Struts 2.1.8 Validation annotations

[John Eric Hamacher]

Hello:

My validation annotations seem to be ignored as if it is validating somewhere else, but validate() method does not exist nor any other setup. Any help is appreciated:

	@Validations(
		regexFields = {
				@RegexFieldValidator(fieldName = "fund", expression = "^\\d{0,2}$", message = "", key = "a.message.key"),
				@RegexFieldValidator(fieldName = "source", expression = "^\\d{3}$", message = "", key = "a.message.key"),
				@RegexFieldValidator(fieldName = "project", expression = "^\\d{3}$", message = "", key = "a.message.key"),
				@RegexFieldValidator(fieldName = "appn", expression = "^\\d{3}$", message = "", key = "a.message.key")
		}
	)	
	public String myMethod() {
             ................
        }

<tr> <td class="label">Fund: </td> <td ><s:textfield name="fund" maxlength="2" size="2" cssClass="textbox"/></td> <td class="label">  Source: </td> <td ><s:textfield name="source" maxlength="3" size="3" cssClass="textbox"/></td> <td class="label">  Project: </td> <td ><s:textfield name="project" maxlength="3" size="3" cssClass="textbox"/></td> <td class="label">  Appn: </td> <td ><s:textfield name="appn" maxlength="3" size="3" cssClass="textbox"/></td> <td class="label">  Title: </td> <td ><s:textfield name="title" maxlength="15" cssClass="textbox"/></td> <td >    <s:submit action="xxxxxxxxxxx" cssClass="btn" value="Search" onclick="document.getElementById('progress').innerHTML = 'Searching, please wait';"/></td> <td > </td> <tr/>