How to display server side validation errors next to formPanel fields with extjs4?

Question

I am trying to bind my class fields with my view fields using Extjs4. I have done to an extent where I can submit the form and get a result back but not sure how to display any error message next to respective fields if it fails validation. I would like to bind these fields directly to my class (like we do for spring mvc eg - bindingResults.rejectValue("currentPassword", "currentPassword.incorrect", "Password is incorrect"); and it gets displayed in the view).

My formPanel:

{   
    xtype : 'formpanel',
    url: 'changePassword', 
    id : 'changePasswordForm', 
    method: 'POST',
    success: function(){}, 
    items : [{ 
        xtype : 'fieldset',
        id : 'passwordChange',
        title : 'Change Password',
        iconCls : 'user',
        items : [{
                xtype : 'passwordfield',
                label : 'Current Password',
                name : 'currentPassword',
                id : 'currentPassword',             
            }, {
                xtype : 'passwordfield',
                label : 'New Password'
                name : 'newPassword1',
                id : 'newPassword1',
            }, {
                xtype : 'passwordfield',
                label : 'Repeat Password',
                name : 'newPassword2',
                id : 'newPassword2',
            },]
        } ]
    },{
        xtype : 'button',
        id: 'changePassword',
    }

The controller that does the submit event on button click -

this.getChangePasswordForm().submit();

And my class is

@RequestMapping(value = "/changePassword", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public @ResponseBody String changePasswordInSettings(ChangePasswordForm changePasswordForm) {
    User currentUser = User.find();     

    String enteredPSHash = HashUtil
    .generateHash(changePasswordForm.getCurrentPassword(),
    currentUser.getEmail());    

    String existingPSHash = currentUser.getPassword();  

    if(!enteredPSHash.equals(existingPSHash)) {
        //bindingResults.rejectValue("currentPassword",
        //"currentPassword.incorrect", "Password is incorrect"); 
    } 
    if (!changePasswordForm.getNewPassword1().equals(changePasswordForm.getNewPassword2())) { 
        //bindingResults.rejectValue("newPassword2",
        //  "newPassword2.dontMatch", "Passwords dont match");
    }
    //if (!bindingResults.hasErrors()) { 
        String newPSHash = HashUtil.generateHash(changePasswordForm.getNewPassword1(),currentUser.getEmail()); 
        currentUser.setPassword(newPSHash); 
        //model.addAttribute("successful", new Boolean(true));      //}
    return "success";
}

How do I display the error messages back in my view?

fab · Answer 1 · 2015-04-08T20:30:30.020

I have Ext.form.Panel with:

id: 'any-id',
conroller: 'controller-id',
items: [
        {
            fieldLabel: 'Field1',
            name: 'field1',
        },
        {
            fieldLabel: 'Field2',
            name: 'field2',
        }
    ],

    buttons: [
        {
            text:'Click Me',
            itemId: 'buttonId',
            handler: 'onButtonClick'
        }
    ]

In controller-id:

onButtonClick: function(button) {
    var window = Ext.getCmp('any-id');    
    Ext.Ajax.request({
                url: 'url',
                method : "POST",
                headers: {
                    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
                },
                jsonData: window.getForm().getValues(),
                useDefaultXhrHeader : false,
                withCredentials: false,
                success : function(form, action) {
                   var response = Ext.JSON.decode(form.responseText);
                   var puke = response.status.puke;

                   for (var key in puke) {
                       form.findField(key).markInvalid(puke[key]);
                   }
                }
    }
}

And json from server:

{
  "status" : {
    "code" : 100,
    "message" : "Validation error."
    "puke" : [{"field1:", "Error message."}, {"field2:", "Another error message."}]
  }
}

Please add some explanation to your code showing what it does and how it helps — Our Man in Bananas, Apr 02 '15 at 09:44

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 28 '12 at 06:10

Thank you for asking this question. I didn't know about this feature but Form component can be configured with an errorReader (see docs) There is a working example of this feature that should help you with your setup: http://dev.sencha.com/deploy/ext-4.0.0/examples/form/xml-form.html

How to display server side validation errors next to formPanel fields with extjs4?

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