org.apache.struts.action
Class ValidatingActionForm

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm
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        +--org.apache.struts.action.ValidatingActionForm

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Deprecated. Application ActionForm beans should now extend ActionForm directly, and override the validate() method if they wish to provide such services

public class ValidatingActionForm

extends ActionForm

An ValidatingActionForm is a JavaBean optionally associated with one or more ActionMappings. Such a bean will have had its properties initialized from the corresponding request parameters before the action's perform() method is called.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $ $Date$

Author:

Jeff Hutchison

See Also:

Serialized Form

Fields inherited from class org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm

multipartRequestHandler, servlet

Constructor Summary

ValidatingActionForm()
Deprecated.

Method Summary

java.lang.String[]

validate() Deprecated. Perform validations on the form input values included in this form bean.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm

getMultipartRequestHandler, getServlet, reset, reset, setMultipartRequestHandler, setServlet, validate, validate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

, clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, registerNatives, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ValidatingActionForm

public ValidatingActionForm()

Deprecated.

Method Detail

validate

public java.lang.String[] validate()

Deprecated.

Perform validations on the form input values included in this form bean. If validation errors occur, return a String array containing the message keys of corresponding error messages (in our application MessageResources) to be displayed. If no validation errors occur, return null.

Overrides:

validate in class ActionForm