Apache Struts API Documentation: Class ValidatorActionForm

org.apache.struts.validator Class ValidatorActionForm

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm
        |
        +--org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorForm
              |
              +--org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorActionForm

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class ValidatorActionForm

extends ValidatorForm

implements java.io.Serializable

This class extends ValidatorForm and provides basic field validation based on an XML file. The key passed into the validator is the action element's 'path' 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: 54929 $ $Date: 2004-10-16 17:38:42 +0100 (Sat, 16 Oct 2004) $

See Also:

Serialized Form

ValidatorActionForm

public ValidatorActionForm()

getValidationKey

public java.lang.String getValidationKey(ActionMapping mapping,
                                         javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

Returns the Validation key.

Overrides:

getValidationKey in class ValidatorForm

Parameters:

mapping - The mapping used to select this instance

request - The servlet request we are processing

Returns:

validation key - the action element's 'path' attribute in this case