Can you post some of the code you are working with? Given a method getDirectoryName() you should be able to pass the same collection to both the labelName and labelProperty properties. Though, you may need to expose the collection as a bean (in page scope). The tags are not written with the assumption that collections will be a property of the ActionForm, but rather as a bean, usually passed with the request. The underlying idea being that model-based processes (like getAllDirectories()) should be performed in an Action and the passed to the view, rather than generated by the ActionForm (which is part of the presentation tier). -- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY USA. -- Custom Software ~ Technical Services. -- Tel 716 737-3463. -- http://www.husted.com/about/struts/ Howie wrote: > > ive got a little problem with html:options. in my form bean i have a > method called getAllDirectories() which does some processing and returns a > java.util.List of all the available directories. this works fine; struts > picks up on the fact that it should look at the form bean for this > collection. however, html:options doesnt seem to provide for this sort of > setup: labelName and labelProperty both report that there's "no getter > method available for property directoryName for bean under name null." > when combining labelName and labelProperty along with property, there's a > servletexception thrown ( "cannot find bean under name directoryName" ). > > looking at the source ( OptionsTag.java ), it seems to want everything > nice and orderly, with both labelName and labelProperty being Collections > used for the value and content of the <option> tag. > > is there an easy way to 'bind' ( sorry, im a WebObjects refugee ) two > different properties of a bean to the option value and option content ? > ideally, <html:options> would, given a collection, be able to use > PropertyUtils ( kinda reminiscent of EOKeyValueCoding in NeXT's EOF, for > those that care about these sort of things ) to get the labelName and > labelProperty as its iterating through. was this the original intent ? > > --- > Howie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL: http://www.toodarkpark.org
