I'm following the "How do we repopulate controls when validation fails" FAQ located at...
http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/how-do-we-repopulate-controls-when-validation-fails.html Of the two methods it suggests I am trying to use the 'action tag' method. Using the simple example from the FAQ works fine, but once I move beyond the simple and try to drop my "Languages" control inside the tag of another action I have problems. Here's my pseudo JSP (note MyAction)... MyAction implements validateable and I am validating foo0 and foo1 inside the validate() method. Here's my validate() code... public void validate() { if (foo0 == null || foo0.length() == 0) addFieldError("foo0", "Foo0 is required"); else foo0 = foo0 + " VALIDATED"; if (foo1 == null || foo1.length() == 0) addFieldError("foo1", "Foo1 is required"); else foo1 = foo1 + " VALIDATED"; } The important thing to note about my validation code is that when the validation succeeds the data entered by the user is updated with the word "VALIDATED". This may seem like an odd thing to do, but it's part of the requirements of the project I'm working on. Visiting http://localhost/MyAction/myAction_input.action works great. The page draws, foo0 is empty, the languages control has languages to choose from, foo1 is empty, the submit button appears. Submitting the form is when I get into problems. Here are three submit paths and their results... 1. foo0 is empty, foo1 is empty. click submit. RESULT - foo0 is empty. foo1 is empty. SUCCESS! 2. foo0 = 'A', foo1 is empty. click submit. RESULT - page redraws. foo0 = 'A VALIDATED'. foo1 is empty. SUCCESS! 3. foo0 is empty, foo1 = 'A'. click submit. RESULT - page redraws. foo0 is empty. foo1 = 'A'. FAIL! - foo1 should say 'A VALIDATED' For some reason MyAction.setFoo1() is being invoked *again* after I set foo1 to 'A VALIDATED' in my validate() code. Why is that happening? I know it has something to do with the Languages control that appears before the foo1 text field, because when I remove the Languages control everything works as expected. Anyone have any ideas about what the Languages control is doing that is causing my foo1 field to get reset to the original submit value? I'd really like to be able to use the 'action tags' approach for repopulating controls, but 'dropping wherever', as suggested in the FAQ (see link above), does not seem to be as easy as it sounds. Thanks. _________________________________________________________________ The other season of giving begins 6/24/08. Check out the i’m Talkathon. http://www.imtalkathon.com?source=TXT_EML_WLH_SeasonOfGiving --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
