org.apache.struts.chain.commands
Class AbstractValidateActionForm

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.struts.chain.commands.ActionCommandBase
      org.apache.struts.chain.commands.AbstractValidateActionForm

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.commons.chain.Command, ActionCommand

Direct Known Subclasses:

ValidateActionForm

public abstract class AbstractValidateActionForm
extends ActionCommandBase

Validate the properties of the form bean for this request. If there are any validation errors, execute the specified command; otherwise, proceed normally.

Version:

$Rev: 481833 $ $Date: 2005-06-04 10:58:46 -0400 (Sat, 04 Jun 2005) $

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.commons.chain.Command

CONTINUE_PROCESSING, PROCESSING_COMPLETE

Constructor Summary

AbstractValidateActionForm()

Method Summary

boolean	execute(ActionContext actionCtx) Validate the properties of the form bean for this request.
protected abstract ActionErrors	validate(ActionContext context, ActionConfig actionConfig, ActionForm actionForm) Call the validate() method of the specified form bean, and return the resulting ActionErrors object.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.struts.chain.commands.ActionCommandBase

execute

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AbstractValidateActionForm

public AbstractValidateActionForm()

Method Detail

execute

public boolean execute(ActionContext actionCtx)
                throws Exception

Validate the properties of the form bean for this request. If there are any validation errors, execute the child commands in our chain; otherwise, proceed normally.

Specified by:

execute in interface ActionCommand

Specified by:

execute in class ActionCommandBase

Parameters:

actionCtx - The Context for the current request

Returns:

false so that processing continues, if there are no validation errors; otherwise true

Throws:

Exception - if thrown by the Action class

validate

protected abstract ActionErrors validate(ActionContext context,
                                         ActionConfig actionConfig,
                                         ActionForm actionForm)

Call the validate() method of the specified form bean, and return the resulting ActionErrors object.

Parameters:

context - The context for this request

actionConfig - The ActionConfig for this request

actionForm - The form bean for this request

Returns:

ActionErrors object, if any