在Struts如何使用Validate（）方法

Steps to using validate() in ActionForm:
1.rewrite the method validate() in ActionForm file;
2.in resource file ApplicationResources.properties create error marks;
3.in struts-config.xml, set validate property of <action> to TRUE, and set <message-resources> element to indicate where the resource file locates;
4.in related jsp files, add <html:errors>.

Example:
1.
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LoginActionForm.java
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public  ActionErrors validate(ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest request) {
  ActionErrors errors  =   new  ActionErrors();
   //  Validate an attribute named "xxx"
   if ( getUsername()  ==   null   ||  getUsername().length()  <   3  ){
   errors.add( " name " , new  ActionMessage( " error.username.required " ,username));
  }
   if ( getPassword()  ==   null   ||  getPassword().length()  <   3  ){
   errors.add( " pwd " , new  ActionMessage( " error.password.required " ,password));
  }
   return  errors;
 }
...

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2.
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ApplicationResources.properties
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#Username error
error.username.required = <li>Please input your username again!</li>
#Password error
error.password.required = <li>Please input your password again!</li>

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3.
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struts-config.xml
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<? xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<!--
     This is a blank Struts configuration file with an example
     welcome action/page and other commented sample elements.

     Tiles and the Struts Validator are configured using the factory defaults
     and are ready-to-use.

     NOTE: If you have a generator tool to create the corresponding Java classes
     for you, you could include the details in the "form-bean" declarations.
     Otherwise, you would only define the "form-bean" element itself, with the
     corresponding "name" and "type" attributes, as shown here.
-->
< struts-config >
   < form-beans >
     < form-bean  name ="loginActionForm"  type ="login.loginActionForm" />
   </ form-beans >
   < global-exceptions />
   < global-forwards >
     < forward  name ="welcome"  path ="/Welcome.do" />
   </ global-forwards >
   < action-mappings >
     < action  forward ="/pages/Welcome.jsp"  path ="/Welcome" />
     < action  input ="/login/login.jsp"  name ="loginActionForm"  path ="/loginAction"  scope ="request"  type ="login.loginAction"  validate ="true" >
      < forward  name ="Success"  path ="/login/main.jsp"   />
      < forward  name ="Fail"  path ="/login/register.jsp"   />
     </ action >
   </ action-mappings >
   < controller  processorClass ="org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesRequestProcessor" />
   < plug-in  className ="org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesPlugin" >
     < set-property  property ="definitions-config"  value ="/WEB-INF/tiles-defs.xml" />
     < set-property  property ="moduleAware"  value ="true" />
   </ plug-in >
   < plug-in  className ="org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn" >
     < set-property  property ="pathnames"  value ="/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml,/WEB-INF/validation.xml" />
   </ plug-in >
   < message-resources  parameter ="ApplicationResources" ></ message-resources >
</ struts-config >

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4.
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login.jsp
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...
html:form action="loginAction" method="post">
  Username:  < html:text  property ="username"  size ="15"   />
  < font  color ="red" >< html:errors  property ="name"   /></ font >
  < br />
  < br />
  Password:  < html:password  property ="password"  size ="15"   />
  < font  color ="red" >< html:errors  property ="pwd"   /></ font >
  < br  />
  < br  />
  < html:submit  property ="submit"  value ="Login"   />
</ html:form >
...

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