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package org.apache.struts.validator;

import java.io.Serializable;
import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

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.struts.action.ActionErrors;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;


/**
 * <p>This class extends <strong>ValidatorForm</strong> and provides
 * basic field validation based on an XML file.  The key passed into the
 * validator is the action element's 'path' attribute from the
 * struts-config.xml which should match the form element's name attribute
 * in the validation.xml.</p>
 *
 * <ul><li>See <code>ValidatorPlugin</code> definition in struts-config.xml
 * for validation rules.</li></ul>
 *
 * @author David Winterfeldt
 * @version $Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2004/06/14 02:24:12 $
 * @since Struts 1.1
 */

public class ValidatorActionForm extends ValidatorForm implements Serializable {

    /**
     * Commons Logging instance.
     */
    private static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ValidatorActionForm.class);

    /**
     * Validate the properties that have been set from this HTTP request,
     * and return an <code>ActionErrors</code> object that encapsulates any
     * validation errors that have been found.  If no errors are found, return
     * <code>null</code> or an <code>ActionErrors</code> object with no
     * recorded error messages.
     *
     * @param mapping The mapping used to select this instance
     * @param request The servlet request we are processing
     * @return  <code>ActionErrors</code> object that encapsulates any validation errors
     */
    public ActionErrors validate(ActionMapping mapping,
                                 HttpServletRequest request) {

        ServletContext application = getServlet().getServletContext();
        ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors();

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

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

        return errors;
    }

}
