<set-property> is not a sub-tag of <form-bean>, <form-property> is though. If you're not using dynamic form bean, you don't need to define the properties in the <form-bean> tag.
HTH, Saul ----- Original Message ----- From: Chan, Jim To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 8:27 PM Subject: Using struts-config to configure properties in action form I am trying to configure properties in my ActionForm using the struts-config file as follows. <form-bean name="myForm" type="com.myCompany.MyForm"> <set-property property="foo" value="bar" /> </form-bean> public Class MyForm extends ActionForm { private String foo; public void setFoo(String foo) { this.foo = foo; } public String getFoo() { return foo; } } However, I am getting an error as follows. Anyone know if I am missing any steps? Any help is greatly appreciated. java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: Bean has no property named foo at org.apache.commons.digester.SetPropertyRule.begin(SetPropertyRule.java:192) at org.apache.commons.digester.Rule.begin(Rule.java:200) at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1273) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractXMLDocumentParser.emptyElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.emptyElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatc her.dispatch(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1548) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.parseModuleConfigFile(ActionServlet.j ava:1006) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.initModuleConfig(ActionServlet.java:9 55) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.init(ActionServlet.java:470) at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:256) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:93 5) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:823) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java: 3422) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3623) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:8 21) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:807) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:595) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.install(StandardHostDeployer.j ava:307) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.install(StandardHost.java:788) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectories(HostConfig.java:559 ) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:401) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:718) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:358) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSuppor t.java:166) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1196) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:754) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:363) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:497) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2190) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:512) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:400) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:180) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39 ) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl .java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:203)