The framework adds support for client-side validation on top of the standard validation framework.
Client-side validation can be enabled on a per-form basis by specifying validate="true" in the form tag.
<saf:form name="test" action="javascriptValidation" validate="true"> ... </saf:form>
If a name for the form is not given, the action mapping name will be used as the form name. Otherwise, a correct action and namespace attributes must be provided to the <saf:form> tag.
<saf:form namespace="/user" action="submitProfile" validate="true"> ... </saf:form>
Technically, the form's action attribute can refer to a "path" that includes the namespace and action as a URI. But, client-side validation requires that the action name and namespeact to be set separately.
<saf:form action="/user/submitProfile.action" validate="true"> ... </saf:form>
All the usual validation configuration steps apply to client-side validation. Client-side validation uses the same validation rules as server-side validation. If server-side validation doesn't work, then client-side validation won't work either.
The left hand doesn't know ...
The required attribute on many Struts Tags is not integrated with client-side validation! The tag attribute is used by certain themes (like xhtml) to put a visual marker (usually '*') next to the field. The tag doesn't know if the validation system actually "requires" the field or not.
Client Side Validation Types
There are two styles of client side validation.
Used by the xhtml theme and css_xhtml theme | |
Used by the ajax theme |