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Posted to user@struts.apache.org by Jordan Thomas <jo...@ipa.fhg.de> on 2002/11/22 13:10:04 UTC

Help :: Dyna forms and Validation

Hi,

I have a dynaform that is simply calling inside the action class the
following.

   public ActionForward performAction( ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm
form,
                HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response
)
                throws IOException, ServletException {
      
      return (mapping.findForward("entry"));

   }

When I enter the form, it is doing the error checking as soon as I enter
the page. How can I stop the application from doing this? I tried using
"form.validate(mapping, request).clear();" in the above method but that
didn't work. Is there a way to somehow clear these error values. I am
using a dynaform specified as:

        <form name="loginForm">
            <field property="username"
depends="required,minlength,maxlength">
                <arg0 key="label.login.username"/>
                <arg1 name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}"
resource="false"/>
                <arg2 name="maxlength" key="${var:maxlength}"
resource="false"/>
                <var>
                    <var-name>minlength</var-name>
                    <var-value>2</var-value>
                </var>
                <var>
                    <var-name>maxlength</var-name>
                    <var-value>12</var-value>
                </var>
            </field>
            <field property="password"
depends="required,minlength,maxlength">
                <arg0 key="label.login.password"/>
                <arg1 name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}"
resource="false"/>
                <arg2 name="maxlength" key="${var:maxlength}"
resource="false"/>
                <var>
                    <var-name>minlength</var-name>
                    <var-value>6</var-value>
                </var>
                <var>
                    <var-name>maxlength</var-name>
                    <var-value>12</var-value>
                </var>
            </field>
        </form>

And in my struts-config.xml I have:

    <form-bean name="loginForm" dynamic="true"
        type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm">
        <form-property name="username" type="java.lang.String" />
        <form-property name="password" type="java.lang.String" />
    </form-bean>

     ....

    <action path="/login"
            type="scoop.web.struts.login.LoginEntryAction"
            name="loginForm"
            scope="request"
            input="/tiles/login"
            validate="true">
        <forward name="entry" path="/tiles/login"/>
    </action>

Any help would be great. Thanks in advance

Jordan


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RE: Help :: Dyna forms and Validation

Posted by Jordan Thomas <jo...@ipa.fhg.de>.
No, I am actually using the workflow extension which requires one to use
the performAction() method. Also, I am using a nightly build of struts
from about a week ago.

Thanks

Jordan

-----Original Message-----
From: Billy Bacon [mailto:billy.bacon@thirty3.net] 
Sent: Friday, 22 November 2002 1:19 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List; jot@ipa.fhg.de
Subject: Re: Help :: Dyna forms and Validation


Do you have an execute() method in your Action? What version of Struts
are you using?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jordan Thomas" <jo...@ipa.fhg.de>
To: <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 5:10 AM
Subject: Help :: Dyna forms and Validation


> Hi,
>
> I have a dynaform that is simply calling inside the action class the 
> following.
>
>    public ActionForward performAction( ActionMapping mapping, 
> ActionForm form,
>                 HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse 
> response
> )
>                 throws IOException, ServletException {
>
>       return (mapping.findForward("entry"));
>
>    }
>
> When I enter the form, it is doing the error checking as soon as I 
> enter the page. How can I stop the application from doing this? I 
> tried using "form.validate(mapping, request).clear();" in the above 
> method but that didn't work. Is there a way to somehow clear these 
> error values. I am using a dynaform specified as:
>
>         <form name="loginForm">
>             <field property="username" 
> depends="required,minlength,maxlength">
>                 <arg0 key="label.login.username"/>
>                 <arg1 name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}" 
> resource="false"/>
>                 <arg2 name="maxlength" key="${var:maxlength}" 
> resource="false"/>
>                 <var>
>                     <var-name>minlength</var-name>
>                     <var-value>2</var-value>
>                 </var>
>                 <var>
>                     <var-name>maxlength</var-name>
>                     <var-value>12</var-value>
>                 </var>
>             </field>
>             <field property="password" 
> depends="required,minlength,maxlength">
>                 <arg0 key="label.login.password"/>
>                 <arg1 name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}" 
> resource="false"/>
>                 <arg2 name="maxlength" key="${var:maxlength}" 
> resource="false"/>
>                 <var>
>                     <var-name>minlength</var-name>
>                     <var-value>6</var-value>
>                 </var>
>                 <var>
>                     <var-name>maxlength</var-name>
>                     <var-value>12</var-value>
>                 </var>
>             </field>
>         </form>
>
> And in my struts-config.xml I have:
>
>     <form-bean name="loginForm" dynamic="true"
>         type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm">
>         <form-property name="username" type="java.lang.String" />
>         <form-property name="password" type="java.lang.String" />
>     </form-bean>
>
>      ....
>
>     <action path="/login"
>             type="scoop.web.struts.login.LoginEntryAction"
>             name="loginForm"
>             scope="request"
>             input="/tiles/login"
>             validate="true">
>         <forward name="entry" path="/tiles/login"/>
>     </action>
>
> Any help would be great. Thanks in advance
>
> Jordan
>
>
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Re: Help :: Dyna forms and Validation

Posted by Billy Bacon <bi...@thirty3.net>.
Do you have an execute() method in your Action? What version of Struts are
you using?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jordan Thomas" <jo...@ipa.fhg.de>
To: <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 5:10 AM
Subject: Help :: Dyna forms and Validation


> Hi,
>
> I have a dynaform that is simply calling inside the action class the
> following.
>
>    public ActionForward performAction( ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm
> form,
>                 HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response
> )
>                 throws IOException, ServletException {
>
>       return (mapping.findForward("entry"));
>
>    }
>
> When I enter the form, it is doing the error checking as soon as I enter
> the page. How can I stop the application from doing this? I tried using
> "form.validate(mapping, request).clear();" in the above method but that
> didn't work. Is there a way to somehow clear these error values. I am
> using a dynaform specified as:
>
>         <form name="loginForm">
>             <field property="username"
> depends="required,minlength,maxlength">
>                 <arg0 key="label.login.username"/>
>                 <arg1 name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}"
> resource="false"/>
>                 <arg2 name="maxlength" key="${var:maxlength}"
> resource="false"/>
>                 <var>
>                     <var-name>minlength</var-name>
>                     <var-value>2</var-value>
>                 </var>
>                 <var>
>                     <var-name>maxlength</var-name>
>                     <var-value>12</var-value>
>                 </var>
>             </field>
>             <field property="password"
> depends="required,minlength,maxlength">
>                 <arg0 key="label.login.password"/>
>                 <arg1 name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}"
> resource="false"/>
>                 <arg2 name="maxlength" key="${var:maxlength}"
> resource="false"/>
>                 <var>
>                     <var-name>minlength</var-name>
>                     <var-value>6</var-value>
>                 </var>
>                 <var>
>                     <var-name>maxlength</var-name>
>                     <var-value>12</var-value>
>                 </var>
>             </field>
>         </form>
>
> And in my struts-config.xml I have:
>
>     <form-bean name="loginForm" dynamic="true"
>         type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm">
>         <form-property name="username" type="java.lang.String" />
>         <form-property name="password" type="java.lang.String" />
>     </form-bean>
>
>      ....
>
>     <action path="/login"
>             type="scoop.web.struts.login.LoginEntryAction"
>             name="loginForm"
>             scope="request"
>             input="/tiles/login"
>             validate="true">
>         <forward name="entry" path="/tiles/login"/>
>     </action>
>
> Any help would be great. Thanks in advance
>
> Jordan
>
>
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