Try a mask validator.
<field property="salary" depends="required,mask">
<arg0 key="employeeform.salary.displayname"/>
<var>
<var-name>mask</var-name>
<var-value>^\$?\d+(,\d{3})*(\.\d{2})?$</var-value>
</var>
</field>
Hubert
On 8/4/06, fea jabi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks, Eric.
>From: "Givler, Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <user@struts.apache.org>
>To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <user@struts.apache.org>
>Subject: RE: validate integer with a comma thousands seperator using
>Validator
>Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 11:45:28 -0400
>
>You could create another validator, and inside that perform a stripping of
>non-numeric characters (stripCommas), then
>execute code similar to the existing "long range" validator like this:
>
>
> /**
> * Determines if a formatted numeric value is between a range as
>defined by
> * the user-supplied variables: min and max
> * <p>
> * Note: The only formattting performed is stripping off any commas.
>If the
> * resulting number does not convert to a Long, then validation will
>fail as
> * well.
> * </p>
> * <p>
> * Validation succeeds if:
> * <ol>
> * <li>The value in question is null.</li>
> * <li>The parsed field value is within the user-supplied
>range.</li>
> * </ol>
> * </p>
> * @return
> * @param application
> * @param request
> * @param errors
> * @param field
> * @param va
> * @param bean
> */
> public static boolean validateFormattedLongRange(
> Object bean,
> ValidatorAction va,
> Field field,
> ActionMessages errors,
> HttpServletRequest request,
> ServletContext application)
> {
> System.out.println("*** validateFormattedLongRange (" +
>field.getProperty() + ") - START");
> boolean isValid = true;
>
> String value = null;
> value = ValidationUtils.evaluateBean(bean, field);
> if (!GenericValidator.isBlankOrNull(value))
> {
> try
> {
> long minVal = Long.parseLong(field.getVarValue("min"));
> long maxVal = Long.parseLong(field.getVarValue("max"));
> // We don't want to do this unless we use map.put to show
>tampered value
> // value = value.replaceAll("[^-0123456789.]", "");
> value = value.replaceAll("[,]", "");
> long lngValue = Long.parseLong(value);
>
> if ((lngValue > maxVal) || (lngValue < minVal))
> {
> errors.add(field.getKey(),
> Resources.getActionMessage(request, va, field));
> isValid = false;
> }
> }
> catch (NumberFormatException nfex)
> {
> errors.add(field.getKey(),
> Resources.getActionMessage(request, va, field));
> isValid = false;
> }
> }
> System.out.println("*** validateFormattedLongRange (" +
>field.getProperty() + ") - END, returning " + isValid);
> return isValid;
> }
>
>Define this validator in validator-rules.xml:
>
> <validator name="fmtLongRange"
> classname="view.struts.validator.StrutsValidationExtensions"
> method="validateFormattedLongRange"
> methodParams="java.lang.Object,
> org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
> org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
> org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages,
> javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest,
> javax.servlet.ServletContext"
> msg="errors.fmtLongRange">
> </validator>
>
>Add a rule for a field:
>
> <field property="water_usage" page="2" depends="fmtLongRange">
> <arg0 name="required" key="Page_2.water_usage"/>
> <arg0 name="fmtLongRange" key="Page_2.water_usage" />
> <arg1 name="fmtLongRange" key="${var:min}" resource="false"/>
> <arg2 name="fmtLongRange" key="999,999,999" resource="false"/>
> <var><var-name>min</var-name><var-value>0</var-value></var>
>
><var><var-name>max</var-name><var-value>999999999</var-value></var>
> </field>
>
>Define the message in the resource file (errors.fmtLongRange):
>
>errors.fmtLongRange={0} must be a valid whole number between {1} and {2}.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: fea jabi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 10:01 AM
>To: user@struts.apache.org
>Subject: RE: validate integer with a comma thousands seperator using
>Validator
>
>
>can someone help me with this please?
>
>
> >From: "fea jabi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <user@struts.apache.org>
> >To: user@struts.apache.org
> >Subject: validate integer with a comma thousands seperator using
>Validator
> >Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 10:09:19 -0400
> >
> >Using struts validator.
> >
> >have to validate the user entered value.
> >
> >The value entered should be a positive integer with a comma thousands
> >seperator. the number need not be in thousands.
> >
> >I have as below to check for positive integer without comma seperator.
>but
> >not sure how to validate if the user entered value with a comma
>seperator?
> >
> >i.e value like 25,349 // how to validate this?
> >
> ><field property="hrs" depends="integer,validwhen">
> > <msg name="integer" key="errors.notvalid"/>
> > <msg name="validwhen" key="errors.notvalid"/>
> > <var>
> > <var-name>test</var-name>
> > <var-value>(*this* >= 0)</var-value>
> > </var>
> > </field>
> >
> >how to validate the user entered value with a comma seperator? Thanks.
> >
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