How to change the Struts2 validation error message in the case of an invalid field value?

Question

I'm using Struts2 validation on a web form. In the case that a field is suppose to be an integer or Date, the <s:fielderror> message I receive is a generic Invalid field value for field "[fieldname]" Naturally, I want to customize this for the user.

Here's an example validation:

<field name="spouseDOB">
    <field-validator type="date">
        <message>"Spouse Date of Birth" is invalid.</message>
    </field-validator>
    <field-validator type="date">
        <param name="min">01/01/1900</param>
        <message>"Spouse Date of Birth" must be after 1900 AD.</message>
    </field-validator>
</field>

The message "Spouse Date of Birth" is invalid. never appears, for any invalid date that I have tried. The output is the generic Invalid field value for field spouseDOB

spouseDOB is a java.util.Date object in the action class. It is set by a <s:textfield> in the JSP.

Answer 1

Well it's missing </message> for one thing