Problem displaying errors

Question

i am having trouble displaying errors from my validate() of ActionForm. following is my code.
ActionForm:
public ActionErrors validate(ActionMapping mapping,
               HttpServletRequest request) {
          ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors();
          if (firstName == null && lastName == null) {
                errors.add(ActionErrors.GLOBAL_MESSAGE, new
                ActionMessage("error.noSearchParameter"));
          return super.validate(mapping, request);
     }JSP:
<logic:messagesPresent>
          <bean:message key="errors.header" />
          <ul>
               <html:messages id="error">
                    <li><bean:write name="error" /></li>
               </html:messages>
          </ul>
          <hr>
          <br>
     </logic:messagesPresent>any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks.

Answer 1

Hi
Avoid super.validate(mapping, request);, we are not calling super class's method, see the following method and try this example
public ActionErrors validate(ActionMapping actionMapping,
HttpServletRequest request) {
ActionErrors formError = new ActionErrors();
if (isMissing(getFirstName())) {
formError.add("firstName", new ActionMessage("error.support.createUser.firstName.required","First Name"));
return (formError);
private boolean isMissing(Object objValue) {
if(objValue instanceof String) {
return ((objValue == null) || (((String) objValue).trim().equals("")));
return true;
And in JSP
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/fmt" prefix="fmt" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tld/struts-html.tld" prefix="html" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tld/struts-bean.tld" prefix="bean" %>
<html:errors/>
<div>
<html:form action="/support/createSupportUser">
<table>
<td>
<table>
<tr>
<td><bean:message key="support.createUser.userIdLbl"/></td>
<td><html:text property="userIdL" value="" size="16"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
<tr>
<td>
<html:submit>Save</html:submit>
<html:cancel>Cancel</html:cancel>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</html:form>
</div>