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Andrew Madu commented on COCOON-1804:
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Reinhard,
how do I implement the javascript validator as a Java class within the controller IIRC? Can you point me in the direction of any code?

Andrew

> Javascript FOM_SCOPE issue when using Java as the flow engine - ReferenceError: "cocoon" is not defined
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>          Key: COCOON-1804
>          URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COCOON-1804
>      Project: Cocoon
>         Type: Bug
>   Components: Blocks: Java Flow
>     Versions: 2.1.8
>     Reporter: Andrew Madu
>     Priority: Blocker

>
> I have created a  java flow class which does the following:
> //Load in validation file
> FormInstance form = new FormInstance("forms/login.xml");
> My login map (snippet) is as follows:
> Login.xml:
>     <fd:validation>
>         <fd:javascript>
>             var success = true;
>             var newUserReg = new Packages.test.User();
>             var username = widget.lookupWidget("username");
>             var password = widget.lookupWidget("password");
>            
>             try {
>                 
>                 var checkUserTest = newUserReg.getUser(username.value, password.value);
>                 
>                 if (checkUserTest != null) {
>                     cocoon.session.setAttribute("user", checkUserTest);
>                     success = true;
>                 }else{
>                     username.setValidationError(new Packages.org.apache.cocoon.forms.validation.ValidationError(e, false));
>                     password.setValidationError(new Packages.org.apache.cocoon.forms.validation.ValidationError("The password, username combination does not exist. Please enter another one.", false));
>                     success = false;
>                 }
>             } catch (e) {
>                     username.setValidationError(new Packages.org.apache.cocoon.forms.validation.ValidationError(e, false));
>                     password.setValidationError(new Packages.org.apache.cocoon.forms.validation.ValidationError("e.", false));
>                     success = false;
>             }
>             return success;
>         </fd:javascript>
>     </fd:validation>
> I am getting an error message when the line 'cocoon.session.setAttribute("user", checkUserTest)' is hit.:
> ReferenceError: "cocoon" is not defined
> What is the issue here, can I create a session object from within form validation/javascript in another way?
> Andrew

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