com.finalist.util.genelv.struts
Class GenericForm

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm
      org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorForm
          com.finalist.util.genelv.struts.GenericForm

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public abstract class GenericForm

extends org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorForm

Generic form bean

Version:

$1.00$

Author:

Gerard van de Weerd

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorForm

page, validatorResults

Fields inherited from class org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm

multipartRequestHandler, servlet

Constructor Summary

GenericForm()

Method Summary

protected org.apache.struts.action.ActionErrors	doValidate(org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping mapping, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) Performs the default server-side validation (calls superclass ValidationForm's validate method).
java.lang.Throwable	getRaisedException()
java.lang.String	getSubmit() Return the value of the submit button
void	setSubmit(java.lang.String submit) Sets the value of the submit.
org.apache.struts.action.ActionErrors	validate(org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping mapping, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) Generic validation with exception handling.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorForm

getPage, getResultValueMap, getValidatorResults, log, log, reset, setPage, setValidatorResults

Methods inherited from class org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm

getMultipartRequestHandler, getServlet, getServletWrapper, reset, setMultipartRequestHandler, setServlet, validate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GenericForm

public GenericForm()

Method Detail

getRaisedException

public java.lang.Throwable getRaisedException()

getSubmit

public java.lang.String getSubmit()

Return the value of the submit button

setSubmit

public void setSubmit(java.lang.String submit)

Sets the value of the submit.

validate

public final org.apache.struts.action.ActionErrors validate(org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping mapping,
                                                            javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

Generic validation with exception handling. Validate the properties that have been set from this HTTP request, and return an ActionErrors object that encapsulates any validation errors that have been found. If no errors are found, return null or an ActionErrors object with no recorded error messages.

Parameters:

mapping - The mapping used to select this instance

request - The servlet request we are processing

doValidate

protected org.apache.struts.action.ActionErrors doValidate(org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping mapping,
                                                           javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)
                                                    throws java.lang.Exception

Performs the default server-side validation (calls superclass ValidationForm's validate method). May be overridden by subclasses if custom validation is required within the GenericExceptions framework.

Parameters:

mapping - The mapping used to select this instance

request - The servlet request we are processing

Returns:

an ActionErrors object containing any validation errors, may be null.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - - any Throwable exception will be handled by the GenericExceptions framework.