I agree. PropertyTag does too much. In WW 2.0 we're planning on having ww:property JUST do the output of the value, and have the pushing onto the value stack be done by
<ww:push> ...use value here... </ww:push> > -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Beeson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 10:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [OS-webwork] how to access bean property? > > > Read Jason's email again carefully. For that to work, you > need to have the <ww:property value="name" /> tag inside the > body of the first tag. Like I said, check Jason's example > again carefully. > > To the developers who don't want to break up PropertyTag, > here we see the problem with a single tag that tries to do too much. > > --Erik > > > On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Andre Mermegas wrote: > > > Oh, one thing, I tried pushing the testBean to the top of the value > > stack by doing > > > > <ww:property value="testBean"/> > > > > and then accessing it > > > > <ww:property value="name"/> > > > > > > > > But the first ww:property is actually outputting, not > pushing the bean > > to the top of the value stack I think. > > > > com.versionary.beans.TestBean@a33d00 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > -Andre Mermegas > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Behalf Of > > Jason Carreira > > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 9:51 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [OS-webwork] how to access bean property? > > > > > > > > Andre, > > > > You'll want to do ActionContext.getContext() instead of new > > ActionContext(). > > > > ActionContext.getContext() gets the ThreadLocal instance which is > > populated by the ServletDispatcher. > > > > You'll probably also want to maintain a reference to your > TestBean :-) > > > > Here's an example: > > > > public class TestAction extends ActionSupport { > > private TestBean myBean; > > > > public TestBean getMyBean() { > > return myBean; > > } > > > > public void setMyBean(TestBean myBean) { > > this.myBean = myBean; > > } > > > > protected String doExecute() throws Exception { > > myBean = new TestBean(); > > > > BeanUtil.setProperties(ActionContext.getContext().getParameters(), > > myBean); > > return SUCCESS; > > } > > } > > > > Then, in your success.jsp, which is mapped as the success result of > > TestAction in the views.properties or actions.xml (see the docs for > > how to configure actions and view mappings), you can do this: > > > > <webwork:property value="myBean"> <!-- This will call > getMyBean() on > > your action and put it on the top of the value stack --> > > > > The name is: <webwork:property value="name"/> <!-- This will call > > getName() on your TestBean and print it to the page > > </webwork:property> > > > > This is a good way to do it if you have several parameters from the > > TestBean that you want to display, but, if you have just > one, like in > > this case, it's probably better to do this: > > > > <webwork:property value="myBean/name"/> > > > > Which will call getMyBean.getName() and print that out to the page. > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > I've also put this up on the Wiki: > > > > > > > <http://www.opensymphony.com:8668/space/How+do+I+populate+a+form+bean+ > > an > > d+get+the+value+using+the+taglib%3F> > > > http://www.opensymphony.com:8668/space/How+do+I+populate+a+form+bean+a > > nd > > +get+the+value+using+the+taglib%3F > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Behalf Of > > Andre Mermegas > > > > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 9:00 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [OS-webwork] how to access bean property? > > > > Hey all, > > If I'm doing something like: > > > > In my Action.doExecute() > > ActionContext ac = new ActionContext(); > > BeanUtil.setProperties(ac.getParameters(),new TestBean()); > > > > TestBean has one property "name". > > > > How do I access the "name" property using the ww taglibs? > > > > <ww:property value="name"/> doesn't seem to be hitting the bean. > > <ww:property value="$name"/> does work, picking up the request > > parameter directly. > > > > I thought maybe I had to name the object bean and then pass it in, > > like TestBean tb = new TestBean(); and then pass in the tb > object and > > do <ww:property value="tb/name"/> but that doesn't work either. > > > > I've been looking through the docs, but I cant find it. I > know I'm not > > hitting the Bean on the view. > > > > Regards, > > -Andre Mermegas > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > -Andre Mermegas > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something > 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com > _______________________________________________ > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Opensymphony-webwork mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork
