org.apache.struts.validator
Class ValidatorForm

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm
      org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorForm

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

BeanValidatorForm, ValidatorActionForm

public class ValidatorForm
extends ActionForm
implements Serializable

This class extends ActionForm and provides basic field validation based on an XML file. The key passed into the validator is the action element's 'name' attribute from the struts-config.xml which should match the form element's name attribute in the validation.xml.

• See ValidatorPlugin definition in struts-config.xml for validation rules.

Since:

Struts 1.1

Version:

$Rev: 471754 $ $Date: 2005-05-07 12:11:38 -0400 (Sat, 07 May 2005) $

See Also:

ActionForm, Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected int	page Used to indicate the current page of a multi-page form.
protected ValidatorResults	validatorResults The results returned from the validation performed by the Validator.

Fields inherited from class org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm

multipartRequestHandler, servlet

Constructor Summary

ValidatorForm()

Method Summary

int	getPage() Gets page.
Map	getResultValueMap() Returns a Map of values returned from any validation that returns a value other than null or Boolean with the key the full property path of the field.
String	getValidationKey(ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest request) Returns the Validation key.
ValidatorResults	getValidatorResults() Get results of the validation performed by the Validator.
void	reset(ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest request) Reset all properties to their default values.
void	setPage(int page) Sets page.
void	setValidatorResults(ValidatorResults validatorResults) Set results of the validation performed by the Validator.
ActionErrors	validate(ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest request) Validate the properties that have been set from this HTTP request, and return an ActionErrors object that encapsulates any validation errors that have been found.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm

getMultipartRequestHandler, getServlet, getServletWrapper, reset, setMultipartRequestHandler, setServlet, validate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

validatorResults

protected ValidatorResults validatorResults

The results returned from the validation performed by the Validator.

page

protected int page

Used to indicate the current page of a multi-page form.

Constructor Detail

ValidatorForm

public ValidatorForm()

Method Detail

getPage

public int getPage()

Gets page.

Returns:

page number

setPage

public void setPage(int page)

Sets page.

Parameters:

page - page number

validate

public ActionErrors validate(ActionMapping mapping,
                             HttpServletRequest request)

Validate the properties that have been set from this HTTP request, and return an ActionErrors object that encapsulates any validation errors that have been found. If no errors are found, return null or an ActionErrors object with no recorded error messages.

Overrides:

validate in class ActionForm

Parameters:

mapping - The mapping used to select this instance

request - The servlet request we are processing

Returns:

ActionErrors object that encapsulates any validation errors

See Also:

DynaActionForm

getValidationKey

public String getValidationKey(ActionMapping mapping,
                               HttpServletRequest request)

Returns the Validation key.

Parameters:

mapping - The mapping used to select this instance

request - The servlet request we are processing

Returns:

validation key - the form element's name in this case

reset

public void reset(ActionMapping mapping,
                  HttpServletRequest request)

Reset all properties to their default values.

Overrides:

reset in class ActionForm

Parameters:

mapping - The mapping used to select this instance

request - The servlet request we are processing

getValidatorResults

public ValidatorResults getValidatorResults()

Get results of the validation performed by the Validator.

Returns:

results of the validation

setValidatorResults

public void setValidatorResults(ValidatorResults validatorResults)

Set results of the validation performed by the Validator.

Parameters:

validatorResults - results of validation

getResultValueMap

public Map getResultValueMap()

Returns a Map of values returned from any validation that returns a value other than null or Boolean with the key the full property path of the field.

Returns:

Map of non-null values