I've found that my problem is that my Customer instance was not initialized in the Form class, but I wouldn't have thought this should be necessary in Struts. This then also means that any other complex java objects within customer would need to be instantiated (i.e. Address) and so on if Address had other complex java objects.
So it works fine if in the form I define: Customer customer = new Customer(); Also, if I invoke an Action class and create a new instance of customer in the Customer form and then forward to the customer jsp, it displays the new instance values ok, but it still doesn't work when submitting the form if the Customer instance in the form is not instantiated (customer is null again). Chico. -----Original Message----- From: Jon Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 08 March 2002 09:12 To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Populating complex java objects in forms Do you have the appropriate setXXX() method on the customer for name? Jon "Charlesworth, Chico" wrote: > Hi, > > If I've got a complex java object (i.e Customer) in the Form class, I can > then read off this object in the jsp page, but when submitting to the Action > class the Customer object is null. > > The jsp would look like: > <html:form action="/updateCustomer"> > Customer Name: <html:text property="customer.name"/> > <br> > <a href="javascript:document.forms[0].submit();">Update Customer</a> > </html:form> > > So this would display the current customer name, but if I change the > customer name and then hit the submit link, I find the customer instance is > now null in the updateCustomer action class. > > Am I doing something wrong, or is it not possible to populate complex java > objects in the jsp form using struts? > > Cheers, > Chico. > > -- > The content of this e-mail is confidential, may contain privileged material > and is intended solely for the recipient(s) named above. If you receive this > in error, please notify Software AG immediately and delete this e-mail. > > Software AG (UK) Limited > Registered in England & Wales 1310740 > Registered Office: Hudson House, Hudson Way, > Pride Park, Derby DE24 8HS > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- The content of this e-mail is confidential, may contain privileged material and is intended solely for the recipient(s) named above. If you receive this in error, please notify Software AG immediately and delete this e-mail. Software AG (UK) Limited Registered in England & Wales 1310740 Registered Office: Hudson House, Hudson Way, Pride Park, Derby DE24 8HS -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
