ValidField question

[Programozas <pr...@hotmail.com>]

Hello!

My question is: why is 

    net.sf.tapestry.valid.ValidField.readValue()

protected? Why is it not public?

My problem is that I would like to get the value of a ValidField component during validation of a form but I can't because readValue() is protected.

Thanks,
Norbi

Re: ValidField question

[Programozas <pr...@hotmail.com>]

> Please phrase your questions in terms of what you want to accomplish, not
> how you'd like to change the API.
Never the less! :))

I would like to create a validator for ValidField, which check if this
ValidField's value is equal to another ValidField's value. In

    public Object toObject(IField field, String input)

I would like to get the value of the ValidFields to check the equality.

I have already finished the client side validation of this
(renderValidatorContribution()) and works.
Can you help me how to create it for the server side?

Thanks,
Norbi

RE: ValidField question

["Howard M. Lewis Ship" <hl...@attbi.com>]

readValue() is used when the ValidField is rendering.  It obtains a value,
feeds it to the validator for formatting.

Please phrase your questions in terms of what you want to accomplish, not
how you'd like to change the API.

--
Howard M. Lewis Ship
Creator, Tapestry: Java Web Components
http://jakarta.apache.org/proposals/tapestry



-----Original Message-----
From: Programozas [mailto:programozas@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 2:11 PM
To: Tapestry-Dev
Subject: ValidField question


Hello!

My question is: why is 

    net.sf.tapestry.valid.ValidField.readValue()

protected? Why is it not public?

My problem is that I would like to get the value of a ValidField component
during validation of a form but I can't because readValue() is protected.

Thanks,
Norbi