problem in field validation for the Integer

[madhuri kunchala]

hi,
i used validations in Struts 2 using <validators> im facing problem with the 'Integer' type value here is the code

<field name="Width">
        <field-validator type="required" short-circuit="true">
            <message>Width is required</message>
        </field-validator>
        <field-validator type="regex">
            <param name="expression">[0-9]*</param>
            <message>Width is number</message>
        </field-validator>
</field>

if i run the application..
1) if i leave 'Width' textbox empty it is showing 'Width is required' it is working fine
2) if i enter string values i.e., 'abc' is should not take and populate the error as 'Width is number'...but im getting as 'Width is required'
Can any one help me out...in this

[Joe Ess]

This topic seems to say that the conversion of the field to a number fails silently if the value is not an number, so it may pass on an null/empty value to the validator, which would cause the behaviour you are seeing.