Actually, I just notice that if I use the jquery method serialize() as opposed to serializeArray() it works out of the box.
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 9:31 PM, Burton Rhodes <burtonrho...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's it... thank you! However, the docs mention that the JSON string > must be "well formed" and it specifically demonstrates that my first > attempt should have worked in the "nestedBean" example (see below). Plus > jQuery serializes the form that why by default accommodating for the dot > notation ;-) > > I guess what I'm really asking is, do you think this was implemented > incorrectly and should be coded differently to be more intuitive and > account for more "standard" serialization of a html form? What I love > about Struts is most things with it just work - this seems to be one of the > few areas where it doesn't. > > http://struts.apache.org/release/2.3.x/docs/json-plugin.html > > Specifically where it mentions "nestedBean" and the description below the > code example "There must be a "setNestedBean" whose argument type can be > any class, that has a "setName" method taking as argument an "String"." : > > { > "doubleValue": 10.10, > "nestedBean": { > "name": "Mr Bean" > }, > "list": ["A", 10, 20.20, { > "firstName": "El Zorro" > }], > "array": [10, 20] > } > > The action must have a "setDoubleValue" method, taking either a "float" or > a "double" argument (the interceptor will convert the value to the right > one). There must be a "setNestedBean" whose argument type can be any class, > that has a "setName" method taking as argument an "String". There must be a > "setList" method that takes a "List" as argument, that list will contain: > "A" (String), 10 (Long), 20.20 (Double), Map ("firstName" -> "El Zorro"). > The "setArray" method can take as parameter either a "List", or any numeric > array. > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 6:45 PM, JOSE L MARTINEZ-AVIAL <jlm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Unless you use the json inteceptor to map the request boy to the action, >> you need to send the contact firstName as "contact.firstName", so Struts >> will invoke >> >> setContact(new Contcat()); >> getContact().setFirstName("John"); >> >> -- JSON TEST SUBMISSION -- >> $.ajax({ >> ... other ajax settings ... >> // manually insert data for testing >> data : {"testValue":"yes","contact.firstName":"John","contactId":100}, >> }); >> >> >> >> 2014-10-28 18:19 GMT-04:00 Burton Rhodes <burtonrho...@gmail.com>: >> >> > I am having issues setting nested parameters on an object using the >> > json-plugin. I've created a basic example that I'm currently testing. >> > When debugging at the "return SUCCESS" line, both the testValue and >> > contactId variables are set correctly. The contact variable, however, >> is >> > null. The relevant console lines line is "WARN : Parameter >> > [contact[firstName]] didn't match acceptedPattern pattern!" - but I'm >> not >> > sure how to fix that as it *should* match the setContact() setter in my >> > Action. Any thoughts on what is going on here? Thanks in advance.... >> > >> > -- ACTION -- >> > public class ContactJsonAction { >> > >> > private Integer contactId; >> > private Contact contact; >> > private String testValue; >> > >> > public String contactUpdate() throws Exception { >> > return SUCCESS; >> > } >> > >> > // Getters & Setters below.... >> > } >> > >> > -- JSON TEST SUBMISSION -- >> > $.ajax({ >> > ... other ajax settings ... >> > // manually insert data for testing >> > data : {"testValue":"yes","contact":{"firstName":"John" >> > },"contactId":100}, >> > }); >> > >> > -- LOGS -- >> > DEBUG: Creating an DefaultActionProxy for namespace [/app/json] and >> action >> > name [ContactDetail_update] >> > Oct 28, 17:15:34 (CommonsLogger.java:72) >> > DEBUG: cannot find method [prepareContactUpdate] in action >> > [com.afs.web.action.json.ContactJsonAction@b7a6ee] >> > Oct 28, 17:15:34 (CommonsLogger.java:72) >> > DEBUG: cannot find method [prepareDoContactUpdate] in action >> > [com.afs.web.action.json.ContactJsonAction@b7a6ee] >> > Oct 28, 17:15:34 (CommonsLogger.java:72) >> > DEBUG: Setting params NONE >> > Oct 28, 17:15:34 (CommonsLogger.java:72) >> > DEBUG: Setting params testValue => [ yes ] contact[firstName] => [ Bean >> ] >> > contactId => [ 100 ] >> > Oct 28, 17:15:34 (CommonsLogger.java:72) >> > DEBUG: Parameter [contactId] was accepted and will be appended to >> action! >> > Oct 28, 17:15:34 (CommonsLogger.java:56) >> > WARN : Parameter [contact[firstName]] didn't match acceptedPattern >> pattern! >> > Oct 28, 17:15:34 (CommonsLogger.java:72) >> > DEBUG: Parameter [testValue] was accepted and will be appended to >> action! >> > Oct 28, 17:15:34 (CommonsLogger.java:76) >> > DEBUG: Retrieving convert for class [class >> > com.afs.web.action.json.ContactJsonAction] and property [contactId] >> > Oct 28, 17:15:34 (CommonsLogger.java:72) >> > DEBUG: field-level type converter for property [contactId] = none found >> > Oct 28, 17:15:34 (CommonsLogger.java:72) >> > DEBUG: global-level type converter for property [contactId] = >> > com.afs.web.converter.MyNumberConverter@1611a05 >> > Oct 28, 17:15:34 (CommonsLogger.java:76) >> > DEBUG: Retrieving convert for class [class >> > com.afs.web.action.json.ContactJsonAction] and property [testValue] >> > Oct 28, 17:15:34 (CommonsLogger.java:72) >> > DEBUG: field-level type converter for property [testValue] = none found >> > Oct 28, 17:15:34 (CommonsLogger.java:72) >> > DEBUG: global-level type converter for property [testValue] = none found >> > Oct 28, 17:15:34 (CommonsLogger.java:72) >> > DEBUG: falling back to default type converter >> > [com.opensymphony.xwork2.conversion.impl.XWorkBasicConverter@a5eac1] >> > Oct 28, 17:15:34 (CommonsLogger.java:72) >> > >> > >
