Re: Date validator does not ignore nulls

[Dave Newton]

tarek.nabil wrote:
     <validator name="date"
           classname="org.apache.struts.util.StrutsValidator"
              method="validateDate"
        methodParams="java.lang.Object,
                      org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
                      org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
                      org.apache.struts.action.ActionErrors,
                      javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest"
             depends="required"
                 msg="errors.date"
      jsFunctionName="DateValidations">
Although the validator declares that it depends on required, so (as far
as I understand) that means it should not be triggered if the value is
null or blank. Nevertheless, it is, and it shows the error that the date
is invalid. I checked the source for the class that performs the
validation, and obviously it adds the error to the errors collection if
the value is null or blank. But I think it's not supposed to even get
called, because in the declaration of the validator, it says it depends
on required.
 

"Required" means the value must not be blank or null, right? So if a 
validation depends on "required" that means that the value can't be 
blank or null. So it _should_ be triggered on a blank or null.

Dave

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