Stripes: data validation and data collecting

[Vadim Vararu]

Hi! I've got such a trouble. If validation fails, than, a forward occurs back to the last resource(jsp). What if i have to collect some data to display even in case of validation failure? What would be the easiest variant? As i understand, if validation fails, there is no one event method callled.

[Frederic Daoud]

You can just use a getter method in your action bean:

public List<Info> getInfo() {
  return someService.getInfo();
  // if you're accessing the info multiple times,
  // you could also assign the info to an instance variable and check it for null,
  // so that you only fetch the info once.
}

Hope that helps.

Cheers,

[Vadim Vararu]

but i can't call a method if validation failes, can i?

[Frederic Daoud]

Well, you said this was data to display in the original JSP, so in that case, sure you can, with ${actionBean.info}.