Thanks for the information. Is the feature of mapped properties already available in struts 1.0?
> Why can't you use the Commons BeanUtils MappedProperty feature? > Supposing you have these methods on your bean: > public void setProperty(String key, Object value) > public Object getProperty(String key) > then you can use this notation in the Struts nightly build: > <bean:write name="formBean" property="property(key)"/> > Fr. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stefan Wachter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 26 November 2001 12:25 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: proposal for map properties in form beans (call for comments) > > > Dear all, > > I have a lot of form bean classes that store their values in maps. > Currenty > I must implement lots of similar getter and setter methods in each form > bean > class in order to allow struts to access these values. E.g. > > public String getName() { > return (String)myValues.get("name"); > } > > public void setName(String aString) { > myValues.put("name", aString); > } > > My proposal is to enable struts to directly access values in maps. For > example a bean can have a map valued-property "values" (i.e. the method > "public > Map getValues();"). Now I want to access a value in this map exactly as if > it > was a normal property. For example in JSP: > > <bean:write name="formBean" property="value.name"/> > > The big advantage of this feature would be that I can drive the > application > with meta-data. Adding a new property does not need the form beans to be > touched. Even the JSP could be prepared to generate additional fields. > > Unfortunately when I scanned the struts sources I found that this kind of > extension is problematic because currently properties are accessed by the > java.beans.ProperyDescriptor instances. I think that the access would have > to be > changed to use reflection directly. > > Has someone coments or suggestions on this topic? > > Ciao, > Stefan > > > PS: This mechanism of accessing mapped values is built into the > web-objects > framework. > > -- > GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. > http://www.gmx.net > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ************************************************************************ > The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely > for the addressee(s). > Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not > an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email > immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the > information contained in the email. > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual > sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be > the views of Capco. > > http://www.capco.com > *********************************************************************** > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
