Thanks Laurie, Its a shame that's the case because having the framework do all the type conversion makes things so much easier.
I guess this short cut has cost me in the long run!! =) Cheers Tom On 2/11/06, Laurie Harper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tom Ansley wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have a form that uses validator to check for simple validation like > making > > sure that a cash amount is a double. I have the "cancel" button on the > form > > set so that if it is pressed that validation does not take place. This > is > > great except when you type a letter into the cash text box and then > press > > cancel. The form gets returned along with the invalid cash amount, the > > BeanUtils attempts to populate the form and the whole thing falls over > with > > an exception. > > > > Does somebody have a strategy for dealing with this situation? Is there > a > > way of telling struts that if the cancel button is pressed that NO bean > > population should take place? > > No, there isn't; the form bean is always populated, cancel or no. The > exception is probably caused by using typed properties in your form > bean. You'd get the same problem submitting the form with invalid data > as you do canceling it in that case. > > You should make all your form bean properties String-typed to avoid > these problems -- or at least all those that will be accepting > user-supplied text inputs. > > L. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
