Re: custom javascript validation (solved)

[Matt Bathje <mp...@ntsource.com>]

Hi everybody. After working on this for a bit, I figured it out for myself.
The problem was that in the variable definition, I was using
<var-jsType>regexp</var-jsType>. This is wrong - the proper way to do it is
<var-jstype>regexp</var-jstype>.

Hopefully this will help somebody else out at some point.

Matt Bathje


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Bathje" <mp...@ntsource.com>
To: "strutslist" <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 12:44 PM
Subject: custom javascript validation


> Hi all.
>
> I am doing some custom validations, and the server side of them is working
> well. The problem is that in my custom javascript, I cannot get a variable
I
> have defined as a regular expression to work. The javascript always pulls
> out the backslashes (\) from the regexp. If I put in the regular
expression
> with double backslashes, it works for javascript, but breaks in the java
> end. Plus I would really like to not have to use "nonstandard" regexps.
>
> I am using the mask validator as my guide, and it seems the big difference
> is when the "validation function" is created, in mask the regexp variables
> get created as regular expressions, where as in my validator they get
> created as strings. For example, here is the created mask function:
>
> function mask () {
>   this.a0 = new Array("phone", "Phone Number is invalid.", new Function
> ("varName",
>
this.mask=/^(^\\([2-9]\\d{2}\\)\\s*\\d{3}-\\d{4}$)|(^[2-9]\\d{2}-\\d{3}-\\d{
> 4}$)$/; return this[varName];"));
> }
>
> and here is my function:
> function countryMask () {
>   this.a0 = new Array("postalCode", "Postal Code is invalid.", new
Function
> ("varName",
>
"this.CAN='^([ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVXYabceghjklmnprstvxy]\\d[A-Za-z]\\s*\\d[A-Za-z
> ]\\d)$'; this.otherField='countryID';
> this.USA='^(^\\d{5}$)|(^\\d{5}-\\d{4}$)$'; return this[varName];"));
> }
>
>
> See how in the mask function this.mask is set to a regular expression - no
> quotes around it? But in my function, this.USA and this.CAN are both
created
> as strings with quotes around them (and no regexp demarkers (/))
>
> Also, notice that at this point this.USA and this.CAN both have the
slashes
> in them as needed. But, in my validation script when I do var pattern =
> oCountryMask[x][2](CAN);, pattern does not contain the slashes.
>
> What I am looking for is either a way to call oCountryMask[x][2](CAN) and
> have it not strip the slashes, OR (and even better) have the var treated
as
> a regexp like the mask variable is.
>
> Obviously the "mask" variable for a mask validation is a special variable
> that gets treated as a regexp - but is there any way to set the
"javascript
> type" of the variable in my validation?
>
> I was poking around in the validator javadocs and found
> <var-jsType>regexp</var-jsType> looks like it may do something, but it
> unfortunatley does not solve my problem. I'm wondering if maybe it isn't
> implemented yet or something?
>
> I have really been able to find anybody else mentioning similar problems.
:(
>
> Any help to get this working would be greatly appreciated!!!
>
> Thanks,
> Matt Bathje
>
> ps - anybody have any knowledge about these three questions that were
never
> answered?
>
http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts-user@jakarta.apache.org&msgId=1327188
>
http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts-user@jakarta.apache.org&msgId=1328405
>
http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts-user@jakarta.apache.org&msgId=1328406
>
>
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