Try overwriting the form in the session with your new form:
form = new WidgetForm();
request.getSession().setAttribute("formName", form);
--- "Barnett, Brian W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can someone enlighten me as to why when I instantiate a new ActionForm, the
> old data seems to hang around? Here is the information:
>
>
>
> I have a session scoped action form defined in struts config:
>
>
>
> <action name="WidgetForm" path="/widget" scope="session"
>
> type="com.mystuff.WidgetAction" validate="false">
>
> <forward name="Add" path="AddWidget.pg"/>
>
> etc, etc,
>
> </action>
>
>
>
> My dispatch method looks something like this:
>
>
>
> public ActionForward addNewWidget(ActionMapping mapping,
>
> ActionForm form,
>
> HttpServletRequest request,
>
>
> HttpServletResponse
> response) {
>
> form = new WidgetForm();
>
> ((WidgetForm) form).setMode(Constants.MODE_INSERT);
>
> return mapping.findForward(Constants.ADD);
>
> }
>
>
>
> Assume that prior to adding a new widget, the user has already edited an
> existing one, so the session-scoped WidgetForm is populated with the edited
> widget's info.
>
>
>
> After the addNewWidget() method is called and the user is sent to the add
> page, the previous edited widget's data still displays. Why is this?
> Doesn't
> the line "form = new WidgetForm();" wipe out the old object?
>
>
>
> Essentially, I just want an empty WidgetForm when the user wants to add a
> new widget. I was hoping not to have to write a "clear" method for all of
> my
> session scoped ActionForms. I'm sure there's a simple solution, please
> enlighten me.
>
>
>
> (I hope the syntax is correct above. I was typing from memory. I don't have
> the code here in front of me.)
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian Barnett
>
>
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