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[jira] Updated: (WW-2254) Stringlength validator xhtml template should be locale independent

     [ https://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/WW-2254?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Max Pimm updated WW-2254:
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    Description: 
The freemarker template that generates client side validation for the xhtml theme (template/xhtml/form-close-validate.ftl) generates the javascript functions for different validators.

In the case of the stringlength validator there are a series of lines of code that are generated that may not work in locales that are not English. For example, if you define the maxLength to be 1000.

value.length > ${validator.maxLength}

in a Spanish locale outputs

value.length > 1,000

Which results in a string comparison rather than a number comparison.

The solution that i've found is to force the formatting of maxLength and minLength in freemarker using ?string("#"). For example

${validator.maxLength?string("#")

I believe that all references to maxLength and minLength in form-close-validate.ft should use this. I haven't looked to see if there are other places in the file where a similar error could ocur.


  was:
The freemarker template that generates client side validation for the xhtml theme (template/xhtml/form-close-validate.ftl) generates the javascript functions for different validators.

In the case of the stringlength validator there are a series of lines of code that are generated that may not work in locales that are not English. For example, if you define the maxLength to be 1000.

value.length > ${validator.maxLength}

in a Spanish locale outputs

value.length > 1,000

Which results in a string comparison rather than a number comparison.

To remedy this i have found two valid solutions.

1) Include number formating for freemarker: ${validator.maxLength?string("#")
2) Add javascript conversion to an int: parseInt(${validator.maxLength)

I have not tested either of these solutions in other browsers.



> Stringlength validator xhtml template should be locale independent
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: WW-2254
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/WW-2254
>             Project: Struts 2
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Views
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.9
>         Environment: Firefox 2
>            Reporter: Max Pimm
>            Priority: Minor
>
> The freemarker template that generates client side validation for the xhtml theme (template/xhtml/form-close-validate.ftl) generates the javascript functions for different validators.
> In the case of the stringlength validator there are a series of lines of code that are generated that may not work in locales that are not English. For example, if you define the maxLength to be 1000.
> value.length > ${validator.maxLength}
> in a Spanish locale outputs
> value.length > 1,000
> Which results in a string comparison rather than a number comparison.
> The solution that i've found is to force the formatting of maxLength and minLength in freemarker using ?string("#"). For example
> ${validator.maxLength?string("#")
> I believe that all references to maxLength and minLength in form-close-validate.ft should use this. I haven't looked to see if there are other places in the file where a similar error could ocur.

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