Package org.apache.struts.chain.commands

Class AbstractValidateActionForm

java.lang.Object

org.apache.struts.chain.commands.ActionCommandBase

org.apache.struts.chain.commands.AbstractValidateActionForm

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.commons.chain.Command<ActionContext>, ActionCommand

Direct Known Subclasses:

ValidateActionForm

public abstract class AbstractValidateActionForm
extends ActionCommandBase

Validate the properties of the form bean for this request. If there are any validation errors, execute the specified command; otherwise, proceed normally.

Version:

$Rev$ $Date: 2005-06-04 10:58:46 -0400 (Sat, 04 Jun 2005) $

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.commons.chain.Command

CONTINUE_PROCESSING, PROCESSING_COMPLETE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractValidateActionForm()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected boolean	execute_(ActionContext actionCtx)	Validate the properties of the form bean for this request.
protected abstract ActionErrors	validate(ActionContext context, ActionConfig actionConfig, ActionForm actionForm)	Call the validate() method of the specified form bean, and return the resulting ActionErrors object.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.struts.chain.commands.ActionCommandBase

execute

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

AbstractValidateActionForm

public AbstractValidateActionForm()

Method Details

execute_

protected boolean execute_(ActionContext actionCtx)
                    throws Exception

Validate the properties of the form bean for this request. If there are any validation errors, execute the child commands in our chain; otherwise, proceed normally.

Specified by:

execute_ in class ActionCommandBase

Parameters:

actionCtx - The Context for the current request

Returns:

false so that processing continues, if there are no validation errors; otherwise true

Throws:

Exception - if thrown by the Action class

validate

protected abstract ActionErrors validate(ActionContext context,
 ActionConfig actionConfig,
 ActionForm actionForm)

Call the validate() method of the specified form bean, and return the resulting ActionErrors object.

Parameters:

context - The context for this request

actionConfig - The ActionConfig for this request

actionForm - The form bean for this request

Returns:

ActionErrors object, if any