Error object is not caught by the Controller

[shashikant nagavarapu]

Hello Ranchers,
I am new to struts and working with Jaakarta StrutsLive. I have just started my first application and I find that the errors ( blank fields) are not displayed even after entering appropriate entries. I am sending the config. Please check it and indicate if there are any errors and recommendations to improve on it. Thanks

  
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC
"-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 1.2//EN"
"http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/struts-config_1_2.dtd">
<struts-config>
    <form-beans>
        <form-bean name="userRegistrationForm" type="com.test.struts.actionform.UserRegistrationForm" />
    </form-beans>
    
    <action-mappings>        
        <action path="/userRegistration" type="com.test.struts.action.UserRegistration" name="userRegistrationForm" input="/userRegistration.jsp">
            <forward name="failure" path="/userRegistration.jsp" />
            
            <forward name="success" path="/regSuccess.jsp" />
        </action>
    </action-mappings>
    
    <message-resources parameter="MessageResources" />
</struts-config>

[Merrill Higginson]

What method are you using to validate? Are you overriding the validate() method of your ActionForm, or are you using the Struts Validation Framework?

If you are using the Struts Validation Framework, one thing I did notice about your configuration file is that there is no <plugin> entry for the Struts Validation plugin. You will need that in order for the validation framework to function.

If you are overriding the validate() method, Please post that method if you want help in debugging it.

[shashikant nagavarapu]

Hello Merrill,
Thanks for the reply. I am overriding the validate method.
The code is:

  
public ActionErrors execute(ActionMapping mapping,
HttpServletRequest request) {
ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors();
if ((firstName == null) || (firstName.trim().equalsIgnoreCase(""))) {
errors.add("firstName", new ActionMessage(
"userRegistration.firstName.problem"));
} else if ((lastName == null) || (lastName.trim().equalsIgnoreCase(""))) {
errors.add("lastName", new ActionMessage(
"userRegistration.lastName.problem"));
} else if ((lastName == null) || (userName.trim().equalsIgnoreCase(""))) {
errors.add("userName", new ActionMessage(
"userRegistration.userName.problem"));
} else if ((password == null) || (password.trim().equalsIgnoreCase(""))) {
errors.add("password", new ActionMessage(
"userRegistration.password.problem"));
} else if ((confirmPassword == null)
|| (confirmPassword.trim().equalsIgnoreCase(""))) {
errors.add("confirmPassword", new ActionMessage(
"userRegistration.confirmPassword.problem"));
} else if ((confirmPassword != null)
&& (!confirmPassword.trim().equalsIgnoreCase(password))) {
errors.add("confirmPassword", new ActionMessage(
"userRegistration.confirmPassword.prb"));
} else if ((phoneNumber == null)
|| (phoneNumber.trim().equalsIgnoreCase(""))) {
errors.add("phoneNumber", new ActionMessage(
"userRegistration.phoneNumber.problem"));
} else if ((fax == null) || (fax.trim().equalsIgnoreCase(""))) {
errors
.add("fax", new ActionMessage(
"userRegistration.fax.problem"));
} else if ((emailID == null) || (emailID.trim().equalsIgnoreCase(""))) {
errors.add("emailID", new ActionMessage(
"userRegistration.emailID.problem"));
}
System.out.println("errors" + errors);
return errors;
}  

Thanks and Regards
Shashikant

[shashikant nagavarapu]

The method name is typed incoorectly as execute. I am sorry for that
The method is:

    
public ActionErrors validate(ActionMapping mapping,
HttpServletRequest request) {
ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors();
if ((firstName == null) || (firstName.trim().equalsIgnoreCase(""))) {
errors.add("firstName", new ActionMessage(
"userRegistration.firstName.problem"));
} else if ((lastName == null) || (lastName.trim().equalsIgnoreCase(""))) {
errors.add("lastName", new ActionMessage(
"userRegistration.lastName.problem"));
} else if ((lastName == null) || (userName.trim().equalsIgnoreCase(""))) {
errors.add("userName", new ActionMessage(
"userRegistration.userName.problem"));
} else if ((password == null) || (password.trim().equalsIgnoreCase(""))) {
errors.add("password", new ActionMessage(
"userRegistration.password.problem"));
} else if ((confirmPassword == null)
|| (confirmPassword.trim().equalsIgnoreCase(""))) {
errors.add("confirmPassword", new ActionMessage(
"userRegistration.confirmPassword.problem"));
} else if ((confirmPassword != null)
&& (!confirmPassword.trim().equalsIgnoreCase(password))) {
errors.add("confirmPassword", new ActionMessage(
"userRegistration.confirmPassword.prb"));
} else if ((phoneNumber == null)
|| (phoneNumber.trim().equalsIgnoreCase(""))) {
errors.add("phoneNumber", new ActionMessage(
"userRegistration.phoneNumber.problem"));
} else if ((fax == null) || (fax.trim().equalsIgnoreCase(""))) {
errors
.add("fax", new ActionMessage(
"userRegistration.fax.problem"));
} else if ((emailID == null) || (emailID.trim().equalsIgnoreCase(""))) {
errors.add("emailID", new ActionMessage(
"userRegistration.emailID.problem"));
}
System.out.println("errors" + errors);
return errors;
}