Question

I am using struts-jquery plugin 3.1.0 with struts v2.2.3. i have a date picker in a jsp

    <td><sj:datepicker id="candidate.personalDetails.dateOfBirthItem"
        name="candidate.personalDetails.dateOfBirthItem" changeYear="true"
        yearRange="-100:-18" maxDate="-18" changeMonth="true" readonly="true" required="true"/><span style="color: #B7B7B7">mm/dd/yyyy</span>
    </td> 

which i am trying to validate. i have a following entry in the validation xml

<field name="candidate.personalDetails.dateOfBirthItem">
    <field-validator type="requiredstring">
        <message key="required.candidate.dateOfBirthItem"></message>
    </field-validator>

if submit page without providing value for the “candidate.personalDetails.dateOfBirthItem” no error message getting displayed, only form gets forwarded to entry specified in for “input” in the struts.xml. Validations messages for other non jquery fields are coming correctly. am i missing something?

Answer 1

I had to use

<field-validator type="required"> 

instead of

<field-validator type="requiredstring">