Tim said:
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> I guess now I'm starting to think I like the lazy idea of every form being
> $form.*
> instead of $MyWidgetForm, $MyStupidForm, etc.
it is tempting, eh? i'm just not convinced it's a good idea. maybe
something like $form.field('username') would be better than the $form.bean
bit.
> > that said, back in the day, i lobbied for using reflection
> > trickery to pull of $form.* and now i can't recall the
> > arguments involved. hmm. offhand, that could cause trouble
> > if someone had a method in their ActionForm that collided
> > with one of the standard FormTool methods.
>
> Ok. Understood. We could just change the tool key to $formtool and then
> forms could be either $MyStupidForm or just $form as built-in alias. That
> trickery must be possible in the backend since a few emails back we were
> talking about doing it in the front end view, right? i.e. #set ($myform =
> $form.bean)
-1
aesthetically, i weary of the oh-so-generic 'tool' being in names. the
current #set( $defaults = $form.bean ) is trivial and optional. also, it
provides free choice of context keys. automatically setting $MyForm to
$form would hard-code another context key.
> BTW - Anybody figure out if multiple forms might exist which would screw
> that default alias trick up a bit?
you can put multiple forms on a page, but you can only submit one at a time,
so afaik, struts only supports one form-bean per action mapping.
Nathan Bubna
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