validation.xml && eg

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE form-validation PUBLIC
"-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Commons Validator Rules Configuration 1.1.3//EN"
"http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/dtds/validator_1_1_3.dtd">
<form-validation>
<!--
This is a minimal Validator form file with a couple of examples.
-->
<global>
<!-- An example global constant
<constant>
<constant-name>postalCode</constant-name>
<constant-value>^\d{5}\d*$</constant-value>
</constant>
end example-->
</global>
<formset>
<!-- An example form -->
<form name="logonForm">
<field
property="username"
depends="required">
<arg key="logonForm.username"/>
</field>
<field
property="password"
depends="required,mask">
<arg key="logonForm.password"/>
<var>
<var-name>mask</var-name>
<var-value>^[0-9a-zA-Z]*$</var-value>
</var>
</field>
</form>
</formset>
<!-- An example formset for another locale -->
<formset language="fr">
<constant>
<constant-name>postalCode</constant-name>
<constant-value>^[0-9a-zA-Z]*$</constant-value>
</constant>
<!-- An example form -->
<form name="logonForm">
<field
property="username"
depends="required">
<arg key="logonForm.username"/>
</field>
<field
property="password"
depends="required,mask">
<arg key="logonForm.password"/>
<var>
<var-name>mask</var-name>
<var-value>^[0-9a-zA-Z]*$</var-value>
</var>
</field>
</form>
</formset>
</form-validation>