PrimeFaces + JSF Email validator example

To validate email, uses JSF <f:validateRegex>, and puts following regular expression. This regex should be able to validates most of the email format, and I’m using it for few projects.

Email Regular Expression

^[_A-Za-z0-9-\+]+(\.[_A-Za-z0-9-]+)*@[A-Za-z0-9-]+(\.[A-Za-z0-9]+)*(\.[A-Za-z]{2,})$

P.S For detail explanation, refer to this how to validate email address with regular expression.

In this tutorial, we will show you a simple email input, and uses <f:validateRegex> to validate it.

Tools used :

PrimeFaces 3.3
JSF 2.2.11
Eclipse 4.2
Maven 3
Tomcat 7

1. Email Validator Example

If email is invalid, display error message “Invalid email format”.

index.xhtml

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
	xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
	xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
	xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
	xmlns:p="http://primefaces.org/ui">
 
<h:head>
 
</h:head>
<h:body>
  <f:facet name="last">
	<h:outputStylesheet library="mytheme" name="css/style.css" />
  </f:facet>
 
  <h1>PrimeFaces email validator example</h1>
 
  <div style="width: 500px">
	<h:form>
 
	<p:inputText id="email" required="true" label="email" size="40"
		requiredMessage="Please enter your email address."
		validatorMessage="Invalid email format"
		value="#{userBean.email}">
 
	  <f:validateRegex
		pattern="^[_A-Za-z0-9-\+]+(\.[_A-Za-z0-9-]+)*@[A-Za-z0-9-]+(\.[A-Za-z0-9]+)*(\.[A-Za-z]{2,})$" />
 
	</p:inputText>
	<p:watermark for="email" value="Email Address *" />
	<p:message for="email" />
 
	<p:commandButton value="test" style="margin:20px"
		action="#{userBean.register}" ajax="false" />
 
   </h:form>
  </div>
 
</h:body>
</html>

UserBean.java – Do nothing, if email is ok, redirect to thanks page.

package com.mkyong;
 
import javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean;
import javax.faces.bean.SessionScoped;
 
@ManagedBean(name = "userBean")
@SessionScoped
public class UserBean {
 
	String email;
 
	public String getEmail() {
		return email;
	}
 
	public void setEmail(String email) {
		this.email = email;
	}
 
	public String register() {
		return "thanks?faces-redirect=true";
	}
 
}