Brian, If you are interested, I just created my first (and VERY basic) taglib to do this. The syntax is:
<val:required formName="someFormName" property="someField">SomeTextToDisplay</val:required> If you want to lookup if the validation for the Action "/someAction" with the field "name" is a required field and show an asterisk * next to it, your tag would be: <val:required formName="/someAction" property="name">*</val:required> If you want to lookup if the validation for the ActionForm "someForm" with the field "website" is a required field and show the words "This field is required", your tag would be: <val:required formName="someForm" property="website">This field is required</val:required> Quick notes for my tag library v0.0.0.1: 1. Tested on my validation.xml for both an Action and an ActionForm. 2. Fields tested were simple fields - no attempts were make to test it with indexed, mapped, nested, etc. field types. 3. I have NO idea if I will expand on this as it was initially a "Can I do a taglib" and "Can I do THAT?" test. If I receive feedback that seems significant to me (i.e 10+ individuals), perhaps I'll document it, expand it appropriately, test it thoroughly, and post it on my (as yet unconstructed) web site. :) If you want the simple example class and tld, email directly. Regards, David -----Original Message----- From: Brian Kuhn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 6:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Tag to test if a field is required? Hi all, I'm using struts 1.1, jstl 1.1, and commons validator 1.1.3. I'm trying to find a way to test (inside a jsp) if a given field is required in the validation rules. I thought I read about a tag that does this, but I can't find it now. Any ideas? Thanks, Brian Does something like this exist? <validator:required property="user.first">(required)</validator:required> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
