Re: Form Submission Question

2007-11-16 Thread Ted Husted
Patches are always welcome (once you get it figured out) :)

On Nov 15, 2007 2:22 PM, Hernandez, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Thanks guys. The bootstrap should have an example where the fields are
> populated by the Action Class's member variables. But I figured it out,
> I think . . .

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Re: Form Submission Question

2007-11-16 Thread Ted Husted
Just to further Dave is saying.

If the class is a proper JavaBean with a zero-argument constructor, if
it is null during autopopulation, then the framework will
automatically instantiate it.

For fancier implementations, we can even provide a custom type
converter for a class, that could do something like lookup a complete
City record from a database based on the ID.

 * http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/type-conversion.html

HTH, Ted.

On Nov 15, 2007 5:15 PM, Dave Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Or you can put the city.id in the form as a hidden
> field.
>
> d.
>
> --- "Hernandez, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >
>
> >  Sorry, The problem was that building has a member
> > variable that is a
> > class (City) which is going out of scope.
> > Building.toString() calls
> > city.getId() throwing the exception and returning
> > null . . .
> > Now, to keep that in scope somehow . . .
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Hernandez, David
> > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 3:12 PM
> > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
> > Subject: RE: Form Submission Question
> >
> > I'm having a problem with my bean going out of
> > scope. The form is
> > populated with the bean information fine, but when I
> > submit building is
> > null? How do I keep it in scope? Do I have to pull
> > it back out of the
> > ActionContext?
> >
> > public class BuildingFormTestAction extends
> > ActionSupport {
> >   private static final long serialVersionUID =
> > 6692492667406189130L;
> >   private Building building;
> >   public String init() throws Exception
> >   {
> >   //Fetch Building from db . . .
> >   return ActionSupport.SUCCESS;
> >   }
> >   public String execute() throws Exception
> >   {
> >   System.out.println("Submitting: ");
> >   System.out.println(building);//PRINTS NULL!
> >   return ActionSupport.SUCCESS;
> >   }
> >   public void setBuilding(Building b)
> >   {
> >   building = b;
> >   }
> >   public Building getBuilding()
> >   {
> >   return building;
> >   }
> > }
> >
> > Here's the JSP Form:
> > 
> >   
> >   
> >> />
> >   
> >   
> >   
> >   
> >       
> >       
> > 
> >
> > And Struts.xml exerpt:
> >  > method="init">
> >   /buildingFormTest.jsp
> >   /error.jsp
> >   > name="setBuilding" class="BuildingFormTestAction"
> > method="execute">
> >   /buildingFormTest.jsp
> >   /error.jsp 
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Dave Newton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 2:20 PM
> > To: Struts Users Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: Form Submission Question
> >
> > --- Gary Affonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Dave Newton wrote:
> > >> The action that *processes* the form submission
> > may extend
> > >> ActionSupport.
> > >
> > > Dave knows that, of course, but I didn't want the
> > emphasis on
> > > "*processes*" above to make you think
> > ActionSupport was only
> > > appropriate for form processing actions.
> >
> > Yep, that was a good clarificaton to make :)
> >
> > d.

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RE: Form Submission Question

2007-11-15 Thread Hernandez, David

 Sorry, The problem was that building has a member variable that is a
class (City) which is going out of scope. Building.toString() calls
city.getId() throwing the exception and returning null . . .
Now, to keep that in scope somehow . . .

-Original Message-
From: Hernandez, David 
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 3:12 PM
To: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
Subject: RE: Form Submission Question

I'm having a problem with my bean going out of scope. The form is
populated with the bean information fine, but when I submit building is
null? How do I keep it in scope? Do I have to pull it back out of the
ActionContext?

public class BuildingFormTestAction extends ActionSupport {
private static final long serialVersionUID =
6692492667406189130L;
private Building building;
public String init() throws Exception 
{
//Fetch Building from db . . .
return ActionSupport.SUCCESS;
}
public String execute() throws Exception
{
System.out.println("Submitting: ");
System.out.println(building);//PRINTS NULL!
return ActionSupport.SUCCESS;
}
public void setBuilding(Building b)
{
building = b;
}
public Building getBuilding()
{
return building;
}
}

Here's the JSP Form:












And Struts.xml exerpt:

/buildingFormTest.jsp
/error.jsp  
/buildingFormTest.jsp
/error.jsp 

-Original Message-
From: Dave Newton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 2:20 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: Form Submission Question

--- Gary Affonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dave Newton wrote:
>> The action that *processes* the form submission may extend 
>> ActionSupport.
> 
> Dave knows that, of course, but I didn't want the emphasis on 
> "*processes*" above to make you think ActionSupport was only 
> appropriate for form processing actions.

Yep, that was a good clarificaton to make :)

d.


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RE: Form Submission Question

2007-11-15 Thread Dave Newton
Or you can put the city.id in the form as a hidden
field.

d.

--- "Hernandez, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> 
>  Sorry, The problem was that building has a member
> variable that is a
> class (City) which is going out of scope.
> Building.toString() calls
> city.getId() throwing the exception and returning
> null . . .
> Now, to keep that in scope somehow . . .
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Hernandez, David 
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 3:12 PM
> To: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: Form Submission Question
> 
> I'm having a problem with my bean going out of
> scope. The form is
> populated with the bean information fine, but when I
> submit building is
> null? How do I keep it in scope? Do I have to pull
> it back out of the
> ActionContext?
> 
> public class BuildingFormTestAction extends
> ActionSupport {
>   private static final long serialVersionUID =
> 6692492667406189130L;
>   private Building building;
>   public String init() throws Exception 
>   {
>   //Fetch Building from db . . .
>   return ActionSupport.SUCCESS;
>   }
>   public String execute() throws Exception
>   {
>   System.out.println("Submitting: ");
>   System.out.println(building);//PRINTS NULL!
>   return ActionSupport.SUCCESS;
>   }
>   public void setBuilding(Building b)
>   {
>   building = b;
>   }
>   public Building getBuilding()
>   {
>   return building;
>   }
> }
> 
> Here's the JSP Form:
> 
>   
>   
>/>
>   
>   
>   
>   
>   
>   
> 
> 
> And Struts.xml exerpt:
>  method="init">
>   /buildingFormTest.jsp
>   /error.jsp
>   name="setBuilding" class="BuildingFormTestAction"
> method="execute">
>   /buildingFormTest.jsp
>   /error.jsp 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Dave Newton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 2:20 PM
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Form Submission Question
> 
> --- Gary Affonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Dave Newton wrote:
> >> The action that *processes* the form submission
> may extend 
> >> ActionSupport.
> > 
> > Dave knows that, of course, but I didn't want the
> emphasis on 
> > "*processes*" above to make you think
> ActionSupport was only 
> > appropriate for form processing actions.
> 
> Yep, that was a good clarificaton to make :)
> 
> d.
> 
> 
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RE: Form Submission Question

2007-11-15 Thread Hernandez, David

I'm having a problem with my bean going out of scope. The form is
populated with the bean information fine, but when I submit building is
null? How do I keep it in scope? Do I have to pull it back out of the
ActionContext?

public class BuildingFormTestAction extends ActionSupport 
{
private static final long serialVersionUID =
6692492667406189130L;
private Building building;
public String init() throws Exception 
{
//Fetch Building from db . . .
return ActionSupport.SUCCESS;
}
public String execute() throws Exception
{
System.out.println("Submitting: ");
System.out.println(building);//PRINTS NULL!
return ActionSupport.SUCCESS;
}
public void setBuilding(Building b)
{
building = b;
}
public Building getBuilding()
{
return building;
}
}

Here's the JSP Form:












And Struts.xml exerpt:

/buildingFormTest.jsp
/error.jsp


/buildingFormTest.jsp
/error.jsp


-Original Message-
From: Dave Newton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 2:20 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: Form Submission Question

--- Gary Affonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dave Newton wrote:
>> The action that *processes* the form submission may extend 
>> ActionSupport.
> 
> Dave knows that, of course, but I didn't want the emphasis on  
> "*processes*" above to make you think ActionSupport was only 
> appropriate for form processing actions.

Yep, that was a good clarificaton to make :)

d.


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Re: Form Submission Question

2007-11-15 Thread Dave Newton
The action that *processes* the form submission may
extend ActionSupport. You submit the form to an
action. The action either contains the fields of the
form or contains a bean that can be used on the form.

The bootstrap tutorial goes through a simple form
processing example.

http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/bootstrap.html

d.

--- "Hernandez, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> 
> Can anyone point me to a location that outlines the
> Form
> submission/processing flow for struts 2? I'm having
> a bit of a problem
> deciphering how forms are supposed to be handled.
> For instance I have a
> Bean (Building) that I want to update (to a DB) from
> a form:
> 
> JSP:
> 
>   
>value="streetAddress" />
>   
>   
>   
>   
> 
> 
> Should I have the bean extend ActionSupport and
> implement the execute
> method? That seems like it would be a violation of
> the MVC model . . .
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RE: Form Submission Question

2007-11-15 Thread Hernandez, David

Thanks guys. The bootstrap should have an example where the fields are
populated by the Action Class's member variables. But I figured it out,
I think . . . 

-Original Message-
From: Dave Newton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 2:20 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: Form Submission Question

--- Gary Affonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dave Newton wrote:
>> The action that *processes* the form submission may extend 
>> ActionSupport.
> 
> Dave knows that, of course, but I didn't want the emphasis on  
> "*processes*" above to make you think ActionSupport was only 
> appropriate for form processing actions.

Yep, that was a good clarificaton to make :)

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Re: Form Submission Question

2007-11-15 Thread Dave Newton
--- Gary Affonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dave Newton wrote:
>> The action that *processes* the form submission
>> may extend ActionSupport.
> 
> Dave knows that, of course, but I didn't want the
> emphasis on  "*processes*" above to make you 
> think ActionSupport was only appropriate 
> for form processing actions.

Yep, that was a good clarificaton to make :)

d.


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Re: Form Submission Question

2007-11-15 Thread Gary Affonso

Dave Newton wrote:

The action that *processes* the form submission may
extend ActionSupport.


Yup.  Note that it's commonly not just "form processing actions" that 
extend ActionSupport, it's often all actions.


Dave knows that, of course, but I didn't want the emphasis on 
"*processes*" above to make you think ActionSupport was only appropriate 
for form processing actions.


Your beans do *not* extend ActionSupport.  They're typically referenced 
within the action as a standard property and getters/setters for that 
property.  That way your form/views have access to the bean's properties 
through a variety of view/form techniques.


- Gary

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