I am not sure you can get the session directly in the form bean, however, you can get the current session in your action class, and in your action class, try get the current user and set it in the form bean.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Amish Patel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 11:13 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Multibox and selected values > > > Saul, > > How can I access the current user from the form bean? The > current user is > in the session. So in other words my question is how can I > access the > session from the form bean? > > Thanks in advance for your help! > > > > >From: "Saul Q Yuan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: Multibox and selected values > >Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 20:42:31 -0500 > > > >If I understand your questions correctly, you can define two String > >arrays > >in your form bean, one for allRoles, and the other for > selectedRoles, which > >is the array of roles of the current user. Before forwarding > to your jsp, > >in your action class, you can retrive all the roles of the > currently user, > >and set the roles to the selectedRoles in the form bean. > > > >HTH, > >Saul > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Amish Patel > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 11:59 AM > > Subject: Multibox and selected values > > > > > > Hello All, > > > > I am running into this problem, that I am not able figure > out how to > >do > >it > > properly. I have searched the web and have not found a > decent example. > > What I am trying to do is use html:multibox taglib to > display a set of > > checkboxes. These check boxes represent the user's security > >preferences. > > So if the user has a particular security token, then the > respective > >check > > box should be checked. > > > > In order for this to work properly, I have to get two > things, all the > > security tokens that exits in the system. And I have to get the > >security > > tokens that the user already has. In my ActionForm, I > have two methods: > > one that gets all the security tokens in the system and > second that gets > > only the tokens that the user has. The following is > what I am using in > >my > > jsp to display checkboxes. > > > > <logic:iterate name="associateUserRoleForm" property="allRoles" > > id="element"> > > <html:multibox property="selectedRoles"> > > <bean:write name="element" /> > > </html:multibox> > > <bean:write name="element" /> > > <br /> > > </logic:iterate> > > > > > > Right now I am able to get allRoles successfully, but in order to > >retrieve > > the selectedRoles, I need a way such that my ActionForm > > (associateUserRoleForm) can get hold of this user or this > user's id, > >which > > is already in the session. Once I get this I can then > display all the > > security tokens and check those tokens that the user already has. > > > > How can I do this? Am I on the right track or is there a > better way > >to > >do > > this? > > > > Thank You very much for your help! > > -Semplice > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get business advice and resources to improve your work life, from > >bCentral. > > http://special.msn.com/bcentral/loudclear.armx > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > Find things fast with the new MSN Toolbar - includes FREE > pop-up blocking! > http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200414ave/direct/01/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
