- Open validation.xml.
- To add a validation definition, add the <form-validation> tag manually.
- Switch to the Struts Assistant tool window, tab Validator. A new node appears in the Structure Tree.
- Edit the attributes of the validation definition in the Properties Table.
Managing Validators
The
Validator
functionality within the
Struts framework
is intended for validating the data of forms in a Web application.
The Validator functionality uses two xml configuration files:
- The
validator-rules.xml
file defines the standard reusable validation routines that make the basis for configuring
form-specific validations. The file is created when you enable Struts support and is supplied
with a
predefined set of commonly used validation rules
such as Required, Minimum Length, Maximum
length, Date Validation,
Email Address validation
and others.
The file is closed for editing.
- In the validation.xml file, define the validations applied to a particular form bean.
While you edit validation.xml, IntelliJ IDEA coordinates the code of the two files and provides you with coding assistance based on the routines defined in validator-rules.xml.