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Added by tm_jee, last edited by Ted Husted on Sep 10, 2006  (view change)

Description

The followings show a simple example using Webwork's Field Validators

Step 1

Create the jsp page

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<s:fielderror />

<s:form method="POST" action="submitVisitorValidatorsExamples" namespace="/validation">
    <s:textfield name="user.name" label="User Name" />
    <s:textfield name="user.age" label="User Age" />
    <s:textfield name="user.birthday" label="Birthday" />
    <s:submit label="Submit" />
</s:form>

Step 2

Create the actoin class

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public class VisitorValidatorsExampleAction extends AbstractValidationActionSupport {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 4375454086939598216L;
	
	private User user;
	
	public User getUser() {
		return user;
	}
	
	public void setUser(User user) {
		this.user = user;
	}
}

Step 3

Create the validator.xml.

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<validators>
	<field name="user">
		<field-validator type="visitor">
			<param name="context">userContext</param>
			<param name="appendPrefix">true</param>
			<message>User:</message>
		</field-validator>
	</field>
</validators>