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Class ValidatingActionForm</H2>
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java.lang.Object
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+--<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/struts/action/ActionForm.html">org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm</A>
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+--<B>org.apache.struts.action.ValidatingActionForm</B>
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<DT><B>All Implemented Interfaces:</B> <DD>java.io.Serializable</DD>
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<B>Deprecated.</B>&nbsp;<I>Application ActionForm beans should now extend ActionForm
directly, and override the validate() method if they wish to provide
such services</I>
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<DT>public class <B>ValidatingActionForm</B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/struts/action/ActionForm.html">ActionForm</A></DL>
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<p>An <strong>ValidatingActionForm</strong> is a JavaBean optionally
associated with one or more <code>ActionMappings</code>. Such a bean will
have had its properties initialized from the corresponding request
parameters before the action's <code>perform()</code> method is called.</p>
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<DT><B>Version: </B><DD>$Revision: 1.1 $ $Date$</DD>
<DT><B>Author: </B><DD>Jeff Hutchison</DD>
<DT><B>See Also: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../serialized-form.html#org.apache.struts.action.ValidatingActionForm">Serialized Form</A></DL>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/struts/action/ValidatingActionForm.html#ValidatingActionForm()">ValidatingActionForm</A></B>()</CODE>
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<CODE>&nbsp;java.lang.String[]</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/struts/action/ValidatingActionForm.html#validate()">validate</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Deprecated.</B>&nbsp;Perform validations on the form input values included in this form bean.</TD>
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ValidatingActionForm</H3>
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public <B>ValidatingActionForm</B>()</PRE>
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validate</H3>
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public java.lang.String[] <B>validate</B>()</PRE>
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<DD><B>Deprecated.</B>&nbsp;<DD>Perform validations on the form input values included in this form bean.
If validation errors occur, return a String array containing the message
keys of corresponding error messages (in our application
MessageResources) to be displayed. If no validation errors occur,
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<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/struts/action/ActionForm.html#validate()">validate</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/struts/action/ActionForm.html">ActionForm</A></CODE></DL>
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