Spring 3 integration with Commons Validation framework

[SwapnilSawant]

Hi ,


I am newbie to Spring framework. I have built a very small sample application to start with , using Spring 3 MVC module.
Application consists of single screen which asks for UserName and Password. On submit , I would be displaying values entered on next page. Now, I wanted to put validation in my application. I wanted to try both client and server side validations so I tried integrating commons validator framework with Spring 3 MVC. Following is what I did :

In my validation-servlet.xml , I wrote :

 <bean id="validatorFactory" class="org.springmodules.validation.commons.DefaultValidatorFactory">
	 <property name="validationConfigLocations">
	      <list>
	         <value>/WEB-INF/validation.xml</value>
	         <value>/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml</value>
	      </list>
	  </property>
 </bean>   
    
 <bean id="beanValidator" class="org.springmodules.validation.commons.DefaultBeanValidator">
   	<property name="validatorFactory" ref="validatorFactory"/>
 </bean>

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[SwapnilSawant]

Following is my validator-rules.xml ( which I copied from some post ) :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!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>
    <global>
        <validator name="required"
            classname="org.springmodules.validation.commons.FieldChecks" method="validateRequired"
            methodParams="java.lang.Object,
                        org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
                        org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
                        org.springframework.validation.Errors"
            msg="errors.required">
        </validator>
        <validator name="requiredif"
            classname="org.springmodules.validation.commons.FieldChecks" method="validateRequiredIf"
            methodParams="java.lang.Object,
                               org.springframework.validation.ErrorsAction,
                               org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
                               org.springframework.validation.Errors"
            msg="errors.required" />
 
        <validator name="validwhen" msg="errors.required"
            classname="org.apache.struts.validator.validwhen.ValidWhen" method="validateValidWhen"
            methodParams="java.lang.Object,
                       org.springframework.validation.ErrorsAction,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
                       org.springframework.validation.Errors" />
 
        <validator name="minlength"
            classname="org.springmodules.validation.commons.FieldChecks" method="validateMinLength"
            methodParams="java.lang.Object,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
                       org.springframework.validation.Errors"
            depends="" msg="errors.minlength"
            jsFunction="org.apache.commons.validator.javascript.validateMinLength" />
 
        <validator name="maxlength"
            classname="org.springmodules.validation.commons.FieldChecks" method="validateMaxLength"
            methodParams="java.lang.Object,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
                       org.springframework.validation.Errors"
            depends="" msg="errors.maxlength"
            jsFunction="org.apache.commons.validator.javascript.validateMaxLength" />
 
        <validator name="mask"
            classname="org.springmodules.validation.commons.FieldChecks" method="validateMask"
            methodParams="java.lang.Object,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
                       org.springframework.validation.Errors"
            depends="" msg="errors.invalid" />
 
        <validator name="byte"
            classname="org.springmodules.validation.commons.FieldChecks" method="validateByte"
            methodParams="java.lang.Object,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
                       org.springframework.validation.Errors"
            depends="" msg="errors.byte" jsFunctionName="ByteValidations" />
 
        <validator name="short"
            classname="org.springmodules.validation.commons.FieldChecks" method="validateShort"
            methodParams="java.lang.Object,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
                       org.springframework.validation.Errors"
            depends="" msg="errors.short" jsFunctionName="ShortValidations" />
 
        <validator name="integer"
            classname="org.springmodules.validation.commons.FieldChecks" method="validateInteger"
            methodParams="java.lang.Object,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
                       org.springframework.validation.Errors"
            depends="" msg="errors.integer" jsFunctionName="IntegerValidations" />
 
        <validator name="long"
            classname="org.springmodules.validation.commons.FieldChecks" method="validateLong"
            methodParams="java.lang.Object,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
                       org.springframework.validation.Errors"
            depends="" msg="errors.long" />
 
        <validator name="float"
            classname="org.springmodules.validation.commons.FieldChecks" method="validateFloat"
            methodParams="java.lang.Object,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
                       org.springframework.validation.Errors"
            depends="" msg="errors.float" jsFunctionName="FloatValidations" />
 
        <validator name="double"
            classname="org.springmodules.validation.commons.FieldChecks" method="validateDouble"
            methodParams="java.lang.Object,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
                       org.springframework.validation.Errors"
            depends="" msg="errors.double" />
 
        <validator name="date"
            classname="org.springmodules.validation.commons.FieldChecks" method="validateDate"
            methodParams="java.lang.Object,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
                       org.springframework.validation.Errors"
            depends="" msg="errors.date" jsFunctionName="DateValidations" />
 
        <validator name="intRange"
            classname="org.springmodules.validation.commons.FieldChecks" method="validateIntRange"
            methodParams="java.lang.Object,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
                       org.springframework.validation.Errors"
            depends="integer" msg="errors.range" />
 
        <validator name="floatRange"
            classname="org.springmodules.validation.commons.FieldChecks" method="validateFloatRange"
            methodParams="java.lang.Object,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
                       org.springframework.validation.Errors"
            depends="float" msg="errors.range" />
 
        <validator name="doubleRange"
            classname="org.springmodules.validation.commons.FieldChecks" method="validateDoubleRange"
            methodParams="java.lang.Object,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
                       org.springframework.validation.Errors"
            depends="double" msg="errors.range" />
 
        <validator name="creditCard"
            classname="org.springmodules.validation.commons.FieldChecks" method="validateCreditCard"
            methodParams="java.lang.Object,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
                       org.springframework.validation.Errors"
            depends="" msg="errors.creditcard" />
 
        <validator name="email"
            classname="org.springmodules.validation.commons.FieldChecks" method="validateEmail"
            methodParams="java.lang.Object,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
                       org.springframework.validation.Errors"
            depends="" msg="errors.email" />
 
        <validator name="url"
            classname="org.springmodules.validation.commons.FieldChecks" method="validateUrl"
            methodParams="java.lang.Object,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
                       org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
                       org.springframework.validation.Errors"
            depends="" msg="errors.url" />
    </global>
</form-validation>

Following is my validation.xml :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!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>
       <formset>
            <form name="validationForm">
                <field property="uname" depends="required">
                </field>
            </form>
       </formset>
</form-validation>

[SwapnilSawant]

following is my only Controller ( annotations are used ) :

@Controller("ValidationController")
public class ValidationController {

    @Autowired
    @Qualifier("beanValidator")
    private Validator beanValidator;  
	
	@RequestMapping(value="/validation.do",method=RequestMethod.GET)
	public String pre(ModelMap map){
		
		map.put("validationModel", new ValidationModel());
		return "validation";
	}
	
	
	@RequestMapping(value="/validationSubmit.do",method=RequestMethod.POST)
	public String post(@ModelAttribute ValidationModel model, BindingResult result){
		
		  beanValidator.validate(model, result);
		  
	        if(result.hasErrors()) {           
	            return "validation";
	        }
		
	        return "validation";
	}
}

and following is form tag in validation.jsp :

<form:form id="validationForm" name="validationForm" commandName="validationForm"
		modelAttribute="validationModel" action="validationSubmit.do">
		<table>
			<tr>
				<td>User Name</td>
				<td>
					<form:input path="uname"></form:input>
					<form:errors path="uname"/>				                                      </td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td>Password</td>
				<td>
					<form:input path="pwd"></form:input>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td><input type="submit" value="Validate" />
				</td>
			</tr>
		</table>
	</form:form>

When I run this application , page with username and password textboxes appear. If I dont put any value in username and do submit, I am expecting that defined validation (Required) should run . but , "result.hasErrors()" in controller returns "false" ( meaning validation is not working) . Can any one pl help me out in this .

Any sort of example link/post/article would also be of great help. Thanks