[resend] indexed properties without setFoo(foo, index)

[Michael Muller]

The following article seems to differ in approach from how the posters
to this forum implement indexed properties in struts:
http://www.developer.com/java/other/article.php/2233591

In this article, the author uses a DynaActionForm which automatically
builds an array of "normal" beans.  By "normal", I mean that the beans
have methods like this:
String getFoo()
void setFoo(String foo)
rather than this, as is often advocated in this forum:

String getFoo(int index)
void setFoo(String foo, int index)
I prefer the former approach except for one minor factor: it doesn't
seem to work.   :(
Struts seems to be creating me a valid form.  I say this becuase I have
an iterator on my form that displays the right number of rows of text
boxes, and they all have names like "mybean[0].foo".  Furthermore, if I
change the "property" attribute of my "html:text" tag to "bar", I get an
exception when I render the page that there is no "bar" property.
So things seem to be working well, up to this point, but in the
implementation of the action, my form bean doesn't have any values set.
 They're not even blank; they're null.  I stuck a println in a setter
method -- it's not even being called.
I can, however, see the values in the request parameters if I print them
out in the implementation of the action.
Help!  Actual code follows.

Thanks in advance,

    -- Mike

STRUTS-CONFIG.XML

<form-bean name="shipmentFormBean"
           type="org.apache.struts.action.DynaActionForm">
  <form-property name="action"
    type="java.lang.String" />
  <form-property name="shipments"
    type="com.interactivate.cachandler.ShipmentFormBean[]"
    size="12" />
</form-bean>
<action path="/data-upload/Shipments"
        name="shipmentFormBean"
        forward="shipments.page"
        scope="request"
        validate="false"
        roles="data-upl" />
<action path="/data-upload/SubmitShipments"
        type="com.interactivate.cachandler.SubmitShipmentsAction"
        name="shipmentFormBean"
        scope="request"
        validate="true"
        input="shipments.page"
        roles="data-upl" />
SHIPMENTFORMBEAN.JAVA --

public class ShipmentFormBean
{
    private String mDestination;
    private String mSize;
    private String mVariety;
    private String mQuantity;
    private String mPrice;
    private String mZipCode;
    // YANKED A BUNCH OF GETTERS/SETTERS

    public String getSize()
    {
        return mSize;
    }
    public void setSize(String size)
    {
        System.out.println("### setting size to " + size);
        mSize = size;
    }
}
SHIPMENTS.JSP

<html:form action="/data-upload/SubmitShipments.do">
  <logic:iterate
    id="shipment"
    name="shipmentFormBean"
    property="shipments">
    <%-- lots of jsp code and html yanked --%>
    <html:select
      name="shipment"
      property="size"
      indexed="true">
      <option value="70"> 70 </option>
      <option value="84"> 84 </option>
    </html:select>
    <html:select
      name="shipment"
      property="destination"
      indexed="true">
      <option value="" selected>Select a city</option>
      <option value="">------------- </option>
      <jsp:include page="destinations.jsp" />
    </html:select>
    <html:text
      name="shipment"
      property="zipCode"
      indexed="true"
      size="10"
      maxlength="5" />
  </logic:iterate>
</html:form>




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