Problem with typeMismatch error

[andyl]

I have a SimpleFormController which has an initBinder method for dates

    	SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
    	df.setLenient(false);
    	binder.registerCustomEditor(Date.class, null, new CustomDateEditor(df, true));

I have added a message for typeMismatch.java.util.Date in my messages.properties.

When I enter a deliberately incorrect date (eg 2004/09/33) I see my message displayed briefly, and then replaced with the "Failed to convert ..." message. If I use the browser's back button I get back to the page with my message displayed.

Why is this occurring and how can I avoid that second message?

[katentim]

This should work OK.

It sounds like your page is doing something on the onLoad event or similar. Can you post the relevant form and form handler?

[andyl]

Nope - this page does have anything attached to an onLoad event (or similar). I do have a bit of javascript (to handle date validation / and pop up calendar) which I have disabled to try this.

The form is too big to post but in the form I display errors

<spring&#58;bind path="printSearch.*">
    <c&#58;forEach items="$&#123;status.errorMessages&#125;" var="error">
         <c&#58;out value="$&#123;error&#125;"/><br>
    </c&#58;forEach>
</spring&#58;bind>

As for the form handler (again I am excerpting)

initBinder(HttpServletRequest req, ServletRequestDataBinder binder) is the code already posted.

formBackingObject() just creates a new Object()
referenceData() puts a few values in the model (for drop downs)
onSubmit() can be ignored as I have stubbed it out and just returned a new ModelAndView to a fixed page and errors.getModel().

I have similarly reduced the validator for this form to

public class TicketPrintSearchValidator implements Validator {
    private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(TicketPrintSearchValidator.class);
    
    public boolean supports(Class clazz) {
        return clazz.equals(TicketPrintSearch.class);
    }
    public void validate(Object obj, Errors errors) {
        TicketPrintSearch p = (TicketPrintSearch) obj;
    }
}

As you say it looks like it should work. I am still using version 1.0 of Spring, it is a currently live system, but I can update Spring if it will do any good.