Question

I have this component:

<rich:calendar enableManualInput="true" value="#{home.born}" datePattern="dd/MM/yyyy" />

and i need to validate if the selected date is equal or before actual date at the momment…
Is there how to do it only with rich:calendar or i must verify it into home?

Problem solved! i’ve used the solution provided by Balusc.
Thanks everybody! 🙂

Answer 1

To validate it on the server side, you can use a Validator.

<rich:calendar ...>
    <f:validator validatorId="notAfterToday" />
</rich:calendar>

with

@FacesValidator("notAfterToday")
public class NotAfterTodayValidator implements Validator {

    @Override
    public void validate(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, Object value) throws ValidatorException {
        Date date = (Date) value;
        Date today = new Date();

        if (date.after(today)) {
            String message = "Date may not be later than today.";
            throw new ValidatorException(new FacesMessage(message));
        }
    }

}