Wendy:
I too am reviewing DynaActionForms. Do you know if it's possible to use
beans and collections for the properties? If so, how would I define these
fields in the JSP?
Vinh
For exmaple,
<form-bean name="logonForm"
type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm">
<form-property name="username" type="java.lang.String"/>
<form-property name="password" type="java.lang.String"/>
<form-property name="mybean" type="com.foo.bar.MyBean"/>
<form-property name="mycoll" type="java.util.Map"/>
</form-bean>
-----Original Message-----
From: Wendy Smoak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 1:14 PM
To: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
Subject: RE: Question about struts-example struts-config.xml
Craig wrote:
> For this specific case, there is no reason to have a LogonForm class at
> all, because the default behavior of a DynaValidatorForm (which is a
> DynaActionForm plus using the validator framework to define validation
> rules) does everything you need.
Wow... I just deleted the LogonForm.class file under the 'classes' directory
and reloaded the app... and everything still worked. Then I added a field
to the form in struts-config.xml, and to logon.jsp, reloaded again, and my
new field magically appeared. NOW I see how it works!
> The only reason you would ever need to create a real class that extends
> DynaActionForm or DynaValidatorForm would be if you need a custom reset()
> or validate() method.
Confused again. (I will need a custom validate method.) How does Struts
know to start with my class that extends DynaWhateverForm and add the stuff
in the <form-bean> tag to it, rather than creating a new one? Would it be:
<form-bean name="logonForm"
type="edu.asu.vpia.blah.blah.LogonForm">
and then
package edu.asu.vpia.blah.blah;
public final class LogonForm extends DynaValidatorForm { ... }
??
Thanks for helping me through this part!
--
Wendy Smoak
Applications Systems Analyst, Sr.
Arizona State University PA Information Resources Management
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