Re: Retrieve value from form field

[Aaron Bartell]

Makes sense.  I am sure some day I will have multiple forms.  The reason 
I have picked this direction is because I will have multiple pages that 
all point to the same action method "upload", and the code to upload a 
file is exactly the same except for one switch statement.  So if I put a 
hidden field in each page that uploads files with the appropriate 
literal (ie MYDOCUMENTS, OURDOCUMENTS, etc), then I can retrieve that 
value and determine which MySQL association tables I need to update with 
info.

Correct me if I am wrong, but there isn't the ability to modify a bean 
property in a navigation-rule is there?  I should have told you the 
scenario in the first place, sorry.

Thanks for the response Heath,
Aaron Bartell
Heath Borders wrote:
You're close.
The fields are placed on the request map by their clientId, not their id.
The clientId the id with the parent NamingContainer's (usually a form)
id prepended onto it.
So, if you had this JSP:
<f:view>
<h:form id="myForm">
<h:inputText id="myInputText" />
</h:form>
</f:view>
You could get the inputText's value by doing
RequestMap.get("myForm:myInputText");
You might want to reconsider your strategy.
Maybe you could have a managed-bean with a getter value-binded to the
h:inputHidden.  The managed-bean could have a default value of
"OURDOCUMENTS"

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 17:27:28 -0600, Aaron Bartell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 

Hi All,
I thought I had an understanding of how to retrieve the value of a form
field, but I am obviously missing something.  If I have a form and field
like the following code, how do I get at the value of the form field?
In the past it was easy to map the value of a form field to a bean
variable, but in this instance I need to hard code OURDOCUMENTS into
this hidden field so I know what uploadtype is occurring.
   <h:form id="form1" name="form1" enctype="multipart/form-data" >
       <h:inputHidden id="uploadtype" value="OURDOCUMENTS"  />
       ...
   </h:form>
Here is how I have been retrieving values from a selection made from a
data table:
String ulType = (String) getUIObj("uploadtype");
   public Object getUIObj(String obj) {
       return
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getRequestMap().get(obj);
   }
I have also tried this without success:
String ulType = (String) getAppObj("uploadtype");
   public Object getAppObj(String obj) {
       FacesContext fc = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
       return
fc.getApplication().getVariableResolver().resolveVariable(fc,obj);
   }
What am I missing?
THanks,
Aaron Bartell