----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 5:59 PM Subject: RE: Making Value Objects Into Form Objects
>But can i have a beanList inside dynaAction form?Or the properties of the dynaFOrm need to >be scaler properties? >Because for me having nested beans is very important to have a proper OO design. To my knowledge, ActionForms are mainly used as means of collecting string base input data from a form. In which situation may you need nested beans as reference types? Can you give me a clearer picture as to what you are going to be needing nested beans for in your ActionForms to stick to proper OO design? --Alen >This is the only point holding me back.Any ideas? -----Original Message----- From: Alen Ribic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 5:15 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Making Value Objects Into Form Objects ----- Original Message ----- From: "Weissman, Alan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 5:07 PM Subject: Making Value Objects Into Form Objects > > Ok so I'm a little new to Struts but not J2EE and I've been noticing that my > Value Objects that come out of EJB's in my data layer are the exact same > objects as the ActionForms that are used by Struts....and I'm sure I'm not > the first to notice this. > > So here's my question: How can I make one class that can serve as both an > ActionForm and a ValueObject? use org.apache.struts.action.DynaActionForm (Or one of the Dyna validator form classes) and define form-bean in struts config file. This way you will not need to define a ActionFrom for every form you work with. Then you use BeanUtils.copyProperties(...); method to copy bean properties from one to you value object. --Alen > > The problems with solutions that I've brainstormed are this: > > 1) I can't make my Value Objects extend ActionForm for obvious reasons. > 2) I would rather not use an interface to get around this issue because then > I have two classes to maintain again. > > Thanks for any advice! > > Alan > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
