Re: Can we make a Validation Class (or design a certain Structure) that can be shared between Client & Server in GWT?

The problem is that you put too much code in one place.

 

You could for example put a validate method on the PostData object.

Then you just need to call the validate() method on client and server side.

 

For a more generic/standardised solution I would take a look at the Validation framework.

http://www.gwtproject.org/doc/latest/DevGuideValidation.html

 

On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Tom <HenryHa5@gmail.com> wrote:

Here is my Gwt Problem. Say, I got a form that has email, firstName, username, password... Textboxes & a submit Button. When users click Submit, the client will validate all fields, after all fields are ok, then they will be sent to Server for another EXACTLY same validation.

Someone suggested me to make a Utility class & put that class into the shared package.

Look at this code

In my.com.client package:

    import my.com.shared.Utility;        public class CustPresenter extends      Presenter<CustPresenter.MyView, CustPresenter.MyProxy> {          @Inject DispatchAsync dispatchAsync;        public void postData(){       PostData postDataAction=new PostData();       String fName=fNameTextBox.getText();       String lName=lNameTextBox.getText();       //....... more field here ....//       if(!Utility.isOKString(fName)){          MyDialogBox myD=new MyDialogBox(fName, "Not OK");       }       else if (!Utility.isOKString(lName)){          MyDialogBox myD=new MyDialogBox(lName, "Not OK");       }       ///.......more checking here//        postDataAction.setFName(fName);      postDataAction.setFName(lName);      //... more setting here...//        dispatchAsync.execute(postDataAction, postDataCallback);     }     private AsyncCallback<PostDataResult> postDataCallback=new AsyncCallback<PostDataResult>(){        @Override      public void onFailure(Throwable caught) {        }        @Override      public void onSuccess(PostDataResult result) {           String resultStr=result.getResult();           if(resultStr.equals("fName is not OK")){               MyDialogBox myD=new MyDialogBox(fName, "Not OK");           }           else if (resultStr.equals("lName is not OK")){               MyDialogBox myD=new MyDialogBox(lName, "Not OK");           }           /// more displaying err message...      }     };  }  

in my.com.server package

    import my.com.shared.Utility;  public class PostDataActionHandler implements          ActionHandler<PostData, PostDataResult> {      @Override      public PostDataResult execute(PostData action, ExecutionContext context)              throws ActionException {          String fName=action.getFName();          String lName=action.getLName();          //more geting here....//          String resultInfo="";          if(!Utility.isOKString(fName)){                resultInfo="fName is not OK";          }          else if (!Utility.isOKString(lName)){                resultInfo="lName is not OK";          }         ////... more checking here///          else{              postData();          }          return new PostDataResult(resultInfo);      }    }  

As you can see in this structure, even I used Utility in shared package, i still have to validate the same data 3 times. And there're a lot of duplicates.

So my question is:

Can we create a certain Validation class (or design a certain Structure) & put that class in shared package & so client & server can use it, so i just need to validate 1 time rather than doing it 3 times like this?

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