> Is it better to store these Lists in the form or send them in request scope > individually? I have put them in the form, but it seems somewhat wrong > since these Lists are extraneous information and not representative of the > actual form. That is, they do not capture back any info from the user. > They are simply utility helpers to populate lists. > Isn't the actionForm supposed to represent only the item the form is > supposed to represent?
I put Maps (to be used as the contents of drop-down lists, with data taken from a database) into application scope using a ServletContextListener because every user will see the same list of choices. If your lists are user-specific, then perhaps session or request scope would be more appropriate. -- Wendy Smoak Applications Systems Analyst, Sr. Arizona State University PA Information Resources Management
