OKay, you caught my mistake. But, I already have
String sort = request.getParameter( "sort" );
String order = request.getParameter( "order" );
in my servlet that extends Action. 'sort' and
'order' have been defined. I cannot add:
String sort = BeanUtils.getProperty( form, "sort");
String order = BeanUtils.getProperty( form, "order");
-Caroline
--- Chris Cranford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Why does one line have getproperty and the other
> have getProperty ??? Both
> should read getProperty ;-)
>
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Caroline Jen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Struts Users Mailing List"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 11:36 PM
> Subject: Re: The Same Action With and Without a Form
>
>
> > I am confused.
> >
> > First, the compiler complains about the
> statements:
> > String sort = BeanUtils.getproperty( form, "sort"
> );
> > String order = BeanUtils.getProperty( form,
> "order"
> > );
> >
> > error:
> > cannot resolve symbol
> > symbol: method getProperty
> >
> > Note: I did
> > import org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtils;
> >
> > Second, I already have
> >
> > String sort = request.getParameter( "sort"
> );
> > String order = request.getParameter( "order"
> );
> >
> > in my servlet that extends Action. 'sort' and
> 'order'
> > have been defined. I cannot add:
> >
> > String sort = BeanUtils.getproperty( form, "sort"
> );
> > String order = BeanUtils.getProperty( form,
> "order"
> > );
> >
> > -Caroline
> > --- Chris Cranford
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > Correction to the two BeanUtils calls, it should
> be:
> > > String sort =
> > > BeanUtils.getProperty(form,"sort");
> > > String order = BeanUtils.getPropety(form,
> > > "order");
> > >
> > > But in either case it would yield the same
> result
> > > :-)
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Chris Cranford"
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "Struts Users Mailing List"
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 7:25 PM
> > > Subject: Re: The Same Action With and Without a
> Form
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hmm, checkin' something here :-)
> > > >
> > > > I defined a form just like the following form
> is
> > > defined below. I then
> > > > defined an action mapping as follows:
> > > >
> > > > <action
> > > > path="/searchtest"
> > > > type="com.setech.test.ChrisTestAction"
> > > > scope="request"
> > > > name="mySearchForm">
> > > > <forward name="success"
> > > path="/pages/cctest.jsp" />
> > > > </action>
> > > >
> > > > Then in my ChrisTestAction executeAction
> function,
> > > I did the following:
> > > >
> > > > String sort =
> > > BeanUtils.getSimpleProperty(form,"sort");
> > > > String order =
> > > BeanUtils.getSimpleProperty(form, "order");
> > > >
> > > > Log log =
> > > LogFactory.getLog(ChrisTestAction.class);
> > > > if(log.isDebugEnabled())
> > > log.debug("sort="+sort+",order="+order);
> > > >
> > > > I checked my tomcat output and both values
> were in
> > > fact populated.
> > > >
> > > > Then in my JSP, I can use javascript to alter
> 2
> > > hidden fields that
> > > represent
> > > > the sort/order values when a user clicks on an
> > > icon or column header and
> > > > then submit the form again to the action to
> handle
> > > updating the view based
> > > > on the new sort/order values. Alternatively,
> I
> > > could build the URL for
> > > each
> > > > link/image dynamically like:
> > > >
> > > > /searchtest.do?sort=X&order=Y
> > > >
> > > > but /searchtest.do does imply setting
> > > sort=postDate and order=DESC if
> > > > they're not supplied by the request to the
> action
> > > :-)...
> > > >
> > > > How does your struts-config.xml look? What
> about
> > > your JSP ?
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Caroline Jen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: "Struts Users Mailing List"
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 5:58 PM
> > > > Subject: RE: The Same Action With and Without
> a
> > > Form
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > The property of the 'initial' attribute
> inside
> > > the
> > > > > <form-property ....> tag (i.e.
> > > initial="postDate")
> > > > > does not seem to become the default value.
> The
> > > query
> > > > > method (with sort and order among the
> > > parameters) that
> > > > > retrieve articles from the database got the
> > > > > NullPointerException.
> > > > >
> > > > > I know the query method works well because
> there
> > > is no
> > > > > problem when I perform the action with a
> form.
> > > > >
> > > > > -Caroline
> > > > >
> > > > > --- "CRANFORD, CHRIS"
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > Define your form in struts-config.xml
> like:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > <form-bean
> > > > > > name="mySearchForm"
> > > > > >
> > > type="org.apache.struts.action.DynaActionForm">
> > > > > > <form-property
> > > > > > name="sort"
> > > > > > initial="postDate"
> > > > > > type="java.lang.String"/>
> > > > > > <form-property
> > > > > > name="order"
> > > > > > initial="DESC"
> > > > > > type="java.lang.String"/>
> > > > > > .. Other properties here
> > > > > > </form-bean>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Then define your action mapping to use
> this
> > > > > > formbean. When your form posts,
> > > > > > it will assume the default values for
> > > sort/order if
> > > > > > they not present in the
> > > > > > request. If they're present in the
> > > HttpRequest
> > > > > > object, then the form is
> > > > > > populated with whatever values are coming
> from
> > > the
> > > > > > request.
> > > > > >
>
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