Spring MVC Error Messages

Question

Spring MVC Error Messages

Hello, Spring Fellows,

I have a form that is validated by the Spring Validation once submitted. Each field on the form may contain mult

Answer 1

The simplest answer is to not use tables for page layout. Utilizing div tags alleviates this problem altogether since divs are completely dimensionless if set to hidden.

Answer 2

You can do something like this (notice that bind is from spring taglib):

<spring:bind path = "name*">
    <c:if test="${status.error}"> 
        <tr> 
            <td> 
                <form:errors path="name*" /> 
            </td> 
        </tr> 
    </c:if> 
</spring:bind>

Answer 3

I solved your problem by doing this:

<table>
    <form:errors path="firstName">
    <tr>
        <td colspan="2">
            <form:errors path="firstName"/>
        </td>
    </tr>
    </form:errors>
    <tr>
        <td><form:label path="firstName"><spring:message code="helloworld.label.firstName"/></form:label></td>
        <td><form:input path="firstName"/></td>
    </tr>
</table>

errors tag body will be evaluated only if there are errors on the path.