Thanks Dave and Lukasz,
i got the concept, and solved the issue.
Thank you very much.
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Dave Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- On Tue, 7/15/08, Narayana S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am new to struts 2. my page is having a list which
> > is dynamically generated by action, so while calling
> > the jsp page itself from a menu, I am calling URL
> > "/mymodule1/EditEmployee.action", which is mapped to
> > EditEmplyeeAction.java. first time when i am generating
> > the page I am generating list values dynamically and returning
> > *ActionSupport.INPUT*, if Save button is clicked on my page
> > i am again going to the EditEmployeeAction and this time i am
> > doing my process and returning *ActionSupport.SUCCESS*.
> >
> > but here the problem is, i have validation annotations
> > implemented for all the fields, which are executed and
> > reporting error messages when i am loading the page for
> > the first time itself. but it should not happen to my
> > page, first time it should be executed with out
> > validations, and when save button is clicked only
> > it should check for validations...
>
> In addition to the information provided by Lukasz I'd add that typically
> this would be handled by (a) separate actions, or (b) by using the input()
> and execute() methods in a single action, accessed via separate action
> configurations (or dynamic method invocation if enabled).
>
> Note that ActionSupport provides a default input() method that returns
> ActionSupport.INPUT, meaning (a) you write less code, and (b) the code you
> write is focused on a single task, rather than implementing a conditional
> that can be handled automatically by the framework.
>
> An action's input() method will skip validation by default ([1], [2]). The
> list values may be created in either both input() and execute() methods, or
> perhaps more cleanly by implementing the Prepareable interface [3] used by
> the "prepare" interceptor [4].
>
> Dave "Too much information" Newton
>
> [1] "validation" interceptor:
> http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/validation-interceptor.html
>
> [2] Default S2 config defining "validation"'s skipped methods:
> http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/struts-defaultxml.html
>
> [3] Preparable interface:
> http://struts.apache.org/2.1.2/struts2-core/apidocs/index.html
>
> [4] "prepare" interceptor:
> http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/prepare-interceptor.html
>
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