[jbossseam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Closed: (JBSEAM-4172) s:validateEquality doesn't work with empty values

s:validateEquality doesn't work with empty values ------------------------------------------------- Key: JBSEAM-4172 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBSEAM-4172 Project: Seam Issue Type: Bug Components: JSF Controls Affects Versions: 2.1.2.CR1 Reporter: Yuriy Lazarev Assignee: Daniel Roth Fix For: 2.2.0.CR1 Suppose such form elements: <s:decorate template="/template/form_item.xhtml"> <ui:define name="label"> <h:outputText value="#{messages.old_password}" /> </ui:define> <h:inputSecret id="old_password" value="#{updateProfileAction.password}" /> </s:decorate> <s:decorate template="/template/form_item.xhtml"> <ui:define name="label"> <h:outputText value="#{messages.new_password}" /> </ui:define> <h:inputSecret id="new_password" value="#{updateProfileAction.passwordNew}"> <s:validateEquality for="old_password" messageId="new_password_is_equal_to_old" operator="not_equal" /> </h:inputSecret> </s:decorate> <s:decorate template="/template/form_item.xhtml"> <ui:define name="label"> <h:outputText value="#{messages.repeat_new_password}" /> </ui:define> <h:inputSecret value="#{updateProfileAction.passwordNewRepeat}"> <s:validateEquality for="new_password" messageId="new_passwords_dont_match" /> <ui:remove> This component is implicitly required (org.jboss.seam.ui.renderkit.EqualityValidationRendererBase:46 = evh.setRequired(true);) It makes impossible to achieve such behavior: 1) If both password fields are blank then its ok - user doesn't want to change his old password. 2) If there is any text in one of the fields - check if values are equal and update password only if they are. </ui:remove> </h:inputSecret> </s:decorate> At the moment validation fails for empty fields as they are required.