> From: Reinhard Poetz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > (I'm not Ivelin, but:) The approach is Ok, but the goal is > not so clear to > > me. Why would you need to initialize a bean using XML data > without Java > > programming? If you use JavaBeans then you should have some > processing > > back-end that provides that bean, right? Then this > processing back-end > > usually should provide default values for your model object be it > > a JavaBean > > or DOM. > > I understand. > The only thing I have to do is to override 'getFormModel()' > in my action > where I have to create a DOM object with the initial data, am I right?
Yes, something like that. This one is better be answered by Ivelin. > > Then I have another question: In the example bean (UserBean) > some values are > set by DOM nodes. What is the use case for this aproach? > (This part made me think that the bean is the right place to > instanciate the > DOM-Object.) Sorry, have no time to look into the implementation, but as I remember, this is done only for demonstration purposes. Normally, an application should use either JavaBeans or DOM objects, but not both. Let's see what Ivelin will say. Konstantin > > Regards, > Reinhard > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]