JavaServer Faces

Name

<f:validator>

Synopsis

This action creates an instance of the class registered with the specified validator ID, which must implement the javax.faces.validator.Validator interface, and associates it with the component represented by the closest JSF component parent action element.

For an alternative, see the validator attribute for HTML library actions that represents JSF input components.

Syntax

<f:validator validatorId="validatorId" />

Attributes

Attribute name	Java type	EL expression type	Description
validatorId	String	Any	The ID used to register a class implementing the Validator interface.

Example

<h:form>
  <h:inputText value="#{user.ssn}">
    <f:validator validatorId="ssnValidator" />
  </h:inputText>
</h:form>