Thank you for your help, I'll give all this a try :) Chris
On 3/2/06, Michael Jouravlev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/2/06, Chris Cheshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Michael, both of those are helpful. > > > > I have a few extra questions though: > > > > Regarding ActionDispatcher - > > * The ParameterListActionDispatcher class isn't in the 1.2.8 struts > > distribution that I downloaded, and is linked as a bugfix. Do I need > > to download the entire struts source, add this in and recompile, or is > > there an easier way? > > ParameterListActionDispatcher is a proposal for upcoming Struts > release. The more people use it and find it useful, the more chances > that it will be included. So, try it and vote for it if you like it: > http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38343 I hope you > will like it, I think it is the best known solution for event dispatch > in Struts. > > If you use Struts 1.2.7+, all you need is only > ParameterListActionDispatcher class. Download it and compile it along > with your project. If you use older Struts version than you will need > base ActionDispatcher as well, but nothing more. > > > Regarding DataEntryForm - > > * In sections 6 & 7 it describes a class > > ParameterMappingDispatchAction that I also don't see in the > > distribution (nor in the javadocs online). Is this referring to the > > ParameterListActionDispatcher class or something else? Conceptually it > > seems to be describing the same thing. If not is there an example of > > what step 7 is describing? > > Right, I have to fix that. ParameterMappingDispatchAction was an > initial patch, then Paul went with ParameterListActionDispatcher which > is better because you can use any Action class, you do not have to > derive your Action from some other dispatch class anymore. So > disregard ParameterMappingDispatchAction, I will fix the wiki page > later. > > > All that aside, when I turn off automatic validation, can I still call > > the validation manually in my action code? ie. Something like : > > > > ActionErrors errors = form.validate(mapping, request); > > if (!errors.isEmpty()) { > > // determine which forward key to use based upon which step I am > > in the process > > forward = mapping.findForward(forwardKey); > > saveErrors(request, errors); > > return forward; > > } > > Of course. This is exactly how you do it, perfect. > > > Is there anything else I need to do to validate the form manually? > > No. You may want to check errors for null, but it depends on how you > implemented validate() method. > > Michael. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
