--- Chamara Gunaratne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am using struts2 to validate form input. For some reason I can't figure > out, the short-circuit="true" attribute is not working. Everything else > seems to be working fine. The validation rules are embedded in a > action_class_name-validation.xml file. Here's a sample from the xml file: > > <validators> > <field name="user.firstName"> > <field-validator type="required" short-circuit="true" > > <message>Please enter your first name.</message> > </field-validator> > > <field-validator type="regex" short-circuit="true" > > <param name="expression">^[a-z.\-, A-Z]+$</param> > <message>First Name may only contain letters, spaces, dashes, > or > periods</message> > </field-validator> > </field> > > <field name="user.lastName"> > <field-validator type="required" short-circuit="true" > > <message>Please enter your last name.</message> > </field-validator> > <field-validator type="regex" short-circuit="true" > > <param name="expression">^[a-z.\-, A-Z]+$</param> > <message>Last Name may only contain letters, spaces, dashes, or > periods</message> > </field-validator> > </field> > > </validators> > > If the form is submitted with a blank user.firstName field, I would get > both > error messages. From what I understand of how the validations work, only > the > first test would fire if short-circuit is enabled.
I'm surprised the first "required" validator is firing at all; normally you'd use "requiredstring" for a text field; a "required" validator will never (more or less) fire for a text field in an HTML form. Is the lastName validation working properly? If so then perhaps you've spelled the name of your field wrong on the form. Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
