Re: ActionForm/Action with edit mode

[Ted Husted]

"Hogan, John" wrote:
> Joe, Ted,
> Your proposed solutions worked well.  Thanks.

Here's a simple trick for returning a blank ActionForm for new
data-entry. 

Define a generic "Input" action, that does nothing but 

        return (new ActionForward(mapping.getInput()));

Then whenever you need to get a blank ActionForm, of any type, just
create a mapping to the generic Action, specifying a different input
property: 

            <action path="/bid/Input"
                    type="org.wxxi.gavel.lib.Input"
                    name="bidForm"
                    scope="request"
                    validate="false"
                    input="/WEB-INF/jsp/bid/Form.jsp">
            </action>

Or, 

            <action path="/donor/Input"
                    type="org.wxxi.gavel.lib.Input"
                    name="donorForm"
                    scope="request"
                    validate="false"
                    input="/WEB-INF/jsp/donor/Form.jsp">
            </action>

This way you don't have to check for an add request for each form type. 

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