Nested properties with DynaActionForms actually require you to nest
objects. :) Using a property name like "iterationLength.time" would
be like saying "getIterationLength().getTime()", and this is what
BeanUtils would try to do.
Hubert
On 6/7/05, Laurie Harper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm probably missing something really obvious but I've been fiddling
> about with this for a while now. Maybe someone can spot what I'm doing
> wrong...
>
> I'm using DynaActionForms in my Struts app and I'd like to be able to
> reference a property like this:
>
> <html:text property="iterationLength.time"/>
>
> I tried a form declaration like this:
>
> <form name="...">
> <form-property name="iterationLength.time" type="java.lang.String"/>
> </form>
>
> but I get an error during request processing that 'iterationLength' is
> not a valid property. So then I tried:
>
> <form name="...">
> <form-property name="prop1" type="java.util.HashMap"/>
> </form>
>
> Struts appears to be trying to cope with this:
>
> DEBUG [http8080-Processor24] org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtils -
> setProperty(DynaActionForm[dynaClass=ProjectEdit,startDate=,owner=,mode=,description=,iterationLength={},endDate=,status=,name=,doSave=],
> iterationLength.time, [1])
> DEBUG [http8080-Processor24] org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtils -
> Target bean = {}
> DEBUG [http8080-Processor24] org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtils -
> Target name = time
>
> So it's getting the empty map as the target bean on which to set a
> property 'time'. But when I fetch the map from the form in my action,
> it's empty.
>
> Is there a way to do this? The reason I want to be able to write the
> property as "iterationLength.time", rather than collapsing it to
> 'iterationLengthTime' or something is for consistency with when I'm
> accesing the same property in other beans which aren't dynamically
> generated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> L.
>
>
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