
try {
datePattern = field.getVarValue("datePatternStrict");
} catch (Exception e1) {
try {
datePattern = field.getVarValue("datePattern");
} catch (Exception e2) {}
}
if (datePattern == null) {
errors.add( field.getKey(), new
ActionMessage("errors.validator.config") );
return false;
}
boolean returnVal;
try {
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(datePattern);
Date date1 = formatter.parse(dateStr1, new ParsePosition(0));
Date date2 = formatter.parse(dateStr2, new ParsePosition(0));
returnVal = date1.compareTo(date2) <= 0 ? true : false;
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e);
e.printStackTrace();
returnVal = false;
}
if ( returnVal == false ) {
errors.add( field.getKey(), new
ActionMessage("errors.daterange", date1Property, date2Property) );
}
return returnVal;
}
-----Original Message-----
From: Dean A. Hoover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 1:12 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Struts in Action: 12.10.1 Multipage validations
This section of the book sounds interesting, but
it would be nice if there were an example somewhere.
Can someone point me to one?
Dean Hoover
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