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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael McGrady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: [HOW TO? ImageButtonBeanManager Extension]
> Answers to your other questions to follow in a bit, Carlos.
>
> Carlos Cajina - Hotmail wrote:
>
> >Good morning.
> >
> >Thanks to Mr. McGrady for his suggestion. I think the persistent nature
of
> >the need to handle multiple (image) buttons in web applications is
precisely
> >what makes this problem so recurrent ;^)
> >I've moved from the 'ImageButtonBeanManager Extension' approach and
decided
> >to try to get SOLUTION TWO up & running but I've ran into a few problems
and
> >thought that maybe you could spare some time to help me out.
> >
> >Issue #1
> >-----------
> >- In the SOLUTON ONE: DispatchUtil Solution Code the 'log' variable
> >declaration is as follows: protected static Log log =
> >LogFactory.getLog(DispatchUtil.class);
> >- In the SOLUTION TWO: (new) DispatchAction Solution Code the 'log'
variable
> >declaration is as follows: protected static Log log =
> >LogFactory.getLog(SimpleDispatchAction.class);
> >* My first question is: In the second 'log' variable declaration, Where
does
> >SimpleDispatchAction.class comes from? Shouldn't it read
> >DispatchAction.class?
> >
> >Issue #2
> >-----------
> >- I have a class that extends my (new) DispatchAction class. Within this
> >class I have coded the methods that will perform the actions referenced
by
> >the <html:submit...> buttons in my forms, i.e.
> > public ActionForward [ next | back | finish ] (
> > ActionMapping mapping,
> > ActionForm form,
> > HttpServletRequest request,
> > HttpServletResponse response)
> > throws Exception
> > { ... }
> >- In my JSP forms, every button is defined like this:
> > <html:form action="/wizard">
> > <html:hidden property="page" value="[ 1 | 2 | 3... ]" />
> >
> > <bean:message key="someField.label" />
> > <html:text property="someField" />
> >
> > <html:submit property="back.dispatch">
> > <bean:message key="button.back" />
> > </html:submit>
> >
> > <html:cancel>
> > <bean:message key="button.cancel" />
> > </html:cancel>
> >
> > <html:submit property="next.dispatch">
> > <bean:message key="button.next" />
> > </html:submit>
> > </html:form>
> >* My second question is kinda stupid: What's next? I mean, It seems like
I
> >can use struts-config.xml to get things working MappingDispatchAction
style
> >or LookupDispatchAction style, but since the (new) DispatchAction (aka
> >DispatchUtil) takes care of things transparently, What would be the next
> >step to implement SOLUTION TWO?
> >
> >Issue #3
> >-----------
> >* I don't get what this means :^( [Section 3.1. Action Class Code to
Use]
> >"In all the following tag uses, you use the Action class code in
> >execute(...) or process(...) as given directly below.
> > ActionForward = forward = new
> >DispatchUtil().dispatch(this,mapping,form,request,response);"
> >
> >Again, any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >Have a nice day!
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Carlos
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Michael McGrady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 9:00 PM
> >Subject: Re: [HOW TO? ImageButtonBeanManager Extension]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Carlos,
> >>
> >>This solution just adds weight (ImageButtonBean) on top of
> >>(DispatchAction) and combines what are the same solutions really. I
> >>would suggest you look at what might be improvements to this sort of
> >>suggestion at
> >>http://wiki.apache.org/struts/StrutsCatalogFiveMultipleButtonSolutions .
> >>
> >>Amazing how oftent this comes up.
> >>
> >>Michael McGrady
> >>
> >>Carlos Cajina - Hotmail wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi. I'm tryin' to add this Strust extension to my project and from the
> >>>
> >>>
> >documentation I understand that what I need to do is create my Action
Flow
> >using the SubmitButtonForwardDispatchAction, but after coding my Action
Form
> >and Action classes and setting up struts-config.xml I keep getting this
> >error:
> >
> >
> >>>2004-09-23 19:10:08,062 DEBUG
[org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor]
> >>>
> >>>
> >Looking for Action instance for class
> >com.mitranosoft.struts.actions.SubmitButtonForwardDispatchAction
> >
> >
> >>>2004-09-23 19:10:08,062 DEBUG
[org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor]
> >>>
> >>>
> >Creating new Action instance
> >
> >
> >>>2004-09-23 19:10:08,156 WARN
> >>>
> >>>
> >[com.mitranosoft.struts.actions.SubmitButtonForwardDispatchAction]
> >SubmitButtonForwardDispatchAction.execute(): Warning - Error encountered
and
> >handled while attempting to locate ActionForward property-name=[ submit ]
of
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED], for Request=[
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]/webm/asist
e
>
>nte.do,contextPath=/webm,method=POST,queryString=<null>,sessionId=BDCA61971
5
> >A1B419D6785F9CAADC7185] ].
> >
> >
> >>>2004-09-23 19:10:08,156 DEBUG
> >>>
> >>>
> >[com.mitranosoft.struts.util.DefaultActionForwardSelector]
> >DefaultActionForwardSelector.getActionForward(): Returning a default
> >ActionForward matching name=[ otherwise ]. ActionForward=[
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED],path=/index.j
s
> >p,redirect=false,contextRelative=false] ], ActionForm=[
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ], for Request=[
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]/webm/asist
e
>
>nte.do,contextPath=/webm,method=POST,queryString=<null>,sessionId=BDCA61971
5
> >A1B419D6785F9CAADC7185] ]
> >
> >
> >>>2004-09-23 19:10:08,156 WARN
> >>>
> >>>
> >[com.mitranosoft.struts.actions.SubmitButtonForwardDispatchAction]
> >SubmitButtonForwardDispatchAction.execute(): Warning - A default
ActionForm
> >has been selected or created, ActionForward=[
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED],path=/index.j
s
> >p,redirect=false,contextRelative=false] ], because no property was found
for
> >property-name=[ submit ] of [EMAIL PROTECTED], for
> >Request=[
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]/webm/asist
e
>
>nte.do,contextPath=/webm,method=POST,queryString=<null>,sessionId=BDCA61971
5
> >A1B419D6785F9CAADC7185] ]
> >
> >
> >>>2004-09-23 19:10:08,156 DEBUG
[org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor]
> >>>
> >>>
>
>processForwardConfig(ForwardConfig[name=otherwise,path=/index.jsp,redirect=
f
> >alse])
> >
> >
> >>>- In each of JSP's I have this for my buttons except for <html:cancel>:
> >>><html:submit property="submit">
> >>>
> >>> <bean:message key="button.XXXX" /> // Where XXXX could be 'next',
> >>>
> >>>
> >'back', 'finish'
> >
> >
> >>></html:submit>
> >>>
> >>>I understand that the extension -through the
> >>>
> >>>
> >SubmitButtonForwardDispatchAction action- does the job of automatically
> >mapping a <html:submit...> button to an Action that is supposed to
process
> >the specific business logic that button encapsulates, acting like some
kind
> >of hub for every incoming button click in the JSP forms, but I don't know
> >whether I am missing something because things just won't work.
> >
> >
> >>>It's worth saying that the mapping in the
> >>>
> >>>
> >SubmitButtonForwardDispatchAction for a 'cancel' action works fine,
whenever
> >I hit the cancel button in my form I'm redirected to the correct
location;
> >also the 'otherwise' mapping works good... it's were I'm taken to
everytime
> >I hit the next button and the errors pops up in the log files :^P
> >
> >
> >>>For any help, my eternal gratitude :^)
> >>>
> >>>Have a nice evening.
> >>>
> >>>Regards,
> >>>
> >>>Carlos
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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