I'm having difficulty with a struts 2 form (jsp) that includes the
use of a select tag. In short, I can't seem to get the select tag to
set the parameter when submitted.
Here's the scenario. My form (for searching by last name, first
name, and "county" fields) looks like this:
<s:form action="search.action">
<s:textfield key="search.lastName" name="lastName" />
<s:textfield key="search.firstName" name="firstName"/>
<s:select key="search.county"
name="county"
list="counties"
listKey="id"
listValue="name"
size="1"
/>
<s:submit value="Search" align="center" />
</s:form>
In the calling action, there is a List called "counties" with a
getCounties() method. So, the input form looks right. There is a
nice drop-down box w/ a long list of counties. So far, so good.
But, when I submit the form (e.g. first name = "john", last name =
"smith", county chosen from select drop-down list = "orange") I get
nothing in the "county" field of the "search" action. "lastName"
looks fine. "firstName" is fine. But, regardless of which item I
select in the list of counties, the county parameter doesn't get
set. I definitely have setters for firstName, lastName, and county
in the search action:
public void setCounty(String county) {
this.county = county;
}
In fact, here's a debug message from struts2 showing what the
ParametersInterceptor is actually setting:
DEBUG com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ParametersInterceptor -
Setting params county => [ ] firstName => [ john ] lastName =>
[ smith ]
I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong that causes county to be
empty. Is it something I'm doing incorrectly with the List?
kwade
