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Overview
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Validation Approaches
Manual validation
Use string properties for bean Do validation in setter methods and/or action controller Return null to redisplay form Create custom error messages and store in FacesMessage Use h:messages to display list of error messages
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Manual Validation
Setter methods take strings only
Do explicit conversion to other types in the code
Use try/catch blocks to handle illegal data May require application-specific logic
2. Create a FacesMessage
new FacesMessage("Some warning");
There are two additional options: you can store both a message summary and message details, and you can assign a severity to the problem. Later methods for outputting the messages (h:messages, h:message) can make use of these options.
Note
getMessageList().size() tells you if there are messages
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Note
In early JSF 2 implementations, if you used for, message had to come after the element. Fixed long ago.
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Syntax
You specify number of columns (default is 1), then each element is placed in a single cell. Any amount of regular HTML is considered a single element, but you can break it up by using h:outputText.
<h:panelGrid columns="3"> Prompt 1: <h:inputText/> <h:message/> Prompt 2: <h:inputText/> <h:message/> </h:panelGrid>
Attributes
UserID
Cannot be missing
Keyword
Cannot be missing
Bid amount
Must be legal double Must be at least 0.10
Bid duration
Must be legal int Must be at least 15
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The results page does not use error messages. Instead of using separate results pages to show missing data, we redisplay the input form when data is missing. The aligned CSS class name makes the list have aligned bullets instead of the full text being centered.
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Roll-your-own approach
Store messages in List<String> Make accessor to produce output
<h:outputText value="#{myBean.errorMessages}" escape="false"/> getErrorMessages builds explicit HTML
Pros/cons
Complete control over the HTML that is built Much more work, much less integrated
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Required fields (fields where empty vals are illegal) You can add required attribute to any input element
Use requiredMessage attribute to customize error message
Ensure Values are Valid Find Bean Store Form Values in Components
Business Logic
results
JSF has an object to represent each input element (e.g., h:inputText). The raw string values are placed in this component before JSF attempts to put them into the bean.
Valid here means non-empty (if required is set) and able to be converted to the type that the setter method expects. But, upcoming sections will add other meanings to valid. 29
Type
If field passes required validation (if any), then JSF checks if string can be converted to expected type
Validators
If field passes required and type validation, then any explicit validators (see next section) are checked
Bypassing validation
As discussed in event-handling section, a button can use immediate="true" to bypass the above behavior
E.g. for event-handler button, or for Cancel button
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Value of requiredMessage can be an EL expression, so you can use properties files for localized error messages. See tutorial section on properties and I18N.
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This results page is shared by this example and the next two examples.
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Because we use Double and Integer for the methods, the fields can be initially blank (because value is null). If you use double or int, getter method will never return null, and textfield will never be empty when form comes up.
And remember that ever since Java 5, autoboxing lets you assign Integer to int and vice versa without explicit conversion (and same with Double/double).
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Since tests for required attributes take precedence over tests for proper types, the requiredMessage attribute is displayed here.
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Since the value passes the required test, the type test is applied.
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Use validatorMessage attribute of input element to customize the error message that is created
Ensure Values are Valid Find Bean Store Form Values in Components
Business Logic
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Valid now means non-empty (if required is set), able to be converted to the type that the setter method expects, and passing the rules of the explicit validator tags. 44
Precedence of tests
Required Type conversion Validator rules
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Examples
<h:outputText value="#{orderBean.discountCode}"> <f:convertNumber maxFractionDigits="2"/> </h:outputText> Displays 0.75 or something similar (not 0.749) <h:outputText value="#{orderBean.discountCode}"> <f:convertNumber type="percentage"/> </h:inputText> You can enter 75%, but it stores 0.75
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f:convertNumber
currencyCode, currencySymbol groupingUsed integerOnly locale max(min)FractionDigits max(min)IntegerDigits pattern (ala DecimalFormat) type number, currency, percentage
f:validateLongRange
minimum maximum
f:validateDoubleRange
minimum maximum
f:convertDateTime
type date, time, both dateStyle, timeStyle default, short, medium, long, full pattern (ala SimpleDateFormat) locale timeZone
f:validateRegex
pattern
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Java
Throw ValidatorException with a FacesMessage if validation fails. Do nothing if validation succeeds. Method arguments:
FacesContext (the context) UIComponent (the component being validated) Object (the submitted value, but primitives use wrappers)
Warning
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Ensure Values are Valid Find Bean Store Form Values in Components
Business Logic
results
Valid now means non-empty (if required is set), able to be converted to the type that the setter method expects, passing the rules of the explicit validator tags, and not throwing exceptions in the custom validator methods. 60
There is no validatorMessage because the custom validation method produces the message. Facelets code for user ID, keyword, and duration are the same as in the previous example.
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Results for empty form, missing values, type conversion, validator tags, and successful submission same as previous example.
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Wrap-Up
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Summary
Validation in action controller
When validation linked to business logic, or when you are comparing values of multiple fields
But, the lowest-level and most tedious of the 4 approaches
When you are checking one field at a time, but want to perform complex tests not built into any of the tags
Questions?
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