Form validation

[Donie Kelly]

Hi all

 

I have a form that uses the standard form validation based on the
validation.xml file. It all works fine except for when I'm pre-populating
the form on first showing. The validation is kicking in before the data is
retrieved from the database. 

 

Can anybody show me how to initialise the form correctly. Here is my Action
class

 

Thanks

Donie

 

 

import java.util.Locale;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;

import org.apache.log4j.Category;

import org.apache.struts.action.Action;

import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;

import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward;

import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;

import org.apache.struts.util.MessageResources;

import org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtils;

 

import com.tecnomen.mms.sm.backend.*;

 

public final class ContentAdaptationFormMainAction extends Action

{

static Category log =
Category.getInstance(ContentAdaptationFormMainAction.class.getName());

    public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping,ActionForm form,
HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception

                      {

                                            Locale locale =
getLocale(request);

                                            MessageResources messages =
getResources(request);

                                            HttpSession session =
request.getSession();

                                            ActionForward forward =
mapping.findForward("success"); //default

                                            

                                            // Get the data for
oSystemContentAdaptation

                                            ContentAdaptationService service
= new ContentAdaptationService();

                                            ContentAdaptationForm theForm =
(ContentAdaptationForm) form;

                                            ContentAdaptationDTO caDTO;

                                            

 


                                            int buttonSelect =
theForm.getSelected();

                                            

                                            switch(buttonSelect)

                                            {

                                                                 case
ContentAdaptationForm.SUBMIT_BUTTON:

 
log.info("Submit CA form");

                                                                 

 
// Create new data object for this form

 
caDTO = new ContentAdaptationDTO();

 
BeanUtils.copyProperties(caDTO, theForm );

 
service.setContentAdaptation(caDTO);

 
forward = new ActionForward(mapping.findForward("submit"));

 
break;

                                                                 

                                                                 case
ContentAdaptationForm.CANCEL_BUTTON:

 
log.info("Cancel CA form");

 
forward = new ActionForward(mapping.findForward("cancel"));

 
break;

                                                                 case
ContentAdaptationForm.RESET_BUTTON:

 
log.info("Reset CA form");

                                                                 default:

 
// Populate the form

 
caDTO = new ContentAdaptationDTO();

 
caDTO = service.getContentAdaptation();

 
BeanUtils.copyProperties( theForm, caDTO );

 
break;

                                            }

                                            return forward;

    }

}