Actually, the order is preserved in the request according to the order they appear in you html page.
Brandon Goodin Phase Web and Multimedia P (406) 862-2245 F (406) 862-0354 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phase.ws -----Original Message----- From: David Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 8:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Map Backed ActionForm using LinkedListHashMap I believe the problem is that HTTP and consequently ServletRequest.getParameterNames() does not guarantee the order of the returned parameters. This makes it rather difficult to maintain your order. David >From: "Phase Web and Multimedia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Struts User List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Map Backed ActionForm using LinkedListHashMap >Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 08:20:36 -0700 > >I experimented with using a LinkedListHashMap in order to preserve the >order >of my Map entries from the jsp form into the ActionForm (map backed). It >appears that the population of my LinkedListHashMap does not preserve the >form order. I assume this is due to how the ActionServlet populates the >Maps >in the ActionForm. Is support for this due in the future so that the order >in which the form is collected is in a predictable order when using a map. >It would be nice if reflection could be used to intelligently decide what >type of Map is being used and populate it accordingly. > >Currently my solution is to supply a hidden sort element with a comma >delimited list of key names and the order I want them sorted. Then I resort >the map into a LinkListHashMap and I am able get the order that I want. > >Anyways, it all works fine. I am just wondering. > >Brandon Goodin >Phase Web and Multimedia >P (406) 862-2245 >F (406) 862-0354 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.phase.ws > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
