Short-circuiting validation when a type conversion error occurs

Hi,
I am having troubles with error reporting and wonder if there is a way to short-circuit validation when a type conversion error occurs?

In my POJO (Service.java), "level" is an int property and in order to let the user edit this property, I am using a standard ww:textfield

In my validation xml-file I am using a standard int field-validator:

[code]
    <field name="service.level">
        <field-validator type="int">
            <param name="min">1</param>
            <param name="max">5</param>
            <message>Value must be in the range 1 to 5</message>
        </field-validator>
    </field>
[/code]

My problem is that I don't want the validation errors to be displayed if there has been a type conversion error. Just like the short-circuit attribute can be used to make sure only one validation error gets displayed, I would like to only have either the conversion error displayed or - if the type conversion succeeds - the validation error (assuming the entered value is incorrect).

I have also tried to add a conversion field-validator, but when a type conversion error occurs both the standard type conversion error message ("Invalid field value for field ...") and the validation error message are displayed.

Do I have to turn off the global conversion error reporting and add conversion field-validators to my fields, or is there another way? To me it doesn't really make sense to try validating a value that is not even of the correct type.

/Emil

(I am using WW 2.2.4 and Jetty 6 on Windows 2000)
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