Chapter 17. DynaForms and the Validator

IN THIS CHAPTER

• DynaForms: Forms Without Java

• DynaBeans and Struts

• The Validator: Automating Field Checking

• Conclusions

It might sound like a comic book superhero, but a DynaForm can’t leap a tall building in a single method invocation. On the other hand, it can reduce a lot of the drudgework of developing Struts applications.

Similarly, the Struts Validator framework can eliminate many common form validation tasks, leaving you to concentrate on the business logic. However, the validator must be used with care, because it doesn’t handle all the more complex validations you could encounter during development.

By the end of this chapter, you’ll have seen a few examples of how to create and use DynaForms, and how to integrate them with the Validator to create practically Java-less validating forms.