Question about arbitrary validation in JSF

Question

Hey,

I have this a field:

<h:inputText id="email" value="#{user.user.email}" title="Email" validator="#{user.user.validateEmail}"/>

The validateEmail method checks if the email address's length is greater than 0, if not, it throws an exception. I thought this would work, but sadly the method is called only if you enter a value. Why?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

The validator is not called if the field is empty. If you need a value, set the required attribute to true for the control.