You can implement the validate method and user the validator too. Call super.validate(mapping, request) in your validate method, and it will return to you the ActionErrors the validator framework generates.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Nathan Maves [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 5:45 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: Validator vs form Validate() method. > > > Ahh after a little research I think I might have answered that wrong. > > What is your action form extending? > > Nathan > > On Apr 15, 2004, at 3:37 PM, Nathan Maves wrote: > > > I am just a newB but couldn't you call the validate method from your > > execute method. This way the validator will catch any of the easy > > validations and your validate method will get the complex ones. > > > > Again just a newB answer. > > > > Nathan > > > > > > On Apr 15, 2004, at 2:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> Hi folks, > >> > >> I've gotten myself sorely confused here... > >> > >> I've set up the validator to do simple validation on my forms. By > >> "simple > >> validation" I mean checking for required fields and integer input, > >> etc. > >> > >> I need to use the validate() method to do more complex > validation on > >> one > >> form, I need to verify that a date the user enters is in > the future. > >> > >> The problem is that it seems that as soon as I implement the > >> validate() > >> method in my form, it seems to bypass the validator, all > those checks > >> are > >> no longer done. If I comment out validate(), the validator starts > >> working > >> again. (Note: This is the behavior I see whether or not the > >> validation in > >> validate() passes or fails) > >> > >> Have I got something configured incorrectly, or is this > the way its > >> intended to work? > >> > >> Thanx! > >> > >> c'ya > >> Mike > >> ---- > >> Mike Boucher [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Edgil Associates www.edgil.com > >> > >> "Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out of it alive!" > >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
