Hey Dave, Referring to this:
> <forward name="addCamper" contextRelative="true" > path="/jsp/camper/addCamper.do" redirect="true"/> > The "path" attribute strikes me as being very suspicious, but you might just be doing something... unexpected with how your application is set up. Why does the path look a little suspicious to you? I was thinking maybe I am calling something in a weird way which was fine before but is causing problems now. How should the path look? Cheers Tom On 2/7/06, Nick Sophinos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The initially easiest solution is to have a init version of that action. > Note that it is a Forward Action, thus bypassing the need for a nearly > empty backing Java class. > ie: > <action path="/AddCamperInit" type=" > org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction" > parameter="/addCamper.jsp" /> > > Alternatively, MappingDispatchAction is good here too, where one Action > class > can handle all cases, including the init case. > > - Nick > > On 2/7/06, Tom Ansley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey Hubert, > > > > But how is anything going to ever validate correctly if I have not had > time > > to initially populate the form. The action which is being skipped > allows me > > to prepopulate the form before sending it to the user for them to add > > information. > > > > I get the feeling the workflow is something like > > > > 1. Initial Action Ending with call to new action > > 2. Validate occurs > > 3. JSP Page displayed > > 3. New Action called after user request > > > > Instead of what I am used to: > > > > 1. Initial action ending with call to new action > > 2. New action called > > 3. New action ends > > 4. JSP Page displayed > > 5. Validate occurs after user request. > > 5. New action called after validation succeeds. > > > > Cheers > > Tom > > > > On 2/7/06, Hubert Rabago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On 2/7/06, Tom Ansley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > <action path="/addCamper" > > > > > > type="com.camp.actions.camper.addCamperAction" > > > > > > name="CamperForm" > > > > > > scope="session" > > > > > > validate="true" > > > > > > parameter="submit" > > > > > > input="/addCamper.jsp"> > > > > > > > > So, it's looking for getFirstName, which DOES exist in the form, > except > > > the > > > > "camper" object has not been populated yet because the action which > > > > populates it has not been called. Hence, the null pointer exception. > > > > > > This is your problem right here. You request /addCamper which > > > validate='true'. Because of this, Struts will always call validate(), > > > and so calls to your getters will be made. Since your getters rely on > > > camper, and camper is null, you'll get NPE's each time. > > > > > > The quickest way to fix this would be make sure camper is always > > > available before your getters are called. The better way to fix this > > > would be to use a different action that doesn't require validation if > > > you don't have data to validate. > > > > > > Hubert > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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] > >
