QuickForm::element::setRequired

is it possible, to set any rule (required in my case) from with in an element class? class form_email extends HTML_QuickForm_text {

    function form_email()
    {
        $this->HTML_QuickForm_text('newData[email]',

'Email','size="30"');

    }

} i got a simple class as shown above. what i would like to do now is smthg like $this->setRule('Please give your email','required') inside the class. since i have this field in many forms and the handling is always the same, i just created my own class for it ... is this possible. PS: Bertrand thank you for your patience with all us QuickForm-questioners :-) -- Wolfram ... opensource @ vision:produktion ... http://opensource.visionp.de ... translating template engine .... http://sf.net/projects/simpletpl ... authentication system .... http://sf.net/projects/auth