Here's how I'm doing it using Spring MVC + JQuery + Bootstrap, partially based on a recent blog post at SpringSource:
AddressController.java
@RequestMapping(value="/validate")
public @ResponseBody ValidationResponse processForm(Model model, @Valid AddressForm addressForm, BindingResult result) {
ValidationResponse res = new ValidationResponse();
if (result.hasErrors()) {
res.setStatus("FAIL");
for (ObjectError error : result.getAllErrors()) {
if (error instanceof FieldError) {
FieldError fieldError = (FieldError) error;
res.addError(fieldError.getField(), fieldError.getDefaultMessage());
}
}
}
else {
res.setStatus("SUCCESS");
}
return res;
}
AddressForm.java
public class AddressForm {
@NotNull
@Size(min=1, max=50, message="Address 1 is required and cannot be longer than {max} characters")
private String address1;
@Size(max=50, message="Address 2 cannot be longer than {max} characters")
private String address2;
// etc
}
ValidationResponse.java:
public class ValidationResponse {
private String status;
private Map<String,String> errors;
// getters, setters
}
address.jsp:
<f:form commandName="addressForm">
<div class="control-group">
<label for="address1">Address 1</label>
<div class="controls">
<f:input path="address1" type="text" placeholder="Placeholder Address 1" c
answered 2012-09-13T03:14:07.833