try changing @RequiredFieldValidator to @RequiredStringValidator
the RequiredFieldValidator only looks for "not null" and even if the
field is not entered, but is present on the form, it'll be populated
with "" (empty) and not a java null.
-Joseph
On 8/16/07, David Copeland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here's my struts.xml
>
> <struts>
> <package name="noshame" extends="struts-default">
> <action name="Register">
> <result>/Register.jsp</result>
> </action>
> </package>
> </struts>
>
> my web.xml:
>
> <web-app>
> <display-name>NoShame</display-name>
> <filter>
> <filter-name>struts2</filter-name>
>
> <filter-class>org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher</filter-class>
> <init-param>
> <param-name>actionPackages</param-name>
>
> <param-value>com.naildrivin5.applications.noshame.client</param-value>
> </init-param>
> </filter>
>
> <filter-mapping>
> <filter-name>struts2</filter-name>
> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
> </filter-mapping>
> </web-app>
>
> My JSP:
>
> <%@ taglib prefix="s" uri="/struts-tags" %>
> <html>
> <body>
> <s:form id="register" action="registerNew">
> <s:fielderror><s:param>name</s:param></s:fielderror><s:textfield
> required="true" name="name" label="Your Name" />
> <s:textfield required="true" name="email" label="Email Address" />
> <s:password required="true" name="password" label="Password" />
> <s:password required="true" name="passwordConfirm" label="Confirm
> Password" />
> <input class="submitButton" type=submit>
> </s:form>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> My Action class:
>
> @Results({
> @Result(name="success", value="/Success.jsp"),
> @Result(name="error", value="/Register.jsp")
> })
> @Validation()
> public class RegisterNewAction
> {
> public String execute() throws Exception
> {
> // omittied boring logic
> return "success";
> }
>
> private String itsName;
> @RequiredFieldValidator(type = ValidatorType.FIELD, message =
> "Name is required")
> public void setName(String name) { itsName = name; }
> public String getName() { return itsName; }
>
> // omitted other accecssors
> }
>
> The docs for doing validation via XML indicate setting up some sort of
> interceptor (but there is no real instruction for that, either), so is
> there some annotation way I have to do that?
>
> On 8/15/07, Laurie Harper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > David Copeland wrote:
> > > I'm a Struts newb and am trying to get up to speed on Struts 2.
> > >
> > > The scant documentation is throwing me a bit; I'm trying to do
> > > everything annotation-based, and for Validation, it seems to be simply
> > > not working at all.
> > >
> > > Per the docs, I have tagged my action class with @Validator and tagged
> > > my setXXX method with @RequiredFieldValidator.
> > >
> > > My form's JSP contains
> > > <s:fielderror><s:param>XXX</s:param></s:fielderror>.
> > >
> > > When I submit the form with no value for XXX, my execute method
> > > executes as it would before I added the validation stuff.
> > >
> > > I would really like to avoid XML files, but it seems that if I'm using
> > > annotations, everything needs to be done that way.
> >
> > I'm not sure what that last paragraph means; you can certainly use XML
> > validation for one action and annotations in another. I'm not sure to
> > what extent it's possible to mix XML and annotation based validation in
> > the *same* action, but there's certainly no requirement to pick one or
> > the other for the application as a whole.
> >
> > It may help if you post the relevant parts of your config, JSP and
> > action code. There are several 'moving parts' involved in making
> > validation work, and it's hard to guess where the problem is without
> > seeing what you have done.
> >
> > L.
> >
> >
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