Multipage form validation

[Alok Pota]

validation.xml
==============

<form-validation>
<formset>
<form name="/EditWorkOrder">
<field property="dealerName" depends="required" page="1">
<arg0 key="Dealer name" resource="false" />
</field>
<field property="customField1" depends="required" page="2">
<arg0 key="Customer field 1" resource="false" />
</field>
</form>
</formset>
</form-validation>

The form is session scope. and my two JSP pages have the following.

page1.jsp
=========

<html:form action="/EditWorkOrder" >
<html:hidden property="page" value="1" />
...
</html:form>

page2.jsp
========

<html:form action="/EditWorkOrder" >
<html:hidden property="page" value="2" />
...
</html:form>

struts-form.xml (merged into the struts-config)
================================================

<form-bean
name="EditWorkOrderForm"
type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorActionForm">
<form-property name="dealerName" type="java.lang.String" />
<form-property name="customField1" type="java.lang.String" />
</form-bean>


I still don't get any validation. I can jump from one page to another.

Am I missing something?

[Lasse Koskela]

Originally posted by Alok Pota:
<form-validation>
<formset>
<form name="/EditWorkOrder">
<field property="dealerName" depends="required" page="1">
<arg0 key="Dealer name" resource="false" />
</field>
<field property="customField1" depends="required" page="2">
<arg0 key="Customer field 1" resource="false" />
</field>
</form>
</formset>
</form-validation>

You need to refer to forms using their name (i.e. "EditWorkOrderForm"), not using the name of the Action the form submits to.

[Dan Waters]

No, he has defined his form to be a DynaValidatorActionForm and so the validation is tied to the action and not the form. He would have to
tie the rules to the form if it was defined as DynaValidatorForm

..

[Lasse Koskela]

Originally posted by Dan Waters:
No, he has defined his form to be a DynaValidatorActionForm and so the validation is tied to the action and not the form. He would have to
tie the rules to the form if it was defined as DynaValidatorForm
..

Hmm. That was new to me. Thanks.

[somkiat puisungnoen]

This is very good ttutorial about Validate Framework of Struts.

http://www.javaranch.com/newsletter/Mar2003/newslettermar2003.jsp#struts