s:validate ignores annotations if custom validator specified

asavitsky Aug 14, 2007 4:35 PM

I have an entity that contains email property:

@Email private String email;

This property is also subject to a unique constraint, which is coded in the backing bean:

public void validateEmail(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, Object value) {
 // some custom code that validates email uniqieness in DB...
}

Now, when these two are combined in the view, the @Email constraint gets ignored:

<s:validate><h:inputText value="#{selectedUser.email}"
validator="#{userController.validateEmail}" /></s:validate>

Is this an expected behavior, or a bug?

1. Re: s:validate ignores annotations if custom validator speci

pmuir Aug 14, 2007 4:41 PM (in response to asavitsky)
It shouldn't be ignored (n.b. s:validateAll won't attach a ModelValidator if there is another one specified). I think you need:

<h:inputText value="#{selectedUser.email}" validator="#{userController.validateEmail}" > <s:validate /> </h:inputText>
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2. Re: s:validate ignores annotations if custom validator speci

asavitsky Aug 14, 2007 4:51 PM (in response to asavitsky)

Looks like I mixed up the two. It's the validateAll that I used (with s:decorate, as per Seam examples), and yes, it now works with s:validate - thanks.

Now, I take it, there's no way to incorporate s:validate in s:decorate template (as it goes inside the input field), is there? :(
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3. Re: s:validate ignores annotations if custom validator speci

pmuir Aug 14, 2007 5:06 PM (in response to asavitsky)

No, I don't think so. You could always use version of s:validateAll that did add validators even if there are some already added.
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