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Asked: 2026-06-18T02:32:32+00:00

Ultimately I need to do some cross field validation and thought I would use

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Ultimately I need to do some cross field validation and thought I would use a custom validator to do this. But I can’t even get a simple example to work. The following code (which is pretty similar to that on p.116 of “Mastering XPages” allows any value (including an empty field). Am I missing something obvious?

            <xp:inputText
                id="field1"
                value="#{document1.field1}">
                <xp:this.validators>
                    <xp:customValidator>
                        <xp:this.validate><![CDATA[#{javascript:if (value == "") {
return new javax.faces.application.FacesMessage("Please enter a value");
}}]]></xp:this.validate>
                    </xp:customValidator>
                </xp:this.validators>
            </xp:inputText>
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  1. Editorial Team

    It is not possible to validate an empty field with a validator. A validator runs only if a value exist. In XPages you have the required property for fields which allows to check for empty fields; this is a workaround for this problem, and it is (as far as I know) not possible to create your own “required” validator.

    If you want to create your own one, you have to create a converter instead

    UPDATE 21.06.2013

    It is possible to create an own required validator with a small workaround: http://hasselba.ch/blog/?p=764

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