Index_V

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validate attribute of action tag, 57

validate( ) method

of ActionForm class, 27–28, 55, 58–59

of Form Bean, 91–92

of SearchForm class, 67

validateSsNum( ) method, 104–105

Validation definitions, 107–108

Validation error messages, 69, 114

Validation method, creating, 103–105

Validation method arguments, 105

Validation routines in validator-rules.xml, 101

Validation rule, adding to validator-rules.xml, 105–107

Validations

defining, 99–100

internationalizing, 108–110

validation.xml file, 92, 97–98, 102, 105, 107–109, 390

action path, 99

configuring, 99–100

creating, 112

form-validation element, 100

Validator configuration file tags, 391–405

Validator configuration files, 92, 389–406

editing with Struts Console, 405

list of tags in, 392

module-specific, 167–168

Validator elements, 107

Validator framework, 10, 91–115

ActionForm subclasses, 91–92, 96

adding to Mini HR application, 110–115

adding to struts-config.xml file, 112–113

adding validation definitions, 107–108

adding a validation rule, 105–107

ApplicationResources.properties, 100–102

as a third-party add-on to Struts, 91

client-side validations, 102–103

creating Form Beans for use with, 96–99

creating a validation method, 103–105

custom validations, 103–108

enabling, 92–93, 391

how it works, 92

internationalizing validations, 108–110

overview of, 92

plug-in tag, 92–93

preconfigured validations, 91, 95–96

two XML configuration files for, 389–390

using, 92–103

using with modules, 167–168

Validator 1.0 configuration file, 467

Validator 1.1 configuration file, 467

validator tag, 95

attributes, 402–403

DTD definition, 402

example usage, 403

msg attribute, 100, 108

in Validator configuration file, 402–403

ValidatorActionForm class, 98

ValidatorForm class, 97, 111

validator-rules.xml file, 92, 100–102, 105, 108–109, 112, 114

configuring, 93–96

preconfigured, 95

validation routines in, 101

var tag (Validator configuration file), 403–404

DTD definition, 403

example usage, 404

Variables and scope in JSPs, 195–196, 255–256, 283–284

var-name tag (Validator configuration file), 404

DTD definition, 404

example usage, 404

var-value tag (Validator configuration file), 404–405

DTD definition, 405

example usage, 405

Velocity (Jakarta View technology), 70

Verification steps (in Canoo WebTest), 455

verify– assertions (Struts-specific), 449–450

verifyInputForward( ) method, 444

verifytext task, 458

verifyxpath task, 457

View class, 24

View and Controller layers, transferring data between, 54

View layer (MVC), 53–70

components of, 7

creating using HTML/JSP, 53–70

Form Beans, 54–61

of Mini HR application, 64–69

Struts and, 53–64

View and Model layers, keeping separate, 53

View technologies, 69–70

viewEmployee.page definition, 129

Views (multiple application interfaces), 53

development of, 117

in MVC, 6

VO (Value Object), 32, 51

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