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Figure 12-33 Creating an ActionForm class
This generates the template code for the LoginForm class and opens the
corresponding file in the Java editor.
Note: In the JavaSource folder of the OnlineCatalog project, a package
called onlinecatalog.forms has been created and contains the
LoginForm.java file.
11.Replace the validate method with the following code.
Example 12-12 Validate method code
public ActionErrors validate(
ActionMapping mapping,
HttpServletRequest request) {
ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors();
// Validate the fields in your form, adding each error to
this.errors as found.
if((username == null) || (username.length() < 1))
errors.add("username", new
ActionError("error.username.required"));
if((password == null) || (password.length() < 1))
errors.add("password", new
ActionError("error.password.required"));
return
errors;
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