Shane, Great. Thanks.
For any newbies out there I found a tutorial which was helpful to me. (Had some additional stuff on DynaActionForms.) I'm sure some are already aware of this but..... http://www.reumann.net/do/struts/main Barry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bailey, Shane C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 2:19 PM Subject: RE: When to use DynaActionForms? > > No, it just means if you don't have to validate() (say because you are using > the struts validator) and you don't have to reset() (because you are using > the form in request all the time) and you are lazy (hey I use 'em) and don't > want to write the form with a bunch of getters and setters then they are > great. > > The main different is that a hash map is used underneath and instead of > getAttributeName() you do get("attributeName") in the action to get the > values out. Then the only other thing to remember is to choose the right > one if you are using the struts validator (i.e. validating based on action > or based on form bean used for the action). > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barry Volpe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 5:18 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: When to use DynaActionForms? > > The docs say: > DynaActionForms are meant as an easy solution to a common problem: Your > ActionForms use simple properties and standard validations, and you just > pass these properties over to another JavaBean (say using > BeanUtils.copyProperties(myBusinessBean,form)). > > Does this mean for example I would not use DynaActionForms where I require a > form object in an Action that I am going to > > use to populate a database? > > If I require referencing a form object in an Action can I still use a > DynaActionForm? > > > > Thanks, > > Barry > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
