how to validation performed in spring 3 and hibernate 3 using multiactioncontroller

[sudarshan jadhav]

My problem is that spring and hibernate configuration successful but validation in spring is not done in custom type(not annonation) by using xml mapping.
I am write validation logic of validate class but how to map that class with dispatcher-servlet.xml file please given me solution on that my reqired is by using multiactioncontroller,xml mapping and spring and hibernate3
Thank you in advance.. My jsp ,java and project struture is follows:


My jsp is :redirect.jsp

<%@page contentType="text/html" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<% response.sendRedirect("user/list.htm"); %>

Spring xml file:
dispatcher-servlet.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">

	<bean id="viewResolver" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver" p:prefix="/WEB-INF/jsp/" p:suffix=".jsp" />
	
	<bean id="messageSource" class="org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource" p:basename="messages_en_US" />
	
	<bean id="myDataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource" >
		<property name="driverClassName" value="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"/>
		<property name="url" value="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/waterbilling"/>
		<property name="username" value="root"/>
		<property name="password" value="root"/>
	</bean>
	
	<bean id="mySessionFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.annotation.AnnotationSessionFactoryBean">
		<property name="dataSource" ref="myDataSource" />
		<property name="annotatedClasses">
			<list>
				<value>com.vaannila.domain.User</value>
			</list>
		</property>
		<property name="hibernateProperties">
			<props>
				<prop key="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect</prop>
				<prop key="hibernate.show_sql">true</prop>
				<prop key="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto">update</prop>
			</props>
		</property>
	</bean>
	
	<bean id="myUserDAO" class="com.vaannila.dao.UserDAOImpl">
		<property name="sessionFactory" ref="mySessionFactory"/>
	</bean>
	
	
	
	<bean  name="/user/*.htm" class="com.vaannila.web.UserController" >
		<property name="userDAO" ref="myUserDAO" />
		
	</bean>
		
</beans>

My mutiactioncontroller class is:
UserController.java

package com.vaannila.web;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.springframework.ui.ModelMap;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.SimpleFormController;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.multiaction.MultiActionController;


import com.vaannila.dao.UserDAO;
import com.vaannila.domain.User;

@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
public class UserController extends MultiActionController {

	private UserDAO userDAO;
		
	/*public UserController()	{
		setCommandClass(User.class);
		setCommandName("user");
	}*/
	
	
	public void setUserDAO(UserDAO userDAO) {
		this.userDAO = userDAO;
	}

	public ModelAndView add(HttpServletRequest request,
			HttpServletResponse response, User user) throws Exception {
		System.out.println(user.getId());
		userDAO.saveUser(user);
		return new ModelAndView("redirect:list.htm");
	}

	public ModelAndView list(HttpServletRequest request,
			HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
		ModelMap modelMap = new ModelMap();
		modelMap.addAttribute("userList", userDAO.listUser());
		modelMap.addAttribute("user", new User());
		return new ModelAndView("userForm", modelMap);
	}
	
	public ModelAndView updateUser(HttpServletRequest request,
			HttpServletResponse response)throws Exception {
			ModelMap modelMap = new ModelMap();
			modelMap.addAttribute("user", userDAO.listUserById(Long.parseLong(request.getParameter("id"))));
			System.out.println("In controller");
			return new ModelAndView("userForm", modelMap);
	}
	
	
	public ModelAndView deleteMessages(HttpServletRequest request,	HttpServletResponse response ) {
		System.out.println("befor");
		//Long[] check = Long.parseLong(request.getParameterValues("check"));
		
		userDAO.delete(request.getParameterValues("check"));//Long.parseLong(request.getParameter("check")));
		System.out.println("after");
		return new ModelAndView("redirect:list.htm");
	}

	 
	/*public ModelAndView deleteRecord(HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response)throws Exception {
		String cv[] = null;
		cv=request.getParameterValues("rdel");
		System.out.println("cv:"+cv);
		userDAO.deleteRecord(cv);		
		return new ModelAndView("redirect:list.htm");
	}
	*/
}

My validator class is:
UserValidator.java

package com.vaannila.validator;

import org.springframework.validation.Errors;
import org.springframework.validation.ValidationUtils;
import org.springframework.validation.Validator;

import com.vaannila.domain.User;

public class UserValidator implements Validator {

	@Override
	public boolean supports(Class<?> cls) {
		return User.class.isAssignableFrom(cls);
	}

	@Override
	public void validate(Object target, Errors errors) {
		ValidationUtils.rejectIfEmptyOrWhitespace(errors, "name", "name.required");
		ValidationUtils.rejectIfEmptyOrWhitespace(errors, "password", "password.required");
		ValidationUtils.rejectIfEmptyOrWhitespace(errors, "gender", "gender.required");
		ValidationUtils.rejectIfEmptyOrWhitespace(errors, "country", "country.required");
		ValidationUtils.rejectIfEmptyOrWhitespace(errors, "aboutYou", "aboutYou.required");
		
		User user =(User)target;
		
		if (user.getCommunity().length == 0)

		{

			errors.rejectValue("community", "community.required");

		}
	}

}

My bean class is:
Use.java

package com.vaannila.domain;


import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.Table;

@Entity
@Table(name="USER")
public class User {

	private Long id;
	private String name;
	private String password;
	private String gender;
	private String country;
	private String aboutYou;
	private String[] community;
	private Boolean mailingList;
	
	
	@Id
	@GeneratedValue
	@Column(name="USER_ID")
	public Long getId() {
		return id;
	}
	public void setId(Long id) {
		this.id = id;
	}
	
	@Column(name="USER_NAME")
	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}
	public void setName(String name) {
		this.name = name;
	}
	
	@Column(name="USER_PASSWORD")
	public String getPassword() {
		return password;
	}
	public void setPassword(String password) {
		this.password = password;
	}
	
	@Column(name="USER_GENDER")
	public String getGender() {
		return gender;
	}
	public void setGender(String gender) {
		this.gender = gender;
	}
	
	@Column(name="USER_COUNTRY")
	public String getCountry() {
		return country;
	}
	public void setCountry(String country) {
		this.country = country;
	}
	
	@Column(name="USER_ABOUT_YOU")
	public String getAboutYou() {
		return aboutYou;
	}
	public void setAboutYou(String aboutYou) {
		this.aboutYou = aboutYou;
	}
	
	@Column(name="USER_COMMUNITY")
	public String[] getCommunity() {
		return community;//www.dzone.com/node/add/articlemmunity;
	}
	public void setCommunity(String[] community) {
		this.community = community;
	}
	
	@Column(name="USER_MAILING_LIST")
	public Boolean getMailingList() {
		return mailingList;
	}
	public void setMailingList(Boolean mailingList) {
		this.mailingList = mailingList;
	}

}

My Dao interface class:
UserDAO.java

package com.vaannila.dao;

import java.util.List;

import com.vaannila.domain.User;



public interface UserDAO {
	
	public void saveUser(User user) ;
	public List<User> listUser() ;
	public User listUserById(long parseLong);
	public void delete(String[] strings);

	public void deleteRecord(String[] cv);
}

My DAO class:
UserDAOImpl.java

package com.vaannila.dao;

import java.util.List;

import javax.persistence.EntityManager;

import org.hibernate.Query;
import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate;
import com.vaannila.domain.User;

public class UserDAOImpl implements UserDAO {

	private HibernateTemplate hibernateTemplate;
	protected EntityManager entityManager;

	
	public void setSessionFactory(SessionFactory sessionFactory) {
		this.hibernateTemplate = new HibernateTemplate(sessionFactory);
	}

	@Override
	public void saveUser(User user) {
		System.out.println("user id"+user.getId());
		hibernateTemplate.saveOrUpdate(user);
	}
	
	@Override
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public List<User> listUser() {
		return hibernateTemplate.find("from User");
	}

	@Override
	public User listUserById(long id) {
		System.out.println("in single user:"+id);
		return hibernateTemplate.get(User.class, id);
	}

	
	@Override
	public void delete(String[] check) {
		//if (check.length > 0) {
		System.out.println("ch:"+check);
		for(int i=0;i<check.length;i++){
			System.out.println("value:"+check[i]);
			hibernateTemplate.delete(hibernateTemplate.get(User.class,Long.parseLong(check[i])));
		}
			//entityManager.createQuery("DELETE FROM user WHERE user_id IN :user_id").setParameter("user_id", check).executeUpdate();
		
	//    }

	}

	
	@Override
	public void deleteRecord(String[] cv) {
		for(int i=0;i<cv.length;i++)
		{
			hibernateTemplate.delete(hibernateTemplate.get(User.class,cv[i]));
		}
		
	}
	
}

My properties file:messages_en_US.properties
name.required = User Name is required

password.required = Password is required

gender.required = Gender is required

country.required = Country is required

aboutYou.required = About You is required

community.required = Select at least one community

[Bill Gorder]

Before we get to far down this path why are you using Multi-action controller. The fact that it is deprecated in your code shows that you are using a newer version of Spring which I would have recommended otherwise. I suggest you re-write this using the more modern @Controller paradigm. You will not find much support for these legacy controllers which will likely be removed in one of the next few releases.

[sudarshan jadhav]

Thank you Bill for reply,
I am new in spring and i have done create,delete,update and read operation using multiactioncontroller class but my problem is that how to configure validator class in dispatcher-servlet.xml when user not enter any value in jsp page the error msg is display on jsp page . I am done using simpleactioncontroller but problem is that only page validation is done but database operation is not performed.
Please help me on multiactioncontroller validation and xml mapping.

[sudarshan jadhav]

Please help me i have done mapping in dispatcher-servlet.xml and UserValidation class is called when userForm.jsp page fields are blank and user click on submit button in UserActionController class called in that errors are bind successfully but error is through on jsp page is follows:

21 Feb, 2013 11:51:11 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher invoke
SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Neither BindingResult nor plain target object for bean name 'user' available as request attribute
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.support.BindStatus.<init>(BindStatus.java:141)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.getBindStatus(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:174)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.getPropertyPath(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:194)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.getName(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:160)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.autogenerateId(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:147)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.resolveId(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:138)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.writeDefaultAttributes(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:122)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractHtmlElementTag.writeDefaultAttributes(AbstractHtmlElementTag.java:408)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.HiddenInputTag.writeTagContent(HiddenInputTag.java:45)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractFormTag.doStartTagInternal(AbstractFormTag.java:102)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.RequestContextAwareTag.doStartTag(RequestContextAwareTag.java:79)
	at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.userForm_jsp._jspx_meth_form_005fhidden_005f0(userForm_jsp.java:561)
	at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.userForm_jsp._jspService(userForm_jsp.java:182)
	at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:432)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:390)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:334)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:684)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:471)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:402)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:329)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:238)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:250)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1047)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:817)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:719)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:644)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:560)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:641)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:224)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:169)
	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:168)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:98)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:927)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:987)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:579)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:309)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
21 Feb, 2013 11:51:11 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve invoke
SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet [dispatcher] in context with path [/SpringVaannila] threw exception [java.lang.IllegalStateException: Neither BindingResult nor plain target object for bean name 'user' available as request attribute] with root cause
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Neither BindingResult nor plain target object for bean name 'user' available as request attribute
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.support.BindStatus.<init>(BindStatus.java:141)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.getBindStatus(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:174)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.getPropertyPath(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:194)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.getName(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:160)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.autogenerateId(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:147)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.resolveId(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:138)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.writeDefaultAttributes(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:122)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractHtmlElementTag.writeDefaultAttributes(AbstractHtmlElementTag.java:408)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.HiddenInputTag.writeTagContent(HiddenInputTag.java:45)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractFormTag.doStartTagInternal(AbstractFormTag.java:102)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.RequestContextAwareTag.doStartTag(RequestContextAwareTag.java:79)
	at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.userForm_jsp._jspx_meth_form_005fhidden_005f0(userForm_jsp.java:561)
	at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.userForm_jsp._jspService(userForm_jsp.java:182)
	at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:432)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:390)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:334)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:684)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:471)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:402)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:329)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:238)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:250)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1047)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:817)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:719)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:644)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:560)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:641)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:224)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:169)
	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:168)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:98)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:927)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:987)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:579)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:309)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

My UserController class is:

public class UserController extends MultiActionController {

	private UserDAO userDAO;
		
	public void setUserDAO(UserDAO userDAO) {
		this.userDAO = userDAO;
	}
	BindingResult errors;

	public BindingResult getErrors() {
	return errors;
	}

	public void setErrors(BindingResult errors) {
	this.errors = errors;
	}

		
	public ModelAndView add(HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response, User command) throws Exception  {
		System.out.println(command.getId());
		/*User command1 = (User)newCommandObject(User.class);
		bind(request,command);
		System.out.println("Authenticating user : ");*/
		validate(command);
		if (errors.hasErrors()) {
			System.out.println("in error if");
			return new ModelAndView("userForm", errors.getModel());
		}
	
		System.out.println("after error");
				userDAO.saveUser(command);
				return new ModelAndView("redirect:list.htm");
		
	}

	
	protected void bind(HttpServletRequest request, Object command) throws Exception
	{
	ServletRequestDataBinder binder = createBinder(request, command);

	binder.bind(request);

	errors = binder.getBindingResult();
	System.out.println("error bind");
	}
	
	
	public void validate(Object command)
	{
		Validator[] validators = getValidators();
		if (validators != null)
		{
			for (int index = 0; index < validators.length; index++)
			{
				Validator validator = validators[index];
				if (validator instanceof UserValidator)
				{
					if (((UserValidator)validator).supports(command.getClass()))
						ValidationUtils.invokeValidator(validators[index], command, errors);
					System.out.println("valid:"+validators[index]+command+errors);
				}

				else if (validator.supports(command.getClass()))
					ValidationUtils.invokeValidator(validators[index], command, errors);
			}
		}
		
	}

My UserValidator class is:

package com.vaannila.validator;

import org.springframework.validation.Errors;
import org.springframework.validation.ValidationUtils;
import org.springframework.validation.Validator;

import com.vaannila.domain.User;

public class UserValidator implements Validator {

	@Override
	public boolean supports(Class cls) {
		return User.class.equals(cls);
	}

	@Override
	public void validate(Object target, Errors errors) {
		System.out.println("In valdiator");
		try{
			ValidationUtils.rejectIfEmptyOrWhitespace(errors, "name", "name.required");
			ValidationUtils.rejectIfEmptyOrWhitespace(errors, "password", "password.required");
			ValidationUtils.rejectIfEmptyOrWhitespace(errors, "gender", "gender.required");
			ValidationUtils.rejectIfEmptyOrWhitespace(errors, "country", "country.required");
			ValidationUtils.rejectIfEmptyOrWhitespace(errors, "aboutYou", "aboutYou.required");

			User user =(User)target;

			if (user.getCommunity().length == 0)

			{

				errors.rejectValue("community", "community.required");

			}
			System.out.println("end validator");
		}catch(Exception e){
			System.out.println("error caught in validator");
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}

}

My new dispatcher-servlet.xml is :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">

	<!-- ################################ View Resolver ################################ --> 

	<bean id="viewResolver" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver" p:prefix="/WEB-INF/jsp/" p:suffix=".jsp" />
	
	
	<!-- ################################ Message Source ################################ -->
	<bean id="messageSource" class="org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource" p:basename="messages" />
	
	<!-- ################################ Mysql connectivity ################################ --> 
	
	<bean id="myDataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource" >
		<property name="driverClassName" value="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"/>
		<property name="url" value="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/waterbilling"/>
		<property name="username" value="root"/>
		<property name="password" value="root"/>
	</bean>
	
	<!-- ################################ Hibernate session bean ################################ --> 
	<bean id="mySessionFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.annotation.AnnotationSessionFactoryBean">
		<property name="dataSource" ref="myDataSource" />
		<property name="annotatedClasses">
			<list>
				<value>com.vaannila.domain.User</value>
			</list>
		</property>
		<property name="hibernateProperties">
			<props>
				<prop key="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect</prop>
				<prop key="hibernate.show_sql">true</prop>
				<prop key="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto">update</prop>
			</props>
		</property>
	</bean>
	<!-- ################################ DAO Class ################################ --> 
	<bean id="myUserDAO" class="com.vaannila.dao.UserDAOImpl">
		<property name="sessionFactory" ref="mySessionFactory"/>
	</bean>
	
<!-- ################################ Defining Validator ################################ -->
	<bean id="userValidator" class="com.vaannila.validator.UserValidator" />
	
<!-- ################################ Controller of this User application ########## -->
	<bean name="/user/*.htm" class="com.vaannila.web.UserController" >
		<property name="userDAO" ref="myUserDAO" />
		
		<!-- <property name="methodNameResolver" ref="internalPathMethodNameResolver"/> -->
		<property name="validators">
			<list>
			<bean class="com.vaannila.validator.UserValidator"></bean>
			<!-- <bean class="validation.DependentInfoValidator"></bean> -->
			</list>
		</property>
		
	</bean>
	
	<!-- ################################ Defining type of the method name resolver used by the controller ########## -->
	
	<bean id="internalPathMethodNameResolver"
			class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.multiaction.InternalPathMethodNameResolver">
			<property name="suffix" value="Handler" />
	</bean>

	
</beans>

my directory structure as above attachement file and jsp page as above
please help to solve the error about binding to userForm when user click on submit button and all field are blank show on that page error message

[Bill Gorder]

Once again since you are new to Spring forget about the multi action controller and learn to do it the modern way with a new version of Spring not using deprecated classes. If you do this an have a question we can help. I would start with working of a newer tutorial. Try this one:

http://blog.springsource.org/2012/08/29/integrating-spring-mvc-with-jquery-for-validation-rules/
the source code for that is here:
https://github.com/michaelisvy/ajax-samples

or alternatively if you want to do it by implementing Validator then take a look at this post which at least uses the more modern controllers
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4031266/spring-3-mvc-show-validation-message-with-custom-validator

[sudarshan jadhav]

Thank you Bill once again for reply,
I have done validation using modern way i.e @controller thank you for give me link for references .This link is use to solve the validation problem in spring3