They are actually "cached" in the request. It's just that with boolean
checkboxes, you should reset them them to false first, or there are side
effects. You really, really don't have to do anything else.
It's important to remember that there is not a direct connection between
the HTML form and Struts. Everything has to go through HTTP. When the
form is submitted, all the properties are sent as parameters to the
request by HTTP. Struts then "catches" them and puts them back into the
ActionForm.
What can happen with checkboxes is that if they get unchecked, the
browser won't send them back, and so Struts has no way to set them true
or false. By setting them to false when the form is initialized and to
false again when the form is reset, you get consistent results.
Otherwise, if they unchecked the box, and the browser didn't send it
back, the setting on your box may be indeterminate.
Mike Thompson wrote:
>
> So this means that I have to cache the original state of all my checkbox
> referenced vars so I can set them back in the reset method? :(
> --m
