yeah i'm pretty familiar with nested tags having used them in situations where I have objects nested within objects within my form e.g. to render a tree structure. I thought it was a replacement for logic tags in these sort of situations and have never considered using them elsewhere.
this works now thanks Matthias! quick one though: what is the difference between nested & logic tags and nested & html tags and in which situations would you choose to use nested not the others? cheers claire :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthias Wessendorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 11:46 AM Subject: RE: setting Form values from JSP for an object > Hi Claire > > have you tried the nested-tag? > > like this? > > <nested:form action="/nested"> > <nested:nest property="details"> > name: <nested:text property="name"/><br/> > ref: <nested:text property="reference"/><br/> > </nested:nest> > <html:submit/> > </nested:form> > your formBean (detailsForm) is associated action-path /nested > > greetings > > Matthias > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Claire Wall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 12:36 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: setting Form values from JSP for an object > > > Hi, > > In have an ActionForm which contains an object called 'Details' like so: > > > public class DetailsForm extends ActionForm > { > private Details details = new Details(); > > public void setDetails(Details details) > { > this.details = details; > } > > public Details getDetails() > { > return details; > } > } > > and the Details class contains two strings: name and reference, plus > the getters and setters. > > > Now the problem i have is that in my JSP i can render these values fine > in text boxes. I want the user to be able to change the values, submit > the form and then save the changes. However, I cannot find the way that > will call the setters of the Details object. Is this possible and how is > it done? I have tried the following ways in my JSP: > > Firstly, defined a bean and then used this bean definition to render my > text boxes: > > <bean:define id="detail" name="DetailsForm" property="details"/> > > <html:text name="detail" property="name" style="width:150px"/> > <html:text name="detail" property="reference" style="width:150px"/> > > <html:submit><bean:message key="button.save"/></html:submit> > > > Secondly, didnt define the bean using <bean:define> but instead did > this: > > <html:text name="DetailsForm" property="details.name" > style="width:150px"/> <html:text name="DetailsForm" > property="details.reference" style="width:150px"/> > > <html:submit><bean:message key="button.save"/></html:submit> > > This didnt work either, I'm assuming because only the setters are being > called, and not get().set() like I want.. > > > Is there any way to call the setters for a class within my ActionForm?? > Any help would be appreciated. > > > Claire :) > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
