> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 12:25 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Conditionally Validating an Entire Form
Based Upon the
> buttonpressed
>
>
> I have a form which has a "save" (<html:submit ...)
and "continue"
> (<html:cancel ...) button.
> The "save" should validate and process the data in
the form.
> The "continue" button should go to the next page,
skipping any
> validation and processing.
>
> I have been using the validator plugin, with all of
my validation in
> the validation.xml file.
> My form bean extends ValidatorForm and my validate
function is
> commented out (is not overriding the parent).
>
> This validates great but will not allow me to skip
validation on
> "continue".
>
> I have searched Google for conditional validation
and only
> found how to
> conditionally validate "required" fields based upon
the
> values of other
> fields.
>
> Any ideas or suggestions?
Yes, go ahead and override the validate method,
checking which button
was pressed, and then call super.validate() as usual.
The framework does have a page component, so the
validataion will only
validate the pages submitted.
> > The suggestion is good. But you might run into
> > localization problems. The better approach is to
> > extend the ValidatorLookupDispatchAction class by
> > Brandon Goodin which extends the
> > LookupDispatchAction. The buttons get their label
> > texts from the properties files.
> > If you are not thinking of localizing your
> > application, you can determine which button was
> > pressed and override the validate method of your
> > action form.
> >
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