How to validate Spring form:form's form:password with JQuery Validation?

Question

I am unable to validate the spring for which have two password fields.

If i change from form:password to input type="password" it starts working, but then data does not gets bind with commandName, and i receive null in controller.

    <form:form action="changepas" commandName="mypwd" method="post" id="cngpwdform">
<div>
<table>
<tr><td>Current Password</td>
<td><form:password id="curPass" name="curPass" path="pwd" /></td>
</tr><tr>
<td>New Password <td>
<form:password id="newPassword" name="newPassword" path="nwpass" /></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><input type="submit" value="Change Password" /></td>
</tr>
</form:form>

Now we have this JQuery validation

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#cngpwdform").validate({
        rules : {
            'curPass' : {
                required : true
            },
            'newPassword' : {
                required : true
            }
        }

    });

});

Please tell me one thing.

I have few other forms which perfectly binds data with commandName and are like < form > < / form > and i use < input > tags in them, works fine, but to add password fields i am getting null value in the controller. Then to resolve this i have to use the < form : form > and for field i have to use < form : password > but then jQuery does not validates it.... Can you sens what could be wrong with this ?

Adding Generated HTML as asked by Sparky : My God !! name attribute is appearing twice, once the name i had given and another the path name.

<form id="cngpwdform" action="changepas" method="post">
<div>
<table>
<tr>
<td>Current Password</td><td><input id="curPass" name="pwd" name="curPass" type="password" value=""/>
</td></tr>

<tr>
<td>New Password<td><input id="newPass" name="nwpass" name="newPass" type="password" value=""/>
</td></tr>

<tr>
<td><input type="submit" value="Change Password"/>

</td></tr>    

</form>

Answer 1

Can you try this:

<form:password id="curPass" name="curPass" path="curPass" />

If you view source on your rendered HTML and maybe put a break point in firebug for your jquery validate function you will notice that the validate is not being fired.