Ok....what is your solution to the problem of Validation? Lee
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:13:13 -0500, David G. Friedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill, > > I understand it might be lightweight but that message, to me, say that at > that time, calling an action from another action still results in Struts > reprocessing the request (all of it). I haven't heard anything about any > code in production which would prevent the additional re-processing of the > original request when an action calls another action (i.e. as a forward or > perhaps an input="" attribute). After re-checking the release notes, I > still don't see anything like that. > > I just wanted you and Lee not to forget there is a complete re-processing of > the request when you use that design philosophy. > > Regards, > David > > --- > Save CPU, use Tiles Controllers! LOL. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill Siggelkow > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 12:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Post Validation > > Well, the type of action I am talking about is usually pretty > lightweight -- a view helper -- that simply sets up the request and > forwards to the view -- but doesn't do a lot of "business" stuff. Check > out this thread from the archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/struts-user@jakarta.apache.org/msg82653.html > > -Bill Siggelkow > > David G. Friedman wrote: > > > Bill, > > > > Isn't setting the input to another action sort of a bad idea? Wouldn't > that > > cause the framework to start all over internally - request processing > > everything from scratch and all that? Wouldn't forwarding to a tile with > a > > tiles controller work better (i.e. less processing power) in that > situation? > > > > Regards, > > David > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill Siggelkow > > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 9:37 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Post Validation > > > > > > You're on the right path, Lee. Instead of setting the "input" to the > > JSP, set it to an action, which creates your pick lists and stuffs them > > in the request, that precedes the JSP. > > > > -Bill Siggelkow > > > > Lee Harrington wrote: > > > > > >>I'm using DynaValidator forms. Works great, except when you have pick > >>lists and a validation fails. When the validation fails, it calls the > >>form, but the code that puts the pick lists in the request scope isn't > >>rerun. > >> > >>No biggie....I put my lists in the session scope. > >> > >>However, I don't want them hanging around forever. Wondering if there > >>is a "post Validate" section somewhere that I could put code in to > >>destroy the session variables. > >> > >>Better yet, a "preForm" section that is run even when Validate fails > >>so I could populate the lists in that scenario. > >> > >>Lee > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]