Validator问题及解决办法——java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorForm cannot be cast to forms.RegisterForm

还是那个register的例子，我想加上struts的validator。
但是遇到一个错误，几天都没有解决，每次点击register.jsp中的register按钮时，就会出错，如下： 

 
java.lang.ClassCastException:   org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorForm   cannot   be   cast   to   forms.RegisterForm
action.RegisterAction.execute(RegisterAction.java:24)
org.springframework.web.struts.DelegatingActionProxy.execute(DelegatingActionProxy.java:110)
org.apache.struts.chain.commands.servlet.ExecuteAction.execute(ExecuteAction.java:53)
org.apache.struts.chain.commands.AbstractExecuteAction.execute(AbstractExecuteAction.java:64)
org.apache.struts.chain.commands.ActionCommandBase.execute(ActionCommandBase.java:48)
org.apache.commons.chain.impl.ChainBase.execute(ChainBase.java:190)

说说我是怎么实现的吧

package action;

import java.io.IOException;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.apache.struts.action.ActionErrors;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;
import org.springframework.web.struts.ActionSupport;

import service.RegisterService;
import bo.Userregister;
import forms.RegisterForm;

public class RegisterAction extends ActionSupport ...{
    RegisterService registerService;

    public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form,
            HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws IOException, ServletException ...{

        ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors();
        RegisterForm registerForm = (RegisterForm) form; //看来问题在这一行。但是不知道怎么解决好 

    if (errors != null) ...{
            //saveErrors(request,   errors); 
            return (mapping.findForward("register"));
        }

        String username = registerForm.getUsername();
        String password = registerForm.getPassword();
        String email = registerForm.getEmail();
        String question = registerForm.getQuestion();
        String answer = registerForm.getAnswer();
        Userregister userregister = new Userregister();
        userregister.setUsername(username);
        userregister.setPassword(password);
        userregister.setEmail(email);
        userregister.setQuestion(question);
        userregister.setAnswer(answer);
        registerService.saveRegister(userregister);
        return mapping.findForward("success");
    }

    public RegisterService getRegisterService() ...{
        return registerService;
    }

    public void setRegisterService(RegisterService registerService) ...{
        System.out.println("setregisterService=" + registerService);
        this.registerService = registerService;
    }

}

2、RegisterForm.java
原来是public   class   RegisterForm   extends   ActionForm；
修改，让其继承自ValidatorForm。

package forms;

import org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorForm;

public class RegisterForm extends ValidatorForm ...{
    private String username;
    private String password;
    private String email;
    private String question;
    private String answer;

    public String getUsername() ...{
        return username;
    }

    public String getPassword() ...{
        return password;
    }

    public String getEmail() ...{
        return email;
    }

    public String getQuestion() ...{
        return question;
    }

    public String getAnswer() ...{
        return answer;
    }

    public void setUsername(String username) ...{
        this.username = username;
    }

    public void setPassword(String password) ...{
        this.password = password;
    }

    public void setEmail(String email) ...{
        this.email = email;
    }

    public void setQuestion(String question) ...{
        this.question = question;
    }

    public void setAnswer(String answer) ...{
        this.answer = answer;
    }
}

3、修改strut-config.xml
在相应的位置加入：

        <form-beans> 
              <form-bean   name="userInfoForm"   type="forms.UserInfoForm"/> 
              <form-bean   name="registerForm"   type="org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorForm"> 
                      <form-property   name="username"   type="java.lang.String"/> 
                      <form-property   name="password"   type="java.lang.String"/> 
                      <form-property   name="email"         type="java.lang.String"/> 
                      <form-property   name="question"   type="java.lang.String"/> 
                      <form-property   name="answer"       type="java.lang.String"/> 
              </form-bean> 
        </form-beans> 
        ... 
        <plug-in   className="org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn"> 
              <set-property   property="pathnames" 
                    value="/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml,/WEB-INF/validation.xml"/> 
              <set-property   property="stopOnFirstError"   value="false"/> 
       </plug-in> 

4、validation.xml文件 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE form-validation PUBLIC
  "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Commons Validator Rules Configuration 1.3.0//EN"
  "http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/dtds/validator_1_3_0.dtd">

<form-validation>

    <global>
        <constant>
            <constant-name>name_common</constant-name>
            <constant-value>^[0-9a-zA-Z]*$</constant-value>
        </constant>
    </global>    

    <formset>
      <form name="registerForm">
        <field property="username" depends="required,mask,maxlength">
            <arg key="username" resource="false" />
            <arg name="maxlength" key="${var:maxlength}" resource="false" />
            <var>
                <var-name>mask</var-name>
                <var-value>${name_common}</var-value>
            </var>
            <var>
                <var-name>maxlength</var-name>
                <var-value>30</var-value>
            </var>
        </field>

        <field property="password" depends="required,mask,maxlength">
            <arg key="password" resource="false" />
            <arg name="maxlength" key="${var:maxlength}" resource="false" />
            <var>
                <var-name>mask</var-name>
                <var-value>${name_common}</var-value>
            </var>
            <var>
                <var-name>maxlength</var-name>
                <var-value>30</var-value>
            </var>
        </field>

        <field property="email" depends="required,email,maxlength">
            <arg key="email" resource="false" />
            <arg name="maxlength" key="${var:maxlength}" resource="false" />
            <var>
                <var-name>maxlength</var-name>
                <var-value>50</var-value>
            </var>
        </field>

        <field property="question" depends="required,maxlength">
            <arg key="question" resource="false" />
            <arg name="maxlength" key="${var:maxlength}" resource="false" />
            <var>
                <var-name>maxlength</var-name>
                <var-value>50</var-value>
            </var>
        </field>        

        <field property="answer" depends="required,maxlength">
            <arg key="answer" resource="false"/>
            <arg name="maxlength" key="${var:maxlength}" resource="false" />
            <var>
                <var-name>maxlength</var-name>
                <var-value>50</var-value>
            </var>
        </field>    
        
      </form>
    </formset>

</form-validation>

问题原因及解决办法。

RegisterForm registerForm = (RegisterForm) form; //看来问题在这一行。但是不知道怎么解决好 。

刚才去图书馆查了下资料，发现是下面这个地方错了：    
                <form-beans>  
                            <form-bean       name="userInfoForm"       type="forms.UserInfoForm"/>  
                            <form-bean       name="registerForm"       type="org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorForm">  
                                            <form-property       name="username"       type="java.lang.String"/>  
                                            <form-property       name="password"       type="java.lang.String"/>  
                                            <form-property       name="email"                   type="java.lang.String"/>  
                                            <form-property       name="question"       type="java.lang.String"/>  
                                            <form-property       name="answer"               type="java.lang.String"/>  
                            </form-bean>  
                </form-beans>  
...  
                <plug-in       className="org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn">  
        <set-property       property="pathnames"  
                                        value="/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml,/WEB-INF/validation.xml"/>  
        <set-property       property="stopOnFirstError"       value="false"/>  
</plug-in>  

form-bean里面的type应该填写实际处理registerForm的form位置，而不是org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorForm。
但是这个我是按照孙卫琴的那本“精通struts”来写的，所以一直以为应该是org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorForm。