Using Non Field Validators
Description
The followings show a simple example using Webwork’s Non Field Validators
Step 1
Create the jsp page
<s:actionerror/>
<s:form method="POST" action="submitNonFieldValidatorsExamples" namespace="/validation">
<s:textfield name="someText" label="Some Text"/>
<s:textfield name="someTextRetype" label="Retype Some Text"/>
<s:textfield name="someTextRetypeAgain" label="Retype Some Text Again"/>
<s:submit label="Submit" cssClass="btn btn-primary"/>
</s:form>
Step 2
Create the action class
public class NonFieldValidatorsExampleAction extends AbstractValidationActionSupport {
private static final long serialVersionUID = -524460368233581186L;
private String someText;
private String someTextRetype;
private String someTextRetypeAgain;
public String getSomeText() {
return someText;
}
public void setSomeText(String someText) {
this.someText = someText;
}
public String getSomeTextRetype() {
return someTextRetype;
}
public void setSomeTextRetype(String someTextRetype) {
this.someTextRetype = someTextRetype;
}
public String getSomeTextRetypeAgain() {
return someTextRetypeAgain;
}
public void setSomeTextRetypeAgain(String someTextRetypeAgain) {
this.someTextRetypeAgain = someTextRetypeAgain;
}
}
Step 3
Create the validator.xml.
<validators>
<validator type="expression">
<param name="expression"><![CDATA[ ( (someText == someTextRetype) && (someTextRetype == someTextRetypeAgain) ) ]]></param>
<message><![CDATA[ all three text must be exactly the same ]]></message>
</validator>
</validators>