You could have an anonymous subclass of OgnlList which expects a String[] in the set(int, Object) method and gets the first String and calls super.set(index, StrArray[0])
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jonas Eriksson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 11:55 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [OS-webwork] OGNL list question again > > > Ok, thanks for the help. > I didn't know about the "always use String[] in parameter map" thing. > > The number of input fields are dynamic in my view, and > therefore I used > the OgnlList. > > I didn't have any luck with adding add(String) or set(int, > String) to my > List, ognl just uses the set(int, Object obj) method (obj = > String[]). I > tried using a String[] instead of a List, didn't work. I tried using > index getters and setters in my action (instead of returning > the list, > array), didn't work. > > My solution to this is to create a data placeholder that I put in my > OgnlList. By using it I can write > > <input type="text" name="list[1].string" ... > > Cheers > Jonas > > > John Patterson wrote: > > Form values in the parameter map are always of type > String[] even if > > they contain only one value. This is because you may > return muliple > > values with the same name (ie checkboxs) from an html form. > > > > You do not need to use an OnglList here. When you use an > OgnlList it > > is prepopulated with objects so that you can set properties > on those > > objects. In your example the List is populted with Strings > (immutable) > > which are then replaced by the String[] value from the > parameter map. > > > > You could instead extend List with a add(String) method which would > > use XWorks type conversion to use the first String in the array. > > > > John. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jonas Eriksson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 9:13 PM > > Subject: [OS-webwork] OGNL list question again > > > > > > > >>Hi! > >> > >>I can not understand why I get arrays (instead of Strings) > when OGNL > >>populates my list in my action! > >> > >>In action: > >> > >>// Use OgnlList so we don't get out of bounds > >>private List theList = new OgnlList(String.class) > >> > >>public List getList() { > >>return theList; > >>} > >> > >>In view: > >> > >><input type="text" name="list[1]" size="2" maxlength="2"> <input > >>type="text" name="list[2]" size="2" maxlength="2"> and so on... > >> > >>Then in my action, theList will contain an array of size 1 > in position > >>1 and 2. Of course I want the string object directly in theList. > >> > >>I'm using the latest from cvs. (ww2, xw) > >> > >>Thanks > >>Jonas > >> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------- > >>This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does > >>SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it > >>help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help > >>YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > >> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does > > SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it > > help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help > > YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it > help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help > YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ > _______________________________________________ > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Opensymphony-webwork mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork
