DynaAction form example

register.jsp

&lt;%@page contentType="text/html"%&gt;
&lt;%@page pageEncoding="UTF-8"%&gt;

&lt;%@ taglib uri="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/tags-bean" prefix="bean" %&gt;
&lt;%@ taglib uri="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/tags-html" prefix="html" %&gt;
&lt;%@ taglib uri="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/tags-logic" prefix="logic" %&gt;


<html:form action="/insert">
    <center>
<h1><u>
            Registration Screen
    </u></h1>


<h2>

<table border="0" width="100%" align="center">

<tbody>
<tr>

<td><bean:message key="registration.id"></bean:message></td>


<td><html:text property="id"></html:text></td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td><bean:message key="registration.name"></bean:message></td>


<td><html:text property="name"></html:text></td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td><bean:message key="registration.address"></bean:message></td>


<td><html:text property="address"></html:text></td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td><bean:message key="registration.doj"></bean:message></td>


<td><html:text property="doj"></html:text></td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td><bean:message key="registration.age"></bean:message></td>


<td><html:text property="age"></html:text></td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td><bean:message key="registration.email"></bean:message></td>


<td><html:text property="email"></html:text></td>

</tr>

</tbody>
</table>


<center>
        <html:submit value="Register">
    </html:submit></center></h2>



</center></html:form>

<%@page contentType="text/html"%>

<%@page pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>

<%@ taglib uri="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/tags-bean" prefix="bean" %>

<%@ taglib uri="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/tags-html" prefix="html" %>

<%@ taglib uri="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/tags-logic" prefix="logic" %>

<html:form action="/insert">

<h1><u>

Registration Screen

</u></h1>

<h2>

<tbody>

<tr>

</tr>

<tr>

</tr>

<tr>

</tr>

<tr>

</tr>

<tr>

</tr>

<tr>

</tr>

</tbody>

</table>

<html:submit value="Register">

</html:submit></center></h2>

</center></html:form>

Failure.jsp

&lt;%@ taglib uri="/tags/struts-html" prefix="html" %&gt;

	
		<center>
<h2>
			The following error(s) were encountered :
				
			<html:errors>
				

			<a href="Register.jsp">Try Again ? </a>
		</html:errors></h2>
</center>

<%@ taglib uri="/tags/struts-html" prefix="html" %>

<h2>

The following error(s) were encountered :

<html:errors>

<a href="Register.jsp">Try Again ? </a>

</html:errors></h2>

</center>

Fail.html

    <title>faill.html</title>
	
    <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="keyword1,keyword2,keyword3">
    <meta http-equiv="description" content="this is my page">
    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
    
    <!-- 	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./styles.css">-->

  
  
  
    This is my HTML page.

<title>faill.html</title>

This is my HTML page.

web.xml

<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?-->
<web-app version="2.4" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemalocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd">
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>config</param-name>
            <param-value>/WEB-INF/struts-config.xml</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>debug</param-name>
            <param-value>2</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>detail</param-name>
            <param-value>2</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>
        </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <session-config>
        <session-timeout>
            30
        </session-timeout>
    </session-config>
    <welcome-file-list>
        <welcome-file>Register.jsp</welcome-file>
        </welcome-file-list>
    <jsp-config>
        <taglib>
            <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld</taglib-uri>
            <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld</taglib-location>
        </taglib>
        <taglib>
            <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld</taglib-uri>
            <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld</taglib-location>
        </taglib>
        <taglib>
            <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld</taglib-uri>
            <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld</taglib-location>
        </taglib>
        <taglib>
            <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-nested.tld</taglib-uri>
            <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-nested.tld</taglib-location>
        </taglib>
        <taglib>
            <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-tiles.tld</taglib-uri>
            <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-tiles.tld</taglib-location>
        </taglib>
        </jsp-config>
    </web-app>

<web-app version="2.4" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemalocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd">

<servlet-name>action</servlet-name>

<servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class>

<init-param>

<param-name>config</param-name>

<param-value>/WEB-INF/struts-config.xml</param-value>

</init-param>

<init-param>

<param-name>debug</param-name>

<param-value>2</param-value>

</init-param>

<init-param>

<param-name>detail</param-name>

<param-value>2</param-value>

</init-param>

<load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>

</servlet>

<servlet-mapping>

<servlet-name>action</servlet-name>

<url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>

</servlet-mapping>

<session-config>

<session-timeout>

</session-timeout>

</session-config>

<welcome-file-list>

<welcome-file>Register.jsp</welcome-file>

</welcome-file-list>

<jsp-config>

<taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld</taglib-uri>

<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld</taglib-location>

</taglib>

<taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld</taglib-uri>

<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld</taglib-location>

</taglib>

<taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld</taglib-uri>

<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld</taglib-location>

</taglib>

<taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-nested.tld</taglib-uri>

<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-nested.tld</taglib-location>

</taglib>

<taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-tiles.tld</taglib-uri>

<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-tiles.tld</taglib-location>

</taglib>

</jsp-config>

</web-app>

struts-config.xml

<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?-->




<struts-config>
    <form-beans>
        <form-bean name="bean" type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm">
            <form-property name="id" type="java.lang.String">
            <form-property name="name" type="java.lang.String">
            <form-property name="address" type="java.lang.String">
            <form-property name="email" type="java.lang.String">
            <form-property name="doj" type="java.lang.String">
            <form-property name="age" type="java.lang.String">
        </form-property></form-property></form-property></form-property></form-property></form-property></form-bean>
    
    </form-beans>
    
    <global-exceptions>
    
    </global-exceptions>

    <global-forwards>
        <forward name="welcome" path="/Welcome.do">
    </forward></global-forwards>

    <action-mappings>
        <action input="/Failure.jsp" name="bean" path="/insert" scope="request" type="com.myapp.struts.Register" validate="true">
            <forward name="ok" path="/Success.html">
            <forward name="fail" path="/Failure.html">
        </forward></forward></action>
    </action-mappings>
    
    <controller processorclass="org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesRequestProcessor">

    <message-resources parameter="com/myapp/struts/ApplicationResource">
    
    <!-- ========================= Tiles plugin ===============================-->
   
    <plug-in classname="org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesPlugin">
        <set-property property="definitions-config" value="/WEB-INF/tiles-defs.xml">
        <set-property property="moduleAware" value="true">
    </set-property></set-property></plug-in>
    
    <!-- ========================= Validator plugin ================================= -->
    <plug-in classname="org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn">
        <set-property property="pathnames" value="/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml,/WEB-INF/validation.xml">
    </set-property></plug-in>
  
</message-resources></controller></struts-config>

<struts-config>

<form-beans>

<form-bean name="bean" type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm">

<form-property name="id" type="java.lang.String">

<form-property name="name" type="java.lang.String">

<form-property name="address" type="java.lang.String">

<form-property name="email" type="java.lang.String">

<form-property name="doj" type="java.lang.String">

<form-property name="age" type="java.lang.String">

</form-property></form-property></form-property></form-property></form-property></form-property></form-bean>

</form-beans>

<global-exceptions>

</global-exceptions>

<global-forwards>

</forward></global-forwards>

<action-mappings>

</forward></forward></action>

</action-mappings>

<message-resources parameter="com/myapp/struts/ApplicationResource">

<plug-in classname="org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesPlugin">

<set-property property="definitions-config" value="/WEB-INF/tiles-defs.xml">

<set-property property="moduleAware" value="true">

</set-property></set-property></plug-in>

<plug-in classname="org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn">

<set-property property="pathnames" value="/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml,/WEB-INF/validation.xml">

</set-property></plug-in>

</message-resources></controller></struts-config>

validation.xml

<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?-->



<form-validation>

<formset>
				<form name="bean">

					<field property="id" depends="required,integer">
							<arg0 key="my.error.id">
		             </arg0></field>

					 <field property="name" depends="required,mask">
							<msg name="mask" key="my.error.mask.name">
							<arg0 key="my.error.name">
							<var>
								<var-name>mask</var-name>
								<var-value>^[a-z A-Z]*$</var-value>
							</var>
					</arg0></msg></field>

					<field property="address" depends="required,minlength">
							<arg0 key="my.error.address">
							<arg1 name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}" resource="false">
							<var>
								<var-name>minlength</var-name>
								<var-value>10</var-value>
							</var>
		             </arg1></arg0></field>

					 <field property="email" depends="required, email">
							<arg0 key="my.error.email">
		             </arg0></field>

					 <field property="age" depends="required,integer,range">
							<arg0 key="my.error.age">
							<arg1 name="range" key="${var:min}" resource="false">
							<arg2 name="range" key="${var:max}" resource="false">
							<var>
								<var-name>min</var-name>
								<var-value>20</var-value>
							</var>
							<var>
								<var-name>max</var-name>
								<var-value>50</var-value>
							</var>
					</arg2></arg1></arg0></field>

					<field property="doj" depends="required,date">
							<arg0 key="my.error.doj">
							<var>
								<var-name>datePattern</var-name>
								<var-value>yyyy-MM-dd</var-value>
							</var>
					</arg0></field>

			</form>
	    </formset>



</form-validation>

<form-validation>

</arg0></field>

<var>

<var-name>mask</var-name>

<var-value>^[a-z A-Z]*$</var-value>

</var>

</arg0></msg></field>

<var>

<var-name>minlength</var-name>

<var-value>10</var-value>

</var>

</arg1></arg0></field>

</arg0></field>

<var>

<var-name>min</var-name>

<var-value>20</var-value>

</var>

<var>

<var-name>max</var-name>

<var-value>50</var-value>

</var>

</arg2></arg1></arg0></field>

<var>

<var-name>datePattern</var-name>

<var-value>yyyy-MM-dd</var-value>

</var>

</arg0></field>

</form>

</formset>

</form-validation>

Register.java

package com.myapp.struts;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.apache.struts.action.Action;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward;
import org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm;

public class Register extends org.apache.struts.action.Action {
    
   
    private final static String SUCCESS = "success";
   
    public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form,
            HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws Exception {
        Connection con=null;
		PreparedStatement ps=null;
		String status=null;
		try{
			DynaValidatorForm registerForm = (DynaValidatorForm)form;
			Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
			con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/gobind","root","root");
			System.out.println("connected");
			ps=con.prepareStatement("insert into employee values(?,?,?,?,?,?)");
			System.out.println("connected1");
			ps.setString(1,(String)registerForm.get("id"));
			ps.setString(2,(String)registerForm.get("name"));
			System.out.println("connected3");
			ps.setString(3,(String)registerForm.get("address"));
			ps.setString(6,(String)registerForm.get("email"));
			ps.setString(4,(String)registerForm.get("doj"));
			ps.setInt(5,Integer.parseInt((String)registerForm.get("age")));
			System.out.println("connected2");
			
			if(ps.executeUpdate()==0)
				status="fail";
			else 
				status="ok";			
		}
		catch (ClassNotFoundException ce) {
			ce.printStackTrace();
		}
		catch(SQLException se)
		{
			se.printStackTrace();
		}
		finally
		{
			try
			{
				if(ps!=null)
					ps.close();
			}
			catch (SQLException se) {
				
			}
			try
			{
				if(con!=null)
					con.close();
			}
			catch(SQLException se)
			{}
		}
		return mapping.findForward(status);
	} // execute()
    
}

package com.myapp.struts;

import java.sql.Connection;

import java.sql.DriverManager;

import java.sql.PreparedStatement;

import java.sql.SQLException;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.apache.struts.action.Action;

import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;

import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;

import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward;

import org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm;

public class Register extends org.apache.struts.action.Action {

private final static String SUCCESS = "success";

public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form,

HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)

throws Exception {

Connection con=null;

PreparedStatement ps=null;

String status=null;

try{

DynaValidatorForm registerForm = (DynaValidatorForm)form;

Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");

con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/gobind","root","root");

System.out.println("connected");

ps=con.prepareStatement("insert into employee values(?,?,?,?,?,?)");

System.out.println("connected1");

ps.setString(1,(String)registerForm.get("id"));

ps.setString(2,(String)registerForm.get("name"));

System.out.println("connected3");

ps.setString(3,(String)registerForm.get("address"));

ps.setString(6,(String)registerForm.get("email"));

ps.setString(4,(String)registerForm.get("doj"));

ps.setInt(5,Integer.parseInt((String)registerForm.get("age")));

System.out.println("connected2");

if(ps.executeUpdate()==0)

status="fail";

else

status="ok";

}

catch (ClassNotFoundException ce) {

ce.printStackTrace();

}

catch(SQLException se)

{

se.printStackTrace();

}

finally

{

try

{

if(ps!=null)

ps.close();

}

catch (SQLException se) {

}

try

{

if(con!=null)

con.close();

}

catch(SQLException se)

{}

}

return mapping.findForward(status);

} // execute()

}

ApplicationResources.properties

# Struts Validator Error Messages
errors.header=
<h1>List of error(s)</h1>
<h2>

<hr>


errors.footer=</h2>

<hr>


errors.required={0} is required.
errors.minlength={0} can not be less than {1} characters.
errors.maxlength={0} can not be greater than {1} characters.
errors.invalid={0} is invalid.

errors.byte={0} must be a byte.
errors.short={0} must be a short.
errors.integer={0} must be an integer.
errors.long={0} must be a long.
errors.float={0} must be a float.
errors.double={0} must be a double.

errors.date={0} is not a date.
errors.range={0} is not in the range {1} through {2}.
errors.creditcard={0} is an invalid credit card number.
errors.email={0} is an invalid e-mail address.

my.error.id=
<u>ID</u>
my.error.name=
<u>Name</u>
my.error.address=
<u>Address</u>
my.error.email=
<u>Email</u>
my.error.age=
<u>Age</u>
my.error.doj=
<u>Date of Joining</u>
my.error.mask.name=
Please provide only alphabets for <u>Name</u>

registration.id=Student ID
registration.name=First Name
registration.email=E-Mail Address
registration.address=Resedential Address
registration.doj=Date of Joining (YYYY-MM-DD)
registration.age=Age

# Struts Validator Error Messages

errors.header=

<h1>List of error(s)</h1>

<h2>

<hr>

errors.footer=</h2>

<hr>

errors.required={0} is required.

errors.minlength={0} can not be less than {1} characters.

errors.maxlength={0} can not be greater than {1} characters.

errors.invalid={0} is invalid.

errors.byte={0} must be a byte.

errors.short={0} must be a short.

errors.integer={0} must be an integer.

errors.long={0} must be a long.

errors.float={0} must be a float.

errors.double={0} must be a double.

errors.date={0} is not a date.

errors.range={0} is not in the range {1} through {2}.

errors.creditcard={0} is an invalid credit card number.

errors.email={0} is an invalid e-mail address.

my.error.id=

my.error.name=

my.error.address=

<u>Address</u>

my.error.email=

<u>Email</u>

my.error.age=

my.error.doj=

<u>Date of Joining</u>

my.error.mask.name=

Please provide only alphabets for <u>Name</u>

registration.id=Student ID

registration.name=First Name

registration.email=E-Mail Address

registration.address=Resedential Address

registration.doj=Date of Joining (YYYY-MM-DD)

registration.age=Age