why does struts reset my form after failed validation?

Question

I am using the validation framework with Struts 1.1.When validation fails, the entire form is reset.

After much time scouring the net, I have gathered:

1. Wh

Answer 1

The solution is to move the display of the form to a different action than that used to forward. In my example, they are both the same.

Answer 2

the reset() is used to clear the values previously entered...if u debug it and see then u'll come to know. eg ur entering 1 in the form and say submit and again come on the same form and enter 2 and submit again now what reset will do is it will clear 1 and now 2, and thus u get 2 in ur validate() part.

Answer 3

@Override
public void reset(ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest request) {

    //If Clear button click will set date as today and clear all other value
    //If Insert, update with validation as failure than not clear all value on the form, but only clear that wrong when validation (means skipp all value as true on the form and only clear value wrong)
    String actionName = request.getParameter("method");
    if(actionName!=null){
        if (actionName.equals(Enums.ActionName.CLEAR.getActionName())) {
            Date date = new Date();
            SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
            this.setPublicationDay(dateFormat.format(date));
        }
        else{
            request.setAttribute("book", this);
        }
    }

    super.reset(mapping, request);
}