In the situation I describe I want two forms to be submitted to the search action *at the same time*- one representing the currently entered details of the booking & one representing the entered search criteria. The action should return both of these forms unmodified (to preserve data the user has entered) and create a bean representing the search results.
I want to use struts forms for both the booking data and search criteria so that when the view is created the previously entered values are preserved - that is one the things struts is doing for me (isn't it?) Does that make sense? Is there an alternative to creating a 'super form' containg the 'real' data and the search criteria data? Or do I just not get it? thanks, Paul > From: Ted Husted [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <snip> > HTTP only allows you to submit a single "form". If you then need to > express an incoming form as two forms on a result page, you > can post the > incoming form bean under another attribute name (or names). Then each > form on the result page will take the properties it needs, based on > which form-bean was specified for its mapping. > > -T. > > Paul McCulloch wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm a struts newbie, so forgive me if this is a FAQ. Is > there a way to > > submit multiple ActionForms to a single Action? > > > > I'm trying to implement search functionality on the same > page as the view's > > primary function. I think an example would help... > > > > Consider a simplified ticket booking system. The booking > view allows the > > user to book a number of tickets for one show. It has > fields for Customer, > > Performance, number of tickets & free text remarks. > > > > The Customer & Performance fields each have an associated > serach button. If > > the user presses the 'Performance Search' button then the > view is redrawn > > showing the booking details already entered on the left and > a Performance > > Search 'pane' on the right. > > > > The search pane includes criteria such as 'show', 'venue', > 'time' etc. And a > > 'search now' button. Pressing the 'search now' button > brings back, in the > > search pane a list of matching performances. Clicking on a > performance in > > the list populates the performance field in the booking pane. > > > > It is also possible for the user to enter remarks, whilst > using the search > > function without losing those remarks. > > > > The Customer search function works in a similar manner, and > is displayed in > > place of the performance search when in use. > > > > With me so far? (thanks for reading). > > > > Working under the assumption that I can't submit two forms > (the booking & > > the search criteria) to a single action (the search action) > I have come up > > with the following implementation: > > > > I have a single form containing all of the booking fields > and all of the > > search criteria fields, with the view generating a > different single html > > form definition depending on which of the search 'modes' > should be visible. > > This seems to work ok. > > > > A second requirement is that these 'search functions' be > resueable on other > > views. To this end I have defined the search fields in my > form class via a > > map (so that I don't need to redefine the form class, just > to add a new > > search criteria). I intend to wrap up the display logic in > some custom tags. > > > > Is this is a sensible approach? Or is there a simpler way? > Ideally I'd like > > my generated html to include multiple forms - one for the > booking and one > > for the search, but if I do this then how do I send my > booking form & search > > form to the search action (so that the page can be redrawn > with any modified > > booking details preserved? > > > > Many thanks for any input. > > > > Paul > > > > > > ************************************** > > Axios Email Confidentiality Footer > > Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in > this message. 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