I'd try making your form bean have a String[] for the getter/setter of the checkbox's value and then name all the checkboxes with the same name.
HTH, Matt > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Kelly Clauson > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 4:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [displaytag-user] Issues with a checkbox decorator (help) > > > I am attempting to use a Decorator to put a checkbox in one > column of a table. I am running into a couple of issues, but > I don't know if my approach is correct. > > My decorator code looks like this: > > public class CheckboxDecorator extends Decorator { > public CheckboxDecorator() { super(); } > public String getNullValue() { return null; } > > public String getCheckbox() { > MyBean bean = (MyBean) getObject(); > StringBuffer s = new StringBuffer(); > s.append("<input type=checkbox name=\"verified\" value=\"on:"); > s.append(getListIndex()); > s.append("\""); > boolean checked = bean.getVerified(); > if (checked) { > s.append(" checked=\"true\""); > } > s.append("/>"); > return s.toString(); > } > } > > Basically, I'm just returning an html formatted string that > contains a checkbox. > > My (simplified) jsp: > > <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/display.tld" prefix="display" %> > <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld" prefix="html" %> > <html:form action="/List" name="ListForm" > type="path.to.ListForm"> <display:table > width="80%" > name="elements" > scope="session" > border="1" > cellpadding="5" > pagesize="8" > export="true" > requestURI="list.do" > decorator="path.to.CheckboxDecorator"> > > <display:column align="center" property="checkbox" title="Verify"/> > <display:column align="center" property="ID"/> > ... > </display:table> > <html:submit/> > </html:form> > > And the relevant portion of the form bean: > > public void setVerified(String aVerified) { > StringTokenizer s = new StringTokenizer(aVerified, ":"); > String onoff = s.nextToken(); > int index = Integer.parseInt(s.nextToken()); > MyBean bean = (MyBean) mElements.get(index); > if (onoff.equals("on")) { > bean.setPublished(true); > } > else { > bean.setPublished(false); > } > } > > > The checkbox column is displaying properly. The main problem > I'm having is that when I hit the submit button, I expect the > setVerified method on the form bean to be called for each box > that is checked. This does not happen. The method is only > called for the first occurrence of a checked box. Why???? > > Another issue is with the Decorator.getListIndex method. I > thought this method would return the current object's index > in the complete list, but it returns the index on the current > page. Just as the getViewIndex method does. Is this a bug or > a configuration issue? > > Am I completely on the wrong track in trying to get a > checkbox in a column? Has anyone successfully implemented > this? I would really appreciate some help. I've been staring > at this for quite a while now. > > Thanks, > > Kelly Clauson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > The Definitive IT and Networking Event. Be There! > NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas 2003 -- Register today! > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?keyn0001en > _______________________________________________ > displaytag-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/displaytag-user > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The Definitive IT and Networking Event. Be There! NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas 2003 -- Register today! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?keyn0001en _______________________________________________ displaytag-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/displaytag-user
