I would probably use ValidWhen
<field property="freeText" depends="validwhen"> <arg0 key="myForm.freeText.name"/> <var> <var-name>test</var-name> <var-value>( (method!= "validateMe") or (*this* != null) )</var-value> </var> </field> Thanks and Regards, Nitish Kumar -----Original Message----- From: Vicky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 7:55 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Validation while using LookupDispatchAction My action class extends LookupDispatchAction, which has different methods in it. In struts-config.xml i have parameter method as we all know. My problem is; in my validation.xml i do have to perform different validations for different methods, how do I distinguish or find out which method is called to perform validation for that method only? struts-config.xml <form-bean name="myForm" type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorActionForm"> <form-property name="freeText" type="java.lang.String"/> .... </form-bean> <action path="/myAction" type="com.action.MyAction" name="myForm" validate="true" parameter="method"> <forward.. </action> validation.xml <form-validation> <formset> <form name="/myaction.do"> <field property="freeText" depends="required"> <arg0 key="myForm.freeText.name"/> </field> </form> </formset> </form-validation> in above code in validaton.xml i need to pass method name for which i want this validation to take place not for all methods. Something like <form name="/myAction.do?method="methodName"> how do I do this? or any other way. I would appreciate prompt response with examples. Thanks in advance, __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]