[richfaces-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (RF-12627) calendar inputSize and datePattern - Validation fails

From our side, it is a bug, because we want a strict validation and because the date is wrong anyway but what is the design goal of RichFaces by allowing a "weak" validation ?

calendar inputSize and datePattern - Validation fails ----------------------------------------------------- Key: RF-12627 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RF-12627 Project: RichFaces Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Affects Versions: 4.2.3.Final Environment: cssparser-0.9.6 - guava-11.0.2 - javax.faces-2.1.14 - Spring 3.0.6.RELEASE - WAS 8 - sac-1.3 Reporter: Jean ANDRE Suppose a rich:calendar as follow, inside a client search screen: {code} <rich:calendar id="search_i-birthday" value="#{controller.birthday}" popup="true" showApplyButton="false" enableManualInput="true" datePattern="dd-MM-yyyy" inputSize="12" styleClass="calendar" oninputkeyup="toggleButtons();" onchange="toggleButtons();" converterMessage="#{msg['search.invalid.date.of.birth'] }" /> {code} In order to allow the user to have enough space for typing the date manually, we fix the input size to 12. Unfortunately, when a user type a date like "01-01-19760", the built-in calendar validator does not trigger any error.... Strictly spoken, the validation of the date should failed because this is not an exact pattern. But in order hand, the string "starts" correctly as "01-01-19760" is 'included' into the format 'dd-MM-YYYY'. From our side, it is a bug, because we want a strict validation and because the date is wrong anyway but what is the design goal of RichFaces by allowing a "weak" validation ?