For sake of completeness, I have decided to drop the Validation.xml route and go with the plain old java validation. Time is running, and so am I. :)
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 1:06 PM, maestro <maestr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have searched and compared to no avail. > This one has been stumping me for some time now. > I'm trying to use the validation.xml. I have it working on one page and not > on the other. > > Perhaps you can spot the error? > > struts.xml > > <package name="crm" extends="struts-default"> > > <action name="customer.update" method="update" > class="ca.pan.crm.customer.UpdateAction"> > <result name="add">/WEB-INF/customer/update.jsp</result> > <result name="cancel" > type="redirectAction">customer.list</result> > <result name="input">/WEB-INF/customer/update.jsp</result> > <result name="success" > type="redirectAction">customer.list</result> > </action> > > </package> > > > public class UpdateAction extends ActionSupport > implements ModelDriven<Customer>, Preparable, SessionAware { > > public String update() throws Exception { > > return SUCCESS; > } > > > > UpdateAction-customer.update-validation.xml > > <validators> > <field name="companyName"> > <field-validator type="requiredstring"> > <message >${getText("msg.companyName.required")}</message> > </field-validator> > <field-validator type="stringlength"> > <param name="maxLength">255</param> > <param name="minLength">1</param> > <message>${getText("msg.companyName.invalid.length")}</message> > </field-validator> > </field> > </validators> > > > JSP > <s:form action="customer.update.action" method="post" validate="true" > name="frmPost"> > ... > <tr> > <td></td> > <td class="manditoryStar">*</td> > <td><s:text name="customer.field.company.name"/><s:text > name="text.colon"/></td> > <td><s:textfield name="companyName" size="60" > maxlength="255"/></td> > <td></td> > </tr> > > > The only difference between the one that works and this one that doesn't is > the fields referenced in validation xml are defined in the Action class > whereas the ones in the example that doesn't work are defined in the > Customer class. > > So I tried the validation.xml as follows without any success either. > <field name="customer.companyName"> > > Gimme anything you can think of!!! > >