No, it's not confusing, the thing about http / html is that it is
still a submission... Just not using <s:textfield, etc.
Anyhow, on to the answer, just construct a link like this -
<s:url action="..." namespace="..."><s:param name="print" value="true"
/></s:url>
-Wes
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Bhaarat Sharma<bhaara...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I know its not the best case scenario. If i can do this then I will not
> have to change major piece of the code.
> I'll try to explain the scenario: basically one jsp page is used to show
> results. this jsp page has pagination so each time 50 results are shown. But
> the page has a printer friendly version. when printer friendly link is
> clicked this same jsp page is loaded again but this time around we want to
> print everything not just 50 records. so in my action class there is a
> method which returns sublist. but in this case i want it to return the whole
> list.
>
> So in the jsp i know when printerfriendly is taking place because it is
> being passed a parameter called ?print=true
>
> so i thought that in jsp i could check if print=true then set action class
> Printer method to true. ....kind of confusing i bet it sounds..
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Wes Wannemacher <w...@wantii.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Bhaarat Sharma<bhaara...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Thanks.
>> > I have another question, which might be a little off topic.
>> >
>> > if I have a method like this in my Action class
>> >
>> > public void setPrinter(String print)
>> > {
>> > this.printer = print;
>> > }
>> >
>> > how can I call this setter with some value from my jsp page using
>> struts2?
>> >
>> > I know this can be set if I submit a form with hidden value and stuff but
>> I
>> > dont want to submit a form. I just want to set the value from the jsp
>> page.
>> > ..
>> >
>>
>> At which point will that value be used? If you need to know the value
>> of the 'print' variable within the execute method of your action, then
>> it should be part of the form submission... In fact, I am having
>> trouble thinking of a scenario where you would want to call that sort
>> of method from a JSP that doesn't involve form submission (except
>> javascript, but still, just calling a setter alone doesn't really have
>> any effect unless you are calling another action method afterwards
>> that has an interest in that variable's value).
>>
>> -Wes
>>
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