Got it!! I hadn't thought clearly enough about what was happening.
Thanks everybody.
On 12 Oct 2002 at 10:25, David M. Karr wrote:
> >>>>> "Antoni" == Antoni Reus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Antoni> Hi,
> Antoni> A Dissabte 12 Octubre 2002 14:08, Howard Miller va escriure:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Can soebody explain when the reset method of ActionForm gets called?
> >>
> >> My problem is that I am using the method to prepopulate the form (which
> >> works). The previous jsp had a link to the following jsp (the jsp not its
> >> action - .jsp not .do, ok). The reset obviously runs and the preloaded
> >> values appear.
> >>
> >> When I submit the form, the reset method appears to get called again, so I
> >> lose my user entered values. Not wat I expected. And yes the <html.form>
> >> tag does point to the .do action.
>
> Antoni> The reset method is called on every request that uses the form, before
> Antoni> populating it with the parameters in the current request, and calling
>the
> Antoni> action.
>
> Antoni> You can do a "selective" reset with something like this
>
> Antoni> public void reset ( mapping, request) {
>
> Antoni> if (!mapping.getPath().equals( "whatever")) {
> Antoni> // do the reset
> Antoni> }
> Antoni> }
>
> From the original description, it sounds like your "reset" method is using
> business logic to get data values to populate your fields with.
>
> From Antoni's explanation of how "reset" is used, I hope it's clear that won't
> work very well.
>
> The ActionForm.reset() method should only be used to CLEAR form values, before
> they are populated from the request. You should use business logic in your
> Action class to populate form beans.
>
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