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The information contained in this section applies to IBM WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.9 and Feautre Pack 8. The documentation also applies to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions.
Tutorials
WebSphere Commerce provides many tutorials.
Programming model
WebSphere Commerce provides tutorials that are designed to introduce the various tasks that are related to creating customized code to develop and enhance WebSphere Commerce applications. The following tutorials provide sample guides to customizing elements of the WebSphere Commerce programming model.
Using Struts tags, action forms, and validation
In this tutorial, you learn how to use Struts tags, action forms, and validation in the context of WebSphere Commerce store development. In this tutorial, you replace the default Madisons starter store Contact Us page. The new Contact Us page contains a form to submit comments, and validate that the fields are completed before you submit the form.
Enabling your action form to work with the Validator framework
In this step, you change the implementation class of your action form from DynaActionForm to its subclass, DynaValidatorForm, specifically designed to work with the Validator framework.

Enabling your action form to work with the Validator framework

In this step, you change the implementation class of your action form from DynaActionForm to its subclass, DynaValidatorForm, specifically designed to work with the Validator framework.

Procedure

The struts-config-ext.xml file should still be open for editing in the Struts Configuration File editor.
Switch to the Form Beans tab.
In the Form Beans section, highlight MyContactUsForm.
In the Form Bean Attributes section, click the Browse button next to the Type field. In the class selection dialog, type DynaValidatorForm. There are two occurences of the class name in this file. Select the one with the path Stores/WebContent/WEB-INF/lib/struts.jar.
Save your changes.