processPopulate() call configurable?

[Kapila, Ranjit]

Hi,

In the ActionServlet.process() method, the processPopulate() method is
always called. Is there any way to set some request attribute etc so that
the processPopulate call is configurable. 

The underlying problem is that if I prefill my form, all the values are
overwritten by the Request objects current parameter values.

I this something that other people have run into? Any work around?

Thanks,

Ranjit