You might try using a ListEdit component instead, I think Foreach
loops aren't safe inside forms, because they don't interact with the
hidden form input fields that keep track of which components to
expect...
jesse
On 8/17/05, Scott Wadden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey folks. I'm really new to Tapestry, but it's definitely been a
> pleasure to use thus far. I'm a fairly experienced ASP.NET developer
> who's recently converted to Java, but I felt like I was stepping back
> into the dark ages with Struts and JSP. I find myself missing .NET
> less and less the more I use Tapestry however.
>
> Most of the stuff I've done so far has been pretty simple. Fairly
> static forms, and a couple of read only lists. However, I've recently
> run into problems trying to put form fields in a component that's
> contained in a Foreach loop. Basically, all the components seem to
> given the state of the last component rendered.
>
> I've created a very simple demo that illustrates my problem. It
> consists of a component that contains a TextArea, and a property to
> hold the TextArea's value. My page simply outputs a bunch of these
> inside of a loop. First the component, TestList.jwc, with the doctype
> removed:
>
> <component-specification>
> <property-specification name="messageBody" persistent="yes"/>
> <component id="newComp" type="TextArea">
> <binding name="value" expression="messageBody"/>
> </component>
> </component-specification>
>
> Now the component's template, TestList.html:
>
> <span jwcid="newComp" />
>
> And finally the page template, Home.html:
>
> <html>
> <body>
> <form jwcid="@Form">
> <div jwcid="@Foreach" source="ognl:{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}">
> <span jwcid="@TestList" />
> </div>
> <input type="submit" jwcid="@Submit" value="Submit form" />
> </form>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> I tried this in 3.03 and 4.0b4 (with the appropriate changes of
> course) and get exactly the same behavior. Whatever is in the final
> text area gets put into the other 4 whenever I submit the form. What
> do I have to do to get my component to maintain its own state in this
> sort of situation?
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Scott
>
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