u can use like this in validation.xml file in WEB-INF folder. <form name="loginForm"> <field property="userName" depends="required,minlength,maxlength,mask"> <arg0 key="login.enter.user"/> <var> <var-name>minlength</var-name> <var-value>5</var-value> </var> <var> <var-name>maxlength</var-name> <var-value>12</var-value> </var> <var> <var-name>mask</var-name> <var-value>^[0-9_a-zA-Z]*$</var-value> </var> </field> <field property="userPassword" depends="required"> <arg0 key="login.enter.password"/> </field> </form> no need to use validate method in ActionForm. i think u know the use of validator-rules.xml in WEB-INF folder.
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