Programming Jakarta Struts Review

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Book:		Programming Jakarta Struts
Subject:		Programming Jakarta Struts Review
Date:		2004-03-17 04:20:02
From:		Eric Lewis

Rating: Since I want to use the Validator outside of Struts (other guys at the office are doing Struts), I tried "Using the Validator Outside of Struts" (page 279 in my edition). It all works great, but as soon as a validation goes wrong, the message resource can't be found. I get <blockquote> ... Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.struts.validator.Resources.getMessageResources(Resources.java:150) at org.apache.struts.validator.Resources.getActionError(Resources.java:222) at org.apache.struts.validator.FieldChecks.validateRequired(FieldChecks.java:130) ... 26 more </blockquote> The guys on the Commons Validator mailing list told me that I should write all my own stuff, which is true from their point of view. But since Struts offers so many good validators, I think it would be a lost opportunity not to use them. So, in a nutshell: When I use Struts Validators outside of Struts, how do I specify the message resources? Can anybody help me out? Chuck? :-)