Re: NullpointerException in ActionForms

2002-11-07 Thread Kris Schneider
Well, let's say (form == null) evaluates to true. Which is entirely possible if you don't specify a name (or attribute) attribute for the action element. However, that means that mapping.getAttribute() will also evaluate to null, right? If so, then I'm thinking that request.setAttribute and ses

Re: NullpointerException in ActionForms

2002-11-07 Thread Eddie Bush
My opinion: Yes, you're right - it isn't necessary. My guess is that the particular piece of code you're looking at has existed there for some time and has yet to be updated. The general idea is that if you tell Struts the action requires a form, and the form isn't there when you go to use it

Re: NullpointerException in ActionForms

2002-11-07 Thread Eddie Bush
Postfach 4711 wrote: Hello Reinhard, what will happen if the user calls the action from the jsp without entering any data? If you also get the exception something is wrong with your validate method. There is a contract between actions and the forms they use: The form *will* be created. This

Re: NullpointerException in ActionForms

2002-11-07 Thread Postfach 4711
Hello Reinhard, what will happen if the user calls the action from the jsp without entering any data? If you also get the exception something is wrong with your validate method. Thursday, November 7, 2002, 3:27:43 PM, you wrote: RS> Hi all, RS> i was wondering how to handle correctly the follow

Re: NullpointerException in ActionForms

2002-11-07 Thread Eddie Bush
It's really hard to say without seeing the relevant pieces of your config file. Do you declare a form-bean? Do you use the name of the form-bean as the name attribute to the action you wish to have access to the form? ... if not, that is your problem. Reinhard Spisser wrote: Hi all, i was w