[SOLVED] Where should we write validation code for a form in cfwheels?

Where should we write validation code for a form in cfwheels?

I have just started learning cfwheels. I was working on the sample "Social Networking Site" example present in the site(http://cfwheels.org/screencasts/series/1). I have a doubt. We have register.cfm and login.cfm two views present. Both the veiws are using the user object created from Person.cfc(modal).

All the validations that are required in the registration form , we have written inside Person.cfc init() method. Now on the login.cfm we have two fields named Email and password and I want to validate the email to be in correct format in server side before checking for valid Email/Password combination.

Now where should I write this validation code for login.cfm?

Solution

The server side validation should be done on the action inside the Controller. For example if you are submitting the form to doLogin action of the Authentication controller/component, the validation code should go inside the doLogin() function of the same controller.