This was discussed earlier this week. Some solutions are addressed here: http://www.mail-archive.com/struts-user%40jakarta.apache.org/msg81101.html
robert > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 6:10 PM > To: struts-user > Subject: Action Form Design Question > > > I've hit a stumbling block and I'm not quite sure how to work around > it. I've written struts apps in the past and I've taken the approach of > putting everything in the ActionForm so that the jsp has a one stop shop > for all it's display needs. So where I've hit an issue is when say I > have jsp A that is rendered with form A. When user submits data to > action A, the ActionForm pushed to execute is form A. What happens when > I need to forward from action A to jsp B which is rendered with form B? > I need to populate an ActionForm B to send to jsp B, but I don't have > one. Is it "normal" to create a form of a different type in your > Action? So essentially the code would look something like: > > public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form, > HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) > throws Exception > { > FormA inputForm = (FormA)form; > Result result = doSomeCrunchingOnDataSubmittedViaFormA(inputForm); > FormB outputForm = getInstanceOfFormB(mapping, request); //this > would stash in request/session also > populateFormBWithResults(outputForm, result); > > return mapping.findForward("success"); > } > > getInstanceOfFormB is a little hazy, but I did notice a method in > RequestUtils that might help. Seems like this might be breaking some > struts abstractions by knowing what form to create etc. > > Is this the correct way to approach this or should I think about a > redesign of my forms and actions? Thanks in advance! > --m > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
