Wait until somebody else confirms it, as I'm not 100% sure :)

musachy

On 2/12/07, Laurie Harper <laurie@(protected):
>
> Hmm, if that's true it'll mean I'm forced to split my user admin action
> into multiple actions (and same for every other master-detail view I
> have) :-( Does the same limitation apply when using XML-based validation?
>
> L.
>
> Musachy Barroso wrote:
> > I think when you annotate a class with @Validations, "input" is the only
> > method that will be called without invoking the validation first.
> >
> > musachy
> >
> > Laurie Harper wrote:
> >> I'm trying to get validation working (using annotations) in a Struts2
> >> project and I can't seem to get it to quite cooperate :-) I'm using
> >> the Zero Configuration and Code Behind plugins, so this may be a
> >> result of some unintended interaction between those and the validation
> >> framework.
> >>
> >> The use case is a master/detail view, where both are handled by the
> >> same action. The (default) master view (/admin/users.jsp) lists all
> >> the users and has an Add User link pointing to
> >> /admin/users!add.action. The problem is, as soon as I add any
> >> validation rules, the action is never executed and Struts loads the
> >> default /admin/users.jsp view, instead of /admin/users-edit.jsp.
> >> Without validation rules specified (including if I have an empty
> >> @Validations annotation), everything works as it should.
> >>
> >> I've tried using an @SkipValidation annotation as mentioned on the
> >> Validation page [1] in the documentation, but that annotation doesn't
> >> seem to exist anywhere in Struts2 or XWork...!
> >>
> >> Now, the magic: if I add an 'input' method to the action with 'return
> >> "edit";', and hit /admin/users!input.action (instead of ...!add...),
> >> it works fine again. It appears that the token 'input' is somehow
> magic?
> >>
> >> A stripped down copy of my action follows [2]. How do I get validation
> >> to *only* be applied when calling the save() method?
> >>
> >> [1] http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/validation.html
> >>
> >> [2] action code:
> >>
> >> package ...admin;
> >> @Results(
> >>   @Result(value = "users", type = ServletActionRedirectResult.class)
> >> // XXX why doesn't this work?
> >> )
> >> @Validation
> >> public class UsersAction extends ActionSupport {
> >>   public String add() {
> >>      System.out.println("ADD");
> >>      user = userService.createUser();
> >>      return "edit";
> >>   }
> >>
> >>   public String execute() {
> >>      System.out.println("EXECUTE");
> >>      return "edit";
> >>   }
> >>
> >>   public String input() {
> >>      System.out.println("INPUT");
> >>      return "edit";
> >>   }
> >>
> >>   @Validations(
> >>      requiredStrings = {
> >>         @RequiredStringValidator(
> >>              fieldName = "user.login",
> >>              key = "user.login.required",
> >>              message = "user.login.required")},
> >>      ...
> >>   )
> >>   public String save() {
> >>      System.out.println("SAVE");
> >>      ...
> >>
> >>      return SUCCESS;
> >>   }
> >> }
> >>
> >>
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