Struts Validation Rules
Hi,
i am new to Struts framework. i have a Form,which contains 4 properties, say name, age, doj and sex.
in jsp all are Textfields. i need to implement js validation using struts validator for
1. sex should be either male or female
2. nameshould not contains any other chars than alphas.
3. Age value should be numeric without decimals.
4. doj (dateof joining) should be like mm-dd-yyyy
Pls Direct me thru Proper way.
Thanks all.
bhadra
hi,
i tried in this way
pls chk the code
register.jsp
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<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld" prefix="logic" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-template.tld" prefix="template" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld" prefix="bean" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld" prefix="html" %>
<html:html>
<head>
<title>New Page 1</title>
</head>
<body>
<html:errors/>
<div align="center">
<center>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80%" height="550" bgcolor="#F2F3D6">
<tr>
<td width="100%" valign="top">
<div align="center">
<center>
<html:form action="/registerAction">
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="50%" bordercolor="#000080">
<tr>
<td width="50%"><bean:message key="label.firstName"/></td>
<td width="50%"><html:text property="fname" size="20"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%"><bean:message key="label.lastName"/></td>
<td width="50%"><html:text property="lname" size="20"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%">Salary</td>
<td width="50%"><html:text property="salary" size="20"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%"> </td>
<td width="50%"><html:submit value="Submit Me" property="save"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</html:form>
</center>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</center>
</div>
</body>
</html:html>
register Form
package com.my.form;
import org.apache.struts.action.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorForm;
public class RegisterForm extends ValidatorForm {
private String lname;
private String fname;
private String salary;
private String save;
public String getSalary() {
return salary;
}
public void setSalary(String salary) {
this.salary = salary;
}
public String getSave() {
return save;
}
public String getFname() {
return fname;
}
public String getLname() {
return lname;
}
public void setSave(String save) {
this.save = save;
}
public void setFname(String fname) {
this.fname = fname;
}
public void setLname(String lname) {
this.lname = lname;
}
/*public ActionErrors validate(ActionMapping actionMapping, HttpServletRequest httpServletRequest) {
return null;
}
public void reset(ActionMapping actionMapping, HttpServletRequest httpServletRequest) {
lname = null;
fname = null;
salary = null;
save = null;
}*/
}
Action
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package com.my.action;
import com.my.form.*;
import org.apache.struts.action.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
public class RegisterAction extends Action {
public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping actionMapping, ActionForm actionForm, HttpServletRequest httpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse httpServletResponse) {
/**@todo: complete the business logic here, this is just a skeleton.*/
RegisterForm registerForm = (RegisterForm) actionForm;
return actionMapping.findForward("pass");
}
}
struts-config
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 1.0//EN" "http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/struts-config_1_0.dtd">
<struts-config>
<form-beans>
<form-bean name="registerForm" type="com.my.form.RegisterForm" />
</form-beans>
<action-mappings>
<action name="registerForm" path="/registerAction" type="com.my.action.RegisterAction">
<forward name="pass" path="/jsp/basic/register.jsp" />
</action>
</action-mappings>
<plug-in classname="org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn">
<set-property property="pathnames" value="/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml,/WEB-INF/validation.xml"/>
</plug-in>
</struts-config>
Validation.xml
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<!DOCTYPE form-validation PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Commons Validator Rules Configuration 1.0//EN" "http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/dtds/validator_1_0.dtd">
<form-validation>
<formset>
<form name="registerForm">
<field property="fname" depends="required">
<arg0 key="label.firstName"/>
</field>
<field property="lname" depends="required">
<arg0 key="label.lastName"/>
</field>
</form>
</formset>
</form-validation>
validator-rules.xml
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<!DOCTYPE form-validation PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Commons Validator Rules Configuration 1.0//EN" "http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/dtds/validator_1_0.dtd">
<form-validation>
<global>
<validator
name="required"
classname="org.apache.struts.validator.FieldChecks"
method="validateRequired"
methodparams="java.lang.Object,
org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
org.apache.struts.action.ActionErrors,
javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest"
msg="errors.required">
<javascript>
<![CDATA[
function validateRequired( form )
{
var fields = new array();
oRequired = new required();
for( x in oRequired )
{
var field = form.[oRequired[x][0]];
if( trim( field.value ).length == 0 )
{
alert("Field should not be empty");
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
function trim(s)
{
return s.replace( /^\s*/, "" ).replace( /\s*$/, "" );
}
]]>
</javascript>
</validator>
</global>
</form-validation>
application resources/properties
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[code]label.firstName=First Name
label.lastName=Last Name
#Error messages used by the Validator
errors.required={0} is required.
errors.minlength={0} can not be less than {1} characters.
errors.maxlength={0} can not be greater than {1} characters.
errors.invalid={0} is invalid.
errors.integer={0} must be an integer.
errors.date={0} is not a Valid Date.
[/code]
pls help
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