It does for the nightly build and Struts 1.2.0, though I can't recall the
name of the method.  For pre-1.2, you'll need to write code to do that. 
There was a thread that discussed this, with the last few messages (of that
thread) still coming in today.  Just look for that.  Richard Yee pasted code
there on how to instantiate a Dyna Bean.  I also pointed to an archive where
I pasted the code I use in my apps to instantiate a Dyna Bean. 

--- Joe Hertz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, I was using copyProperties...or rather I\'d want to. I\'m just trying
> 
> to 
> avoid having to declare my Transfer Objects the hard way.
> 
> Say I use Mark Lowe\'s idea of the Nested Form Bean (makes sense in alot of
> 
> ways), but I want to do it dynamically. i.e. DynaForm A has a List property
> 
> of what will be a bunch of DynaBean B\'s.
> 
> So riddle me this, how do I instantiate a DynaBean myself as it is defined
> in 
> the struts-config.xml?  When it\'s passed in to the Action as the form,
> it\'s 
> all prepped and ready to go. If I instantiate an instance of the class 
> myself, it\'s got no dynaproperties. I know BeanUtils will provide 
> functionality to do this, but I would hope there\'s an exposed method that 
> does based straight out of the contents struts-config.
> 
> Does Struts provide a method where I provide it the name of the bean
> defined 
> in the struts-config.xml and it return me an instance of the appropriate 
> class, with all the dyna properties set up?
> 
> -Joe
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hubert Rabago [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 8:38 AM
> > To: Struts Users Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: DynaForm Type Conversion
> > 
> > 
> > Take a look at BeanUtils.copyProperties.  By default, though, 
> > it doesn\'t support conversion of dates, since it wouldn\'t 
> > know how you\'d want your dates formatted.  Check the archives 
> > of this list, there\'s been some discussion on that.  Another 
> > archive you can check is that of the commons-user list.
> > 
> > If you\'re looking for further reduction in code, take a look 
> > at http://www.rabago.net/struts/formdef which I\'m working on. 
> >  It\'s alpha, but an initial release is coming real soon (and 
> > I\'m looking for folks to help me develop/maintain it).
> > 
> > I believe the Struts dev team has plans to include 
> > functionality like this in a future version of Struts.  For 
> > now, we either make do with BeanUtils, or do the conversion 
> > ourselves, or through third party plugins like what I\'m 
> > working on.  If you feel strongly enough about it, you can 
> > rant some more on 
> > http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27321 
> > though like I said, the dev team has plans for supporting 
> > this functionality in a future version.  How near or far into 
> > the future might be influenced by user requests.  :)
> > 
> > 
> > --- Joe Hertz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > 
> > > I have a bean I persist with Hibernate. It\'s properties are:
> > > 
> > > 2 Floats
> > > 1 Integer (the key)
> > > 2 Dates
> > > 
> > > Now, relying on my handy dandy copies of Struts KickStart, 
> > Struts In 
> > > Action, and all of the Web, I\'m apparently supposed to 
> > declare these 
> > > methods in the
> > > 
> > > Form I am using as Strings since automatic type conversion 
> > can fubar 
> > > them.
> > > 
> > > But Since the JSP I am using is getting these fields with html:text 
> > > fields, I apparently am supposed to have methods in form to do the 
> > > type conversion for
> > > me. Okay, that\'s light years better than putting this in 
> > the business
> > > layer, 
> > > but fine.
> > > 
> > > Is there an Automatic way I can get a DynaBean to do this for me? 
> > > Maybe a Get (prop, type) and get(prop, type, value) for the 
> > types youd 
> > > find in java.lang?
> > > 
> > > If not, there should be, because it limits what a DynaBean 
> > can do in a 
> > > big
> > > kinda way. Why have a type declaration in the DTD if youre 
> > only ever going
> > > to 
> > > want to use String and String[] ? :-)
> > > 
> > > I mean, it\'s not like I couldnt add such a set of methods to my
> > > DynaValidatorActionForm subclass, but what I\'d want is for 
> > the framework to
> > > 
> > > use them for me without me needing to know about it. (I 
> > dont ask for 
> > > much, do I???).
> > > 
> > > If not, I\'d like to continue to use my Subclassed 
> > > DynaValidatorActionForm
> > > anyway, but I am wondering if it is going to be 
> > self-defeating to declare 
> > > custom getters and setters for properties that are declared 
> > in struts
> > > config? 
> > > Should I just use it as a non-dyna form?
> > > 
> > > Maybe I\'ve been up too late (okay, I have) but it\'s the 
> > little things 
> > > like
> > > this that makes me feel like Struts is creating work for me 
> > rather than 
> > > saving me from it. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Tx for indulging my sleepy rant.
> > > -Joe
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
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