yes,
you can use jstl to locate your form. then you can access it's properties
via el and use the jstl tags for display.
Here is the jsp code to accomplish this
---- code start ----
<[EMAIL PROTECTED] prefix="c" uri="/WEB-INF/tld/c.tld" %>
<c:set
var="formName"
value="${requestScope['org.apache.struts.action.mapping.instance'].name}"/>
<c:set
var="formScope"
value="${requestScope['org.apache.struts.action.mapping.instance'].scope}"
/>
<c:if test="${formScope=='request'}">
<c:set
var="form"
value="${requestScope[formName]}" scope="request" />
</c:if>
<c:if test="${formScope=='session'}">
<c:set
var="form"
value="${sessionScope[formName]}" scope="request" />
</c:if>
--- code end ---
I usually place this code in a jsp and include it my page when i need to
expose the FormBean easily to the page.
ex. <jsp:include page="/jsp/common/form.jsp" />
Then i use the following syntax in my page:
<c:out value="${form.myValue}"/>
This would allow you to use all the jstl stuff to format values stored in
your FormBean.
Brandon Goodin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sasha Borodin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 9:29 PM
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Formatting form data inside the *view* (JSP's)
>
>
> That's what I use when just outputting the contents of a bean; but I'm
> trying to format the data in form fields.
>
> If I can't combine <html:text> and <bean:write> (or JSTL's <fmt:format>)
> tags, is there another way to achieve this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Sasha
>
> On 8/27/03 11:17, "Steve Raeburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > The Struts <bean:write> tag offers a format attribute (or
> formatKey if you
> > want to use a resource file).
> > But JSTL would be a better option if you can use it in your environment.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > http://www.ninsky.com/struts/
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Sasha Borodin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Sent: August 27, 2003 8:43 AM
> >> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> >> Subject: Formatting form data inside the *view* (JSP's)
> >>
> >>
> >> Thought I'd throw this out in the middle of the week again...
> >>
> >> Kind of a conceptual question: how do you format Dates, Numbers,
> >> Currencies, etc. for *form fields* inside the JSP?
> >>
> >> I know I could do in in the ActionForm getters, but:
> >> 1. I don't know the locate of the user at that point
> >> 2. I'd have to recompile the ActionForm every time I want
> to make a
> >> change to the *view* - seems like a bad practice.
> >>
> >> What I'm looking to achieve is something similar to
> <fmt:format> JSTL tag,
> >> where you can specify a format mask, or even a format "style" defined
> >> elsewhere.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> -Sasha
> >>
> >> On 8/22/03 12:30, "Sasha Borodin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I would like to state a basic assumption I deduced in learning
> >> struts, then
> >>> pose a question.
> >>>
> >>> Assumption: ActionForm property getters and setters should
> >> return and take
> >>> Strings.
> >>>
> >>> My initial impulse was to try passing the actual data types
> >> (Dates, Numbers,
> >>> etc.); however, the Struts mechanism seems to pass Strings to
> >> the ActionForm
> >>> setter methods on form submission (which throws a conversion
> >> Exception of
> >>> course). Then I tried making the setters take Strings, and
> >> getters return
> >>> the actual data types, but this seemed to confuse the introspection
> >>> mechanism; plus I didn't see any way to apply formatting inside the
> >>> html:text tags (like you can in JSTL's fmt:format tags).
> >>>
> >>> Question: How does one handle formatting data (custom
> >> formatting or i18n)
> >>> for (pre/re)population of a form?
> >>>
> >>> Ex.: An update form; a user's information is loaded from the
> >> database into
> >>> classes (Strings, Dates, Numbers, etc.). If you want to format
> >> this data,
> >>> you have to do it in the Model, as the ActionForm only takes and gives
> >>> Strings - which seems to be a Bad Practice. Even if you had
> additional
> >>> special setters for the explicit purpose of populating the
> >> ActionForm from
> >>> original data types, you still don't know what Locale the
> >> client is from.
> >>>
> >>> Is my assumption incorrect? Is there a basic flaw in my
> >> understanding of
> >>> the use of ActionForm? Or there an actual short-coming, and
> workaround?
> >>>
> >>> In short, How Can You Format Data For Strut's Form Tags Inside
> >> The Actual
> >>> JSP :-) ?
> >>>
> >>> Thank you for any input.
> >>>
> >>> -Sasha
> >>>
> >>>
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