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 * $Id: ValidatorForm.java 471754 2006-11-06 14:55:09Z husted $
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package org.apache.struts.validator;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.apache.commons.validator.Validator;
import org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorException;
import org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorResults;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionErrors;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;

import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

import java.io.Serializable;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * This class extends ActionForm and provides basic field
 * validation based on an XML file.  The key passed into the validator is the
 * action element's 'name' attribute from the struts-config.xml which should
 * match the form element's name attribute in the validation.xml.
 *
 * 
 *
 * See ValidatorPlugin definition in struts-config.xml for
 * validation rules.
 *
 * 
 *
 * @version $Rev: 471754 $ $Date: 2005-05-07 12:11:38 -0400 (Sat, 07 May 2005)
 *          $
 * @see org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm
 * @since Struts 1.1
 */
public class ValidatorForm extends ActionForm implements Serializable {
    /**
     * Commons Logging instance.
     */
    private static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ValidatorForm.class);

    /**
     * The results returned from the validation performed by the
     * Validator.
     */
    protected ValidatorResults validatorResults = null;

    /**
     * Used to indicate the current page of a multi-page form.
     */
    protected int page = 0;

    /**
     * Gets page.
     *
     * @return page number
     */
    public int getPage() {
        return page;
    }

    /**
     * Sets page.
     *
     * @param page page number
     */
    public void setPage(int page) {
        this.page = page;
    }

    /**
     * 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.
     *
     * @param mapping The mapping used to select this instance
     * @param request The servlet request we are processing
     * @return ActionErrors object that encapsulates any
     *         validation errors
     */
    public ActionErrors validate(ActionMapping mapping,
        HttpServletRequest request) {
        ServletContext application = getServlet().getServletContext();
        ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors();

        String validationKey = getValidationKey(mapping, request);

        Validator validator =
            Resources.initValidator(validationKey, this, application, request,
                errors, page);

        try {
            validatorResults = validator.validate();
        } catch (ValidatorException e) {
            log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
        }

        return errors;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the Validation key.
     *
     * @param mapping The mapping used to select this instance
     * @param request The servlet request we are processing
     * @return validation key - the form element's name in this case
     */
    public String getValidationKey(ActionMapping mapping,
        HttpServletRequest request) {
        return mapping.getAttribute();
    }

    /**
     * Reset all properties to their default values.
     *
     * @param mapping The mapping used to select this instance
     * @param request The servlet request we are processing
     */
    public void reset(ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest request) {
        super.reset(mapping, request);
        page = 0;
        validatorResults = null;
    }

    /**
     * Get results of the validation performed by the Validator.
     *
     * @return results of the validation
     */
    public ValidatorResults getValidatorResults() {
        return validatorResults;
    }

    /**
     * Set results of the validation performed by the Validator.
     *
     * @param validatorResults results of validation
     */
    public void setValidatorResults(ValidatorResults validatorResults) {
        this.validatorResults = validatorResults;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a Map of values returned from any validation that
     * returns a value other than null or Boolean
     * with the key the full property path of the field.
     *
     * @return Map of non-null values
     */
    public Map getResultValueMap() {
        return ((validatorResults != null)
        ? validatorResults.getResultValueMap() : null);
    }
}