If what your saying is true, it would break a *lot* of applications that create/reuse an ActionForm in a particular scope and then forward to a page. I wonder if something else is happening in your app. Just a thought...
Regards, Rich -----Original Message----- From: Paul Harrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 11:43 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: ActionForm 'reset' method being called when JSP is rendered I am writing an application with a series of "wizard" type pages, so I thought that I would use one big ActionForm in session scope and each page add extra information to it - however this did not work as reset was being called at each page invocation - I am interested to hear that reset should only be called at instantiation time, because I believe that in 1.1 RC2 it is being called more often than that - I can did out the old verision of the code to have a look at the exact circumstances if necessary.... Ted Husted wrote: > In Struts 1.0.2 and later, reset is called by the html:form tag *if* > the ActionForm is being instantiated at that time. The scope shouldn't > matter. > > Also remember that the html:form tag is looking at the Action to which > it submits, which may not be "Action 1". If these are the same Action, > or share the same formbean under the same attribute, then the > ActionForm should already exist, and reset should not be called. > > -Ted. > > Jerry Jalenak wrote: > >> I'm seeing some odd behaviour with one of my actions. If anyone can >> explain >> this I'd sure appreciate it.... >> >> Here's what I've got - in struts-config I have an ActionForm that is >> shared >> by two Actions. The ActionForm is created in session scope by the first >> action, and referenced by the second Action (also in session). >> Tracing the >> calls to 'reset' and 'validate' I see the following: >> >> JSP is displayed -> html form is submitted -> 'reset' is called -> >> 'validate' is called -> Action 1 is performed -> forward to next JSP -> >> 'reset' is called -> JSP is displayed >> >> /\/\/\/\/\/\/\ ! >> >> My understanding is that 'reset' should not be called again until the >> form >> on the second JSP is submitted. Have I completely mis-understood how >> this >> works? Or is it something due to the ActionForm being created in >> session >> scope? >> >> TIA! >> >> Jerry Jalenak >> Team Lead, Web Publishing >> LabOne, Inc. >> 10101 Renner Blvd. >> Lenexa, KS 66219 >> (913) 577-1496 >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> This transmission (and any information attached to it) may be >> confidential and is intended solely for the use of the individual or >> entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended >> recipient or the person responsible for delivering the transmission >> to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this >> transmission in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, >> printing, or copying of this information is strictly prohibited. If >> you have received this transmission in error, please immediately >> notify LabOne at the following email address: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > -- Paul Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 0161 428 2794 mob: 07904025192 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
