Re: very dynamic forms
The copy I got back turned out ok. Perhaps your mail admin is using something like the anomy sanitizer and it is stripping it out. I sent the message in plain text format and when I examined the message source it was ok and all the tags were in it. I don't think anyone was very interested in the idea anyway :-) --b Michael McGrady wrote: Bryan your html did not appear on the emails. At 12:09 PM 8/6/2004, you wrote: Wouldn't it be so cool if you could take something like a graph of hibernate objects and have a form dynamically generated for u. With dhtml or something so that you could populate the whole graph in one user form ? For example a House object that had a set of rooms, each room with it's own description. The dhtm generated by the form could expand out so that the user could add an arbitrary number of rooms each with their own description. The whole thing could get filled out in a single http request. This would greatly reduce the use case for creating a house. Has anyone ever developed anything like this ? --b On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 11:54:01 -0700, Michael McGrady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do map based forms farm the values from the request? > > At 09:13 AM 8/6/2004, you wrote: > >For me it was very painless and although there aren't lots of big "killer" > >features - there are IMO lots of little ones that make this a good upgrade. > > > >Niall > > > >- Original Message - > >From: "Dean A. Hoover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 4:49 PM > >Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > > > > > > > Thanks. I am looking at Niall's Lazy stuff, but I like your idea. > > > I will add it to my list of investigations and experiments. I've > > > written quite a bit to struts 1.1. Is there a downside to upgrading? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > Dean > > > > > > Kevin A. Palfreyman wrote: > > > > > > >Dean, > > > >I do a similar thing with Struts 1.1, and I use an ordinary struts form > > > >(a subclass of ValidatorActionForm) that has a DynaBean as one of its > > > >fields. To match this, my DTO also has the same field as a DynaBean, > > > >and we just have to be a bit more clever when we copy properties between > > > >the two. The "schema" of the DynaBeans are configured entirely > > > >separately from the rest of the Struts stuff, and should be fairly > > > >easily done from a DB. In an upcoming version, the shape of the > > > >DynaBeans will be determined from data from a remote corba service. > > > > > > > >Unfortunately, this is all product specific (closed source), so I can't > > > >just pass it on (it wouldn't be useful to you anyway in its current > > > >form). But it should encourage you that it can be done. > > > > > > > >>From a quick read of his web page, Niall's Lazy stuff looks very > > > >promising. If I were starting again, I might have a look to see if that > > > >would fit. > > > > > > > >Good luck, > > > > > > > > Kev > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>-Original Message- > > > >>From: Dean A. Hoover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>Sent: 06 August 2004 15:47 > > > >>To: Struts Users Mailing List > > > >>Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > > > >> > > > >>What I need to do is construct a form that has a variety of > > > >>text input forms on it that are determined at run-time. I > > > >>know how to do this in jsp but I need to provide an > > > >>ActionForm that conforms to that form. > > > >>I got several useful replies last night and am investigating them. > > > >> > > > >>Dean > > > >> > > > >>Michael McGrady wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>That makes sense, but his other comments seem to negate that. He > > > >>>says, e.g., that "[w]hat would come out of the query would > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>be label, > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>form position, variable name,etc, etc.". These are things > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>that are on > > > >> > > > >
Re: very dynamic forms
Bryan your html did not appear on the emails. At 12:09 PM 8/6/2004, you wrote: Wouldn't it be so cool if you could take something like a graph of hibernate objects and have a form dynamically generated for u. With dhtml or something so that you could populate the whole graph in one user form ? For example a House object that had a set of rooms, each room with it's own description. The dhtm generated by the form could expand out so that the user could add an arbitrary number of rooms each with their own description. The whole thing could get filled out in a single http request. This would greatly reduce the use case for creating a house. Has anyone ever developed anything like this ? --b On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 11:54:01 -0700, Michael McGrady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do map based forms farm the values from the request? > > At 09:13 AM 8/6/2004, you wrote: > >For me it was very painless and although there aren't lots of big "killer" > >features - there are IMO lots of little ones that make this a good upgrade. > > > >Niall > > > >- Original Message - > >From: "Dean A. Hoover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 4:49 PM > >Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > > > > > > > Thanks. I am looking at Niall's Lazy stuff, but I like your idea. > > > I will add it to my list of investigations and experiments. I've > > > written quite a bit to struts 1.1. Is there a downside to upgrading? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > Dean > > > > > > Kevin A. Palfreyman wrote: > > > > > > >Dean, > > > >I do a similar thing with Struts 1.1, and I use an ordinary struts form > > > >(a subclass of ValidatorActionForm) that has a DynaBean as one of its > > > >fields. To match this, my DTO also has the same field as a DynaBean, > > > >and we just have to be a bit more clever when we copy properties between > > > >the two. The "schema" of the DynaBeans are configured entirely > > > >separately from the rest of the Struts stuff, and should be fairly > > > >easily done from a DB. In an upcoming version, the shape of the > > > >DynaBeans will be determined from data from a remote corba service. > > > > > > > >Unfortunately, this is all product specific (closed source), so I can't > > > >just pass it on (it wouldn't be useful to you anyway in its current > > > >form). But it should encourage you that it can be done. > > > > > > > >>From a quick read of his web page, Niall's Lazy stuff looks very > > > >promising. If I were starting again, I might have a look to see if that > > > >would fit. > > > > > > > >Good luck, > > > > > > > > Kev > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>-Original Message- > > > >>From: Dean A. Hoover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>Sent: 06 August 2004 15:47 > > > >>To: Struts Users Mailing List > > > >>Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > > > >> > > > >>What I need to do is construct a form that has a variety of > > > >>text input forms on it that are determined at run-time. I > > > >>know how to do this in jsp but I need to provide an > > > >>ActionForm that conforms to that form. > > > >>I got several useful replies last night and am investigating them. > > > >> > > > >>Dean > > > >> > > > >>Michael McGrady wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>That makes sense, but his other comments seem to negate that. He > > > >>>says, e.g., that "[w]hat would come out of the query would > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>be label, > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>form position, variable name,etc, etc.". These are things > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>that are on > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>the page form, not on some dynamic class handling the form. He > > > >>>specifically rejects dynamic class structures in fact when he says > > > >>>that he has worked with DynaActionForm and ActionForm and that they > > > >>>don't fit the bill. I think he is
RE: Very Dynamic Forms
Michael,
I've enclosed excerpts form my ActionForm, Action and JSP - hope the
following helps. The excerpts are from my actual source (had to change
name in some cases), but I cannot send the entire source.
BTW, when I looked I used an array for the field/column names and a map
for the selection choices.
Given an ActionForm with the following properties:
private String[] columnName; // Selected characteristics.
private Map selections = new HashMap(); // Each entry corresponds to
an entry in columnName array.
// Store the entire selections map
public void setSelectionsMap(Map charSel) {
this.selections = charSel;
}
// Retrieve the entire selections map
public Map getSelectionsMap() {
return this.selections;
}
// Retrieve an array of selections for a designated columnName from
the Map
public Object getSelections(String columnName) {
return this.selections.get(columnName);
}
// Store an array of selections for a deisgnated columnName
public void setSelections(String columnName, Object obj) {
this.selections.put(columnName, obj);
}
In the Action place an array of choices (options) for the column under a
key of the columnName:
outForm.setSelections(inForm.getColumnName()[i],choicesArray);
In the JSP, I use JSTL to iterate across the column names and create a
selection list for each:
That said, I'm definitely going to look into the LazyDynaBean approach
next time. It looks nice also.
- Richard
michael wrote:
> Your ideas in:
> I have a ver similar form. I just use three separate Maps:
> - one for the type of field it is;
> - one for the name/label;
> - one for the actual value;
> - one for a collection of valid values if its a selection list or set
> of
> redio buttons.
>
> This approach worked for me. I just create the Maps in may action
> (obviously they are all keyed by the field/column name). I use JSTL on
> the web page to iterate through the maps and create the appropriate
> Struts HTML tags.
> are clear to me vis-a-vis creating the form, but how does the
> ActionForm farm the values from the request?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Michael McGrady
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Re: very dynamic forms
Michael, that's not me. Dean Michael McGrady wrote: YOur html is not showing up, Dean At 12:33 PM 8/6/2004, you wrote: Just to clarify Struts can map form to dyanmic object . It would be cool if it could map to a graph of such objects. I know the functionality doesn't exist but I think it's a cool idea. You could have a tag like this on the page. then an xml file like so and then you had a method that you could call ArbitraryForm arbitraryForm = (ArbitraryForm) form; House house = arbitraryForm.deserialise(); // or whatever houseDAO.storeNewHouse(house); I guess I just am in *love* with hibenate at the moment --b On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 21:09:14 +0200, bryan wrote: > Wouldn't it be so cool if you could take something like a graph of > hibernate objects and > have a form dynamically generated for u. > > With dhtml or something so that you could populate the whole graph in > one user form ? > > For example a House object that had a set of rooms, each room with > it's own description. > > The dhtm generated by the form could expand out so that the user could add an > arbitrary number of rooms each with their own description. > > The whole thing could get filled out in a single http request. > > This would greatly reduce the use case for creating a house. > > Has anyone ever developed anything like this ? > > --b > > > > > On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 11:54:01 -0700, Michael McGrady > wrote: > > How do map based forms farm the values from the request? > > > > At 09:13 AM 8/6/2004, you wrote: > > >For me it was very painless and although there aren't lots of big "killer" > > >features - there are IMO lots of little ones that make this a good upgrade. > > > > > >Niall > > > > > >- Original Message - > > >From: "Dean A. Hoover" > > >To: "Struts Users Mailing List" > > >Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 4:49 PM > > >Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. I am looking at Niall's Lazy stuff, but I like your idea. > > > > I will add it to my list o f investigations and experiments. I've > > > > written quite a bit to struts 1.1. Is there a downside to upgrading? > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > Dean > > > > > > > > Kevin A. Palfreyman wrote: > > > > > > > > >Dean, > > > > >I do a similar thing with Struts 1.1, and I use an ordinary struts form > > > > >(a subclass of ValidatorActionForm) that has a DynaBean as one of its > > > > >fields. To match this, my DTO also has the same field as a DynaBean, > > > > >and we just have to be a bit more clever when we copy properties between > > > > >the two. The "schema" of the DynaBeans are configured entirely > > > > >separately from the rest of the Struts stuff, and should be fairly > > > > >easily done from a DB. In an upcoming version, the shape of the > > > > >DynaBeans will be determined from data from a remote corba service. > > > > > > > > > >Unfortunately, this is all product specific (closed source), so I can't > > > > >just pass it on (it wouldn't be useful to you anyway in its current > > > > >form). But it should encourage you that it can be done. > > > > > > > > > >>From a quick read of his web page, Niall's Lazy stuff looks very > > > > >promising. If I were starting again, I might have a look to see if that > > > > >would fit. > > > > > > > > > >Good luck, > > > > > > > > > > Kev > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>-Original Message- > > > > >>From: Dean A. Hoover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >>Sent: 06 August 2004 15:47 > > > > >>To: Struts Users Mailing List > > > > >>Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > > > > >> > > > > >>What I need to do is construct a form that has a variety of > > > > >>text input forms on it that are determined at run-time. I > > > > >>know how to do this in jsp but I need to provide an > > > > >>ActionForm that conforms to that form. > > > > >>I got several useful replies last night and am investigating them. > > > > >> > > > > >>Dean > > > > >> > > &
Re: very dynamic forms
YOur html is not showing up, Dean At 12:33 PM 8/6/2004, you wrote: Just to clarify Struts can map form to dyanmic object . It would be cool if it could map to a graph of such objects. I know the functionality doesn't exist but I think it's a cool idea. You could have a tag like this on the page. then an xml file like so and then you had a method that you could call ArbitraryForm arbitraryForm = (ArbitraryForm) form; House house = arbitraryForm.deserialise(); // or whatever houseDAO.storeNewHouse(house); I guess I just am in *love* with hibenate at the moment --b On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 21:09:14 +0200, bryan wrote: > Wouldn't it be so cool if you could take something like a graph of > hibernate objects and > have a form dynamically generated for u. > > With dhtml or something so that you could populate the whole graph in > one user form ? > > For example a House object that had a set of rooms, each room with > it's own description. > > The dhtm generated by the form could expand out so that the user could add an > arbitrary number of rooms each with their own description. > > The whole thing could get filled out in a single http request. > > This would greatly reduce the use case for creating a house. > > Has anyone ever developed anything like this ? > > --b > > > > > On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 11:54:01 -0700, Michael McGrady > wrote: > > How do map based forms farm the values from the request? > > > > At 09:13 AM 8/6/2004, you wrote: > > >For me it was very painless and although there aren't lots of big "killer" > > >features - there are IMO lots of little ones that make this a good upgrade. > > > > > >Niall > > > > > >- Original Message - > > >From: "Dean A. Hoover" > > >To: "Struts Users Mailing List" > > >Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 4:49 PM > > >Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. I am looking at Niall's Lazy stuff, but I like your idea. > > > > I will add it to my list o f investigations and experiments. I've > > > > written quite a bit to struts 1.1. Is there a downside to upgrading? > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > Dean > > > > > > > > Kevin A. Palfreyman wrote: > > > > > > > > >Dean, > > > > >I do a similar thing with Struts 1.1, and I use an ordinary struts form > > > > >(a subclass of ValidatorActionForm) that has a DynaBean as one of its > > > > >fields. To match this, my DTO also has the same field as a DynaBean, > > > > >and we just have to be a bit more clever when we copy properties between > > > > >the two. The "schema" of the DynaBeans are configured entirely > > > > >separately from the rest of the Struts stuff, and should be fairly > > > > >easily done from a DB. In an upcoming version, the shape of the > > > > >DynaBeans will be determined from data from a remote corba service. > > > > > > > > > >Unfortunately, this is all product specific (closed source), so I can't > > > > >just pass it on (it wouldn't be useful to you anyway in its current > > > > >form). But it should encourage you that it can be done. > > > > > > > > > >>From a quick read of his web page, Niall's Lazy stuff looks very > > > > >promising. If I were starting again, I might have a look to see if that > > > > >would fit. > > > > > > > > > >Good luck, > > > > > > > > > > Kev > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>-Original Message- > > > > >>From: Dean A. Hoover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >>Sent: 06 August 2004 15:47 > > > > >>To: Struts Users Mailing List > > > > >>Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > > > > >> > > > > >>What I need to do is construct a form that has a variety of > > > > >>text input forms on it that are determined at run-time. I > > > > >>know how to do this in jsp but I need to provide an > > > > >>ActionForm that conforms to that form. > > > > >>I got several useful replies last night and am investigating them. > > > > >> > > > > >>Dean > > > > >> > > > > >>Michael McGrady wrote: > >
Re: very dynamic forms
Just to clarify Struts can map form to dyanmic object . It would be cool if it could map to a graph of such objects. I know the functionality doesn't exist but I think it's a cool idea. You could have a tag like this on the page. then an xml file like so and then you had a method that you could call ArbitraryForm arbitraryForm = (ArbitraryForm) form; House house = arbitraryForm.deserialise(); // or whatever houseDAO.storeNewHouse(house); I guess I just am in *love* with hibenate at the moment --b On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 21:09:14 +0200, bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wouldn't it be so cool if you could take something like a graph of > hibernate objects and > have a form dynamically generated for u. > > With dhtml or something so that you could populate the whole graph in > one user form ? > > For example a House object that had a set of rooms, each room with > it's own description. > > The dhtm generated by the form could expand out so that the user could add an > arbitrary number of rooms each with their own description. > > The whole thing could get filled out in a single http request. > > This would greatly reduce the use case for creating a house. > > Has anyone ever developed anything like this ? > > --b > > > > > On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 11:54:01 -0700, Michael McGrady > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How do map based forms farm the values from the request? > > > > At 09:13 AM 8/6/2004, you wrote: > > >For me it was very painless and although there aren't lots of big "killer" > > >features - there are IMO lots of little ones that make this a good upgrade. > > > > > >Niall > > > > > >----- Original Message - > > >From: "Dean A. Hoover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 4:49 PM > > >Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. I am looking at Niall's Lazy stuff, but I like your idea. > > > > I will add it to my list o f investigations and experiments. I've > > > > written quite a bit to struts 1.1. Is there a downside to upgrading? > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > Dean > > > > > > > > Kevin A. Palfreyman wrote: > > > > > > > > >Dean, > > > > >I do a similar thing with Struts 1.1, and I use an ordinary struts form > > > > >(a subclass of ValidatorActionForm) that has a DynaBean as one of its > > > > >fields. To match this, my DTO also has the same field as a DynaBean, > > > > >and we just have to be a bit more clever when we copy properties between > > > > >the two. The "schema" of the DynaBeans are configured entirely > > > > >separately from the rest of the Struts stuff, and should be fairly > > > > >easily done from a DB. In an upcoming version, the shape of the > > > > >DynaBeans will be determined from data from a remote corba service. > > > > > > > > > >Unfortunately, this is all product specific (closed source), so I can't > > > > >just pass it on (it wouldn't be useful to you anyway in its current > > > > >form). But it should encourage you that it can be done. > > > > > > > > > >>From a quick read of his web page, Niall's Lazy stuff looks very > > > > >promising. If I were starting again, I might have a look to see if that > > > > >would fit. > > > > > > > > > >Good luck, > > > > > > > > > > Kev > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>-Original Message- > > > > >>From: Dean A. Hoover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >>Sent: 06 August 2004 15:47 > > > > >>To: Struts Users Mailing List > > > > >>Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > > > > >> > > > > >>What I need to do is construct a form that has a variety of > > > > >>text input forms on it that are determined at run-time. I > > > > >>know how to do this in jsp but I need to provide an > > > > >>ActionForm that conforms to that form. > > > > >>I got several useful replies last night and am investigating them. > > > > >> > > > > >>Dean > > > > >> > > > > >
Re: very dynamic forms
Wouldn't it be so cool if you could take something like a graph of hibernate objects and have a form dynamically generated for u. With dhtml or something so that you could populate the whole graph in one user form ? For example a House object that had a set of rooms, each room with it's own description. The dhtm generated by the form could expand out so that the user could add an arbitrary number of rooms each with their own description. The whole thing could get filled out in a single http request. This would greatly reduce the use case for creating a house. Has anyone ever developed anything like this ? --b On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 11:54:01 -0700, Michael McGrady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do map based forms farm the values from the request? > > At 09:13 AM 8/6/2004, you wrote: > >For me it was very painless and although there aren't lots of big "killer" > >features - there are IMO lots of little ones that make this a good upgrade. > > > >Niall > > > >- Original Message - > >From: "Dean A. Hoover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 4:49 PM > >Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > > > > > > > Thanks. I am looking at Niall's Lazy stuff, but I like your idea. > > > I will add it to my list of investigations and experiments. I've > > > written quite a bit to struts 1.1. Is there a downside to upgrading? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > Dean > > > > > > Kevin A. Palfreyman wrote: > > > > > > >Dean, > > > >I do a similar thing with Struts 1.1, and I use an ordinary struts form > > > >(a subclass of ValidatorActionForm) that has a DynaBean as one of its > > > >fields. To match this, my DTO also has the same field as a DynaBean, > > > >and we just have to be a bit more clever when we copy properties between > > > >the two. The "schema" of the DynaBeans are configured entirely > > > >separately from the rest of the Struts stuff, and should be fairly > > > >easily done from a DB. In an upcoming version, the shape of the > > > >DynaBeans will be determined from data from a remote corba service. > > > > > > > >Unfortunately, this is all product specific (closed source), so I can't > > > >just pass it on (it wouldn't be useful to you anyway in its current > > > >form). But it should encourage you that it can be done. > > > > > > > >>From a quick read of his web page, Niall's Lazy stuff looks very > > > >promising. If I were starting again, I might have a look to see if that > > > >would fit. > > > > > > > >Good luck, > > > > > > > > Kev > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>-Original Message- > > > >>From: Dean A. Hoover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>Sent: 06 August 2004 15:47 > > > >>To: Struts Users Mailing List > > > >>Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > > > >> > > > >>What I need to do is construct a form that has a variety of > > > >>text input forms on it that are determined at run-time. I > > > >>know how to do this in jsp but I need to provide an > > > >>ActionForm that conforms to that form. > > > >>I got several useful replies last night and am investigating them. > > > >> > > > >>Dean > > > >> > > > >>Michael McGrady wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>That makes sense, but his other comments seem to negate that. He > > > >>>says, e.g., that "[w]hat would come out of the query would > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>be label, > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>form position, variable name,etc, etc.". These are things > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>that are on > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>the page form, not on some dynamic class handling the form. He > > > >>>specifically rejects dynamic class structures in fact when he says > > > >>>that he has worked with DynaActionForm and ActionForm and that they > > > >>>don't fit the bill. I think he is focusing on the idea of having > > > >&
Re: very dynamic forms
At 07:46 AM 8/6/2004, you wrote: What I need to do is construct a form that has a variety of text input forms on it that are determined at run-time. I know how to do this in jsp but I need to provide an ActionForm that conforms to that form. I got several useful replies last night and am investigating them. Dean Another option you might look at, Dean, is http://wiki.apache.org/struts/StrutsCatalogInstrumentableForms in conjunction with the sort of information Ted Husted and friends cover in Struts in Action on pp. 16 et seq. Michael McGrady
Re: very dynamic forms
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Re: very dynamic forms
How do map based forms farm the values from the request? At 09:13 AM 8/6/2004, you wrote: For me it was very painless and although there aren't lots of big "killer" features - there are IMO lots of little ones that make this a good upgrade. Niall - Original Message - From: "Dean A. Hoover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 4:49 PM Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > Thanks. I am looking at Niall's Lazy stuff, but I like your idea. > I will add it to my list of investigations and experiments. I've > written quite a bit to struts 1.1. Is there a downside to upgrading? > > Thanks. > Dean > > Kevin A. Palfreyman wrote: > > >Dean, > >I do a similar thing with Struts 1.1, and I use an ordinary struts form > >(a subclass of ValidatorActionForm) that has a DynaBean as one of its > >fields. To match this, my DTO also has the same field as a DynaBean, > >and we just have to be a bit more clever when we copy properties between > >the two. The "schema" of the DynaBeans are configured entirely > >separately from the rest of the Struts stuff, and should be fairly > >easily done from a DB. In an upcoming version, the shape of the > >DynaBeans will be determined from data from a remote corba service. > > > >Unfortunately, this is all product specific (closed source), so I can't > >just pass it on (it wouldn't be useful to you anyway in its current > >form). But it should encourage you that it can be done. > > > >>From a quick read of his web page, Niall's Lazy stuff looks very > >promising. If I were starting again, I might have a look to see if that > >would fit. > > > >Good luck, > > > > Kev > > > > > > > >>-Original Message- > >>From: Dean A. Hoover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: 06 August 2004 15:47 > >>To: Struts Users Mailing List > >>Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > >> > >>What I need to do is construct a form that has a variety of > >>text input forms on it that are determined at run-time. I > >>know how to do this in jsp but I need to provide an > >>ActionForm that conforms to that form. > >>I got several useful replies last night and am investigating them. > >> > >>Dean > >> > >>Michael McGrady wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>That makes sense, but his other comments seem to negate that. He > >>>says, e.g., that "[w]hat would come out of the query would > >>> > >>> > >>be label, > >> > >> > >>>form position, variable name,etc, etc.". These are things > >>> > >>> > >>that are on > >> > >> > >>>the page form, not on some dynamic class handling the form. He > >>>specifically rejects dynamic class structures in fact when he says > >>>that he has worked with DynaActionForm and ActionForm and that they > >>>don't fit the bill. I think he is focusing on the idea of having > >>>changing variables on the page form and how to handle this on the > >>>backend. Is that right, Dean? > >>> > >>>Michael > >>> > >>>At 01:40 AM 8/6/2004, you wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>I thought that > >>>> > >>>>" I want to build one on-the-fly according to > >>>> > >>>> > >>"configuration" stuff > >> > >> > >>>>stored in a database, that can change. " > >>>> > >>>>was pretty clear, especially after he pointed out the > >>>> > >>>> > >>DynaActionForms > >> > >> > >>>>weren't what he was looking for because they came from > >>>> > >>>> > >>struts config. > >> > >> > >>>>But maybe it's just me - I'm used to wondering about what (weird > >>>>stuff) I can do in Struts. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>>>>>At 05:00 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>Suppose I want to construct a form based on a query to a > >>>>>>>>>>data
Re: very dynamic forms
At 07:46 AM 8/6/2004, you wrote:
What I need to do is construct a form that has a
variety of text input forms on it that are determined
at run-time. I know how to do this in jsp but I need
to provide an ActionForm that conforms to that form.
I got several useful replies last night and am
investigating them.
Dean
Maybe something like:
public class DynamicActionFormFactory {
/** This method is used to configure and create a new empty dynamic
* action form based on the parameters provided.
*
* @param name the registered name of the form
* @param type the name of the Java class of the form
* @param fields a list of the field names to be used in the form
* @return the modified String */
public static ActionForm createBlankForm(String name, String type,
String[] fields) {
ActionForm form = null;
FormBeanConfig config = null;
FormPropertyConfig prop = null;
config = new FormBeanConfig();
config.setName(name);
config.setType(type);
if (fields != null) {
for (int i=0; i
config.freeze();
try {
form = (ActionForm)
DynaActionFormClass.createDynaActionFormClass(config).newInstance();
} catch (Exception e) {
StdOut.log("log.error",new ChainedException(e,"Exception creating
blank form: " + e.getMessage()));
}
return form;
}
}
Michael McGrady
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Re: very dynamic forms
Object bean = TagUtils.getInstance().lookup(pageContext, name, null); Niall - Original Message - From: "Dean A. Hoover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 5:34 PM Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > Most changes I've been making so far have had to do with > ActionErrors. I have several custom tags I've developed and > am a bit uncertain as to how to fix: > > Object bean = RequestUtils.lookup(pageContext, name, null); > > The documentation says "[m]any utility methods previously found > in org.apache.struts.utils.RequestUtils have been moved to > org.apache.struts.taglibs.TagUtils or org.apache.struts.utils.ModuleUtils". > > So, I first tried: > > Object bean = TagUtils.lookup(pageContext, name, null); > > and got: > > CategoriesTag.java:31: non-static method > lookup(javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext,java.lang.String,java.lang.String) > cannot be referenced from a static context > > So, I figured I needed to create a TagUtils instance and did: > > TagUtils tagUtils = new TagUtils(); > Object bean = tagUtils.lookup(pageContext, name, null); > > and I got: > > CategoriesTag.java:31: TagUtils() has protected access in > org.apache.struts.taglib.TagUtils > > Do you know how to fix this? > > Thanks very much. > Dean > > > Niall Pemberton wrote: > > >For me it was very painless and although there aren't lots of big "killer" > >features - there are IMO lots of little ones that make this a good upgrade. > > > >Niall > > > >- Original Message - > >From: "Dean A. Hoover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 4:49 PM > >Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > > > > > > > > > >>Thanks. I am looking at Niall's Lazy stuff, but I like your idea. > >>I will add it to my list of investigations and experiments. I've > >>written quite a bit to struts 1.1. Is there a downside to upgrading? > >> > >>Thanks. > >>Dean > >> > >>Kevin A. Palfreyman wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Dean, > >>>I do a similar thing with Struts 1.1, and I use an ordinary struts form > >>>(a subclass of ValidatorActionForm) that has a DynaBean as one of its > >>>fields. To match this, my DTO also has the same field as a DynaBean, > >>>and we just have to be a bit more clever when we copy properties between > >>>the two. The "schema" of the DynaBeans are configured entirely > >>>separately from the rest of the Struts stuff, and should be fairly > >>>easily done from a DB. In an upcoming version, the shape of the > >>>DynaBeans will be determined from data from a remote corba service. > >>> > >>>Unfortunately, this is all product specific (closed source), so I can't > >>>just pass it on (it wouldn't be useful to you anyway in its current > >>>form). But it should encourage you that it can be done. > >>> > >>>>From a quick read of his web page, Niall's Lazy stuff looks very > >>>promising. If I were starting again, I might have a look to see if that > >>>would fit. > >>> > >>>Good luck, > >>> > >>>Kev > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>-Original Message- > >>>>From: Dean A. Hoover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>Sent: 06 August 2004 15:47 > >>>>To: Struts Users Mailing List > >>>>Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > >>>> > >>>>What I need to do is construct a form that has a variety of > >>>>text input forms on it that are determined at run-time. I > >>>>know how to do this in jsp but I need to provide an > >>>>ActionForm that conforms to that form. > >>>>I got several useful replies last night and am investigating them. > >>>> > >>>>Dean > >>>> > >>>>Michael McGrady wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>That makes sense, but his other comments seem to negate that. He > >>>>>says, e.g., that "[w]hat would come out of the query would > >>>>> > >>>>> > &g
RE: very dynamic forms
Map backed forms can do this easily. It took me a half day of figuring out how to make them work with my code, but then it was simple. I have a ver similar form. I just use three separate Maps: - one for the type of field it is; - one for the name/label; - one for the actual value; - one for a collection of valid values if its a selection list or set of redio buttons. This approach worked for me. I just create the Maps in may action (obviously they are all keyed by the field/column name). I use JSTL on the web page to iterate through the maps and create the appropriate Struts HTML tags. You could reduce the number of Maps by using a more complex bean (one that contained properties for the tpe of field, name/label and value, etc.). HTH - Richard > -Original Message- > From: Dean A. Hoover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 7:47 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > > > What I need to do is construct a form that has a > variety of text input forms on it that are determined > at run-time. I know how to do this in jsp but I need > to provide an ActionForm that conforms to that form. > I got several useful replies last night and am > investigating them. > > Dean > > Michael McGrady wrote: > > > That makes sense, but his other comments seem to negate that. He > > says, e.g., that "[w]hat would come out of the query would > be label, > > form position, variable name,etc, etc.". These are things > that are on > > the page form, not on some dynamic class handling the form. He > > specifically rejects dynamic class structures in fact when he says > > that he has worked with DynaActionForm and ActionForm and that they > > don't fit the bill. I think he is focusing on the idea of having > > changing variables on the page form and how to handle this on the > > backend. Is that right, Dean? > > > > Michael > > > > At 01:40 AM 8/6/2004, you wrote: > > > >> I thought that > >> > >> " I want to build one on-the-fly according to "configuration" stuff > >> stored in a database, that can change. " > >> > >> was pretty clear, especially after he pointed out the > DynaActionForms > >> weren't what he was looking for because they came from > struts config. > >> But maybe it's just me - I'm used to wondering about what > (weird stuff) > >> I can do in Struts. > >> > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >>At 05:00 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >>>Suppose I want to construct a form based > >> > > > >>>on a query to a database. What would come > >> > > > >>>out of the query would be label, form position, > >> > > > >>>variable name, etc, etc. What would be the > >> > > > >>>recommended way of building this under > >> > > > >>>struts/tiles? I've been working with struts/tiles > >> > > > >>>for a while now and this is the first time this > >> > > > >>>sort of requirement has come up. I've used > DynaActionForm and > >> > > > >>>ActionForm, but do not see how this sort of thing > fits either > >> > > > >>>model. > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >>>Any ideas? > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >>>Dean Hoover > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > > >>>--- > >> > > > -- > >> > > > >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > >>>For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > >> > > > - > >> > > > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > >>For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > >> > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > >
Re: very dynamic forms
Most changes I've been making so far have had to do with ActionErrors. I have several custom tags I've developed and am a bit uncertain as to how to fix: Object bean = RequestUtils.lookup(pageContext, name, null); The documentation says "[m]any utility methods previously found in org.apache.struts.utils.RequestUtils have been moved to org.apache.struts.taglibs.TagUtils or org.apache.struts.utils.ModuleUtils". So, I first tried: Object bean = TagUtils.lookup(pageContext, name, null); and got: CategoriesTag.java:31: non-static method lookup(javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext,java.lang.String,java.lang.String) cannot be referenced from a static context So, I figured I needed to create a TagUtils instance and did: TagUtils tagUtils = new TagUtils(); Object bean = tagUtils.lookup(pageContext, name, null); and I got: CategoriesTag.java:31: TagUtils() has protected access in org.apache.struts.taglib.TagUtils Do you know how to fix this? Thanks very much. Dean Niall Pemberton wrote: For me it was very painless and although there aren't lots of big "killer" features - there are IMO lots of little ones that make this a good upgrade. Niall - Original Message - From: "Dean A. Hoover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 4:49 PM Subject: Re: very dynamic forms Thanks. I am looking at Niall's Lazy stuff, but I like your idea. I will add it to my list of investigations and experiments. I've written quite a bit to struts 1.1. Is there a downside to upgrading? Thanks. Dean Kevin A. Palfreyman wrote: Dean, I do a similar thing with Struts 1.1, and I use an ordinary struts form (a subclass of ValidatorActionForm) that has a DynaBean as one of its fields. To match this, my DTO also has the same field as a DynaBean, and we just have to be a bit more clever when we copy properties between the two. The "schema" of the DynaBeans are configured entirely separately from the rest of the Struts stuff, and should be fairly easily done from a DB. In an upcoming version, the shape of the DynaBeans will be determined from data from a remote corba service. Unfortunately, this is all product specific (closed source), so I can't just pass it on (it wouldn't be useful to you anyway in its current form). But it should encourage you that it can be done. From a quick read of his web page, Niall's Lazy stuff looks very promising. If I were starting again, I might have a look to see if that would fit. Good luck, Kev -Original Message- From: Dean A. Hoover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 August 2004 15:47 To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: very dynamic forms What I need to do is construct a form that has a variety of text input forms on it that are determined at run-time. I know how to do this in jsp but I need to provide an ActionForm that conforms to that form. I got several useful replies last night and am investigating them. Dean Michael McGrady wrote: That makes sense, but his other comments seem to negate that. He says, e.g., that "[w]hat would come out of the query would be label, form position, variable name,etc, etc.". These are things that are on the page form, not on some dynamic class handling the form. He specifically rejects dynamic class structures in fact when he says that he has worked with DynaActionForm and ActionForm and that they don't fit the bill. I think he is focusing on the idea of having changing variables on the page form and how to handle this on the backend. Is that right, Dean? Michael At 01:40 AM 8/6/2004, you wrote: I thought that " I want to build one on-the-fly according to "configuration" stuff stored in a database, that can change. " was pretty clear, especially after he pointed out the DynaActionForms weren't what he was looking for because they came from struts config. But maybe it's just me - I'm used to wondering about what (weird stuff) I can do in Struts. At 05:00 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: Suppose I want to construct a form based on a query to a database. What would come out of the query would be label, form position, variable name, etc, etc. What would be the recommended way of building this under struts/tiles? I've been working with struts/tiles for a while now and this is the first time this sort of requirement has come up. I've used DynaActionForm and ActionForm, but do not see how this sort of thing fits either model. Any ideas? Dean Hoover
Re: very dynamic forms
For me it was very painless and although there aren't lots of big "killer" features - there are IMO lots of little ones that make this a good upgrade. Niall - Original Message - From: "Dean A. Hoover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 4:49 PM Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > Thanks. I am looking at Niall's Lazy stuff, but I like your idea. > I will add it to my list of investigations and experiments. I've > written quite a bit to struts 1.1. Is there a downside to upgrading? > > Thanks. > Dean > > Kevin A. Palfreyman wrote: > > >Dean, > >I do a similar thing with Struts 1.1, and I use an ordinary struts form > >(a subclass of ValidatorActionForm) that has a DynaBean as one of its > >fields. To match this, my DTO also has the same field as a DynaBean, > >and we just have to be a bit more clever when we copy properties between > >the two. The "schema" of the DynaBeans are configured entirely > >separately from the rest of the Struts stuff, and should be fairly > >easily done from a DB. In an upcoming version, the shape of the > >DynaBeans will be determined from data from a remote corba service. > > > >Unfortunately, this is all product specific (closed source), so I can't > >just pass it on (it wouldn't be useful to you anyway in its current > >form). But it should encourage you that it can be done. > > > >>From a quick read of his web page, Niall's Lazy stuff looks very > >promising. If I were starting again, I might have a look to see if that > >would fit. > > > >Good luck, > > > > Kev > > > > > > > >>-Original Message- > >>From: Dean A. Hoover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: 06 August 2004 15:47 > >>To: Struts Users Mailing List > >>Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > >> > >>What I need to do is construct a form that has a variety of > >>text input forms on it that are determined at run-time. I > >>know how to do this in jsp but I need to provide an > >>ActionForm that conforms to that form. > >>I got several useful replies last night and am investigating them. > >> > >>Dean > >> > >>Michael McGrady wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>That makes sense, but his other comments seem to negate that. He > >>>says, e.g., that "[w]hat would come out of the query would > >>> > >>> > >>be label, > >> > >> > >>>form position, variable name,etc, etc.". These are things > >>> > >>> > >>that are on > >> > >> > >>>the page form, not on some dynamic class handling the form. He > >>>specifically rejects dynamic class structures in fact when he says > >>>that he has worked with DynaActionForm and ActionForm and that they > >>>don't fit the bill. I think he is focusing on the idea of having > >>>changing variables on the page form and how to handle this on the > >>>backend. Is that right, Dean? > >>> > >>>Michael > >>> > >>>At 01:40 AM 8/6/2004, you wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>I thought that > >>>> > >>>>" I want to build one on-the-fly according to > >>>> > >>>> > >>"configuration" stuff > >> > >> > >>>>stored in a database, that can change. " > >>>> > >>>>was pretty clear, especially after he pointed out the > >>>> > >>>> > >>DynaActionForms > >> > >> > >>>>weren't what he was looking for because they came from > >>>> > >>>> > >>struts config. > >> > >> > >>>>But maybe it's just me - I'm used to wondering about what (weird > >>>>stuff) I can do in Struts. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>>>>>At 05:00 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>Suppose I want to construct a form based on a query to a > >>>>>>>>>>database. What would come out of the query would > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>be label, > >> > >> > >>>>>>>>>>form position, variable name, etc, etc. What would be the > >>>>>>>>>>recommended way of building this under struts/tiles? I've > >>>>>>>>>>been working with struts/tiles for a while now > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>and this is > >> > >> > >>>>>>>>>>the first time this sort of requirement has come up. I've > >>>>>>>>>>used DynaActionForm and ActionForm, but do not > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>see how this > >> > >> > >>>>>>>>>>sort of thing fits either model. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>Any ideas? > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>Dean Hoover > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > > > > > >- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: very dynamic forms
Thanks. I am looking at Niall's Lazy stuff, but I like your idea. I will add it to my list of investigations and experiments. I've written quite a bit to struts 1.1. Is there a downside to upgrading? Thanks. Dean Kevin A. Palfreyman wrote: Dean, I do a similar thing with Struts 1.1, and I use an ordinary struts form (a subclass of ValidatorActionForm) that has a DynaBean as one of its fields. To match this, my DTO also has the same field as a DynaBean, and we just have to be a bit more clever when we copy properties between the two. The "schema" of the DynaBeans are configured entirely separately from the rest of the Struts stuff, and should be fairly easily done from a DB. In an upcoming version, the shape of the DynaBeans will be determined from data from a remote corba service. Unfortunately, this is all product specific (closed source), so I can't just pass it on (it wouldn't be useful to you anyway in its current form). But it should encourage you that it can be done. From a quick read of his web page, Niall's Lazy stuff looks very promising. If I were starting again, I might have a look to see if that would fit. Good luck, Kev -Original Message- From: Dean A. Hoover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 August 2004 15:47 To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: very dynamic forms What I need to do is construct a form that has a variety of text input forms on it that are determined at run-time. I know how to do this in jsp but I need to provide an ActionForm that conforms to that form. I got several useful replies last night and am investigating them. Dean Michael McGrady wrote: That makes sense, but his other comments seem to negate that. He says, e.g., that "[w]hat would come out of the query would be label, form position, variable name,etc, etc.". These are things that are on the page form, not on some dynamic class handling the form. He specifically rejects dynamic class structures in fact when he says that he has worked with DynaActionForm and ActionForm and that they don't fit the bill. I think he is focusing on the idea of having changing variables on the page form and how to handle this on the backend. Is that right, Dean? Michael At 01:40 AM 8/6/2004, you wrote: I thought that " I want to build one on-the-fly according to "configuration" stuff stored in a database, that can change. " was pretty clear, especially after he pointed out the DynaActionForms weren't what he was looking for because they came from struts config. But maybe it's just me - I'm used to wondering about what (weird stuff) I can do in Struts. At 05:00 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: Suppose I want to construct a form based on a query to a database. What would come out of the query would be label, form position, variable name, etc, etc. What would be the recommended way of building this under struts/tiles? I've been working with struts/tiles for a while now and this is the first time this sort of requirement has come up. I've used DynaActionForm and ActionForm, but do not see how this sort of thing fits either model. Any ideas? Dean Hoover - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: very dynamic forms
Dean, I do a similar thing with Struts 1.1, and I use an ordinary struts form (a subclass of ValidatorActionForm) that has a DynaBean as one of its fields. To match this, my DTO also has the same field as a DynaBean, and we just have to be a bit more clever when we copy properties between the two. The "schema" of the DynaBeans are configured entirely separately from the rest of the Struts stuff, and should be fairly easily done from a DB. In an upcoming version, the shape of the DynaBeans will be determined from data from a remote corba service. Unfortunately, this is all product specific (closed source), so I can't just pass it on (it wouldn't be useful to you anyway in its current form). But it should encourage you that it can be done. >From a quick read of his web page, Niall's Lazy stuff looks very promising. If I were starting again, I might have a look to see if that would fit. Good luck, Kev > -Original Message- > From: Dean A. Hoover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 06 August 2004 15:47 > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > > What I need to do is construct a form that has a variety of > text input forms on it that are determined at run-time. I > know how to do this in jsp but I need to provide an > ActionForm that conforms to that form. > I got several useful replies last night and am investigating them. > > Dean > > Michael McGrady wrote: > > > That makes sense, but his other comments seem to negate that. He > > says, e.g., that "[w]hat would come out of the query would > be label, > > form position, variable name,etc, etc.". These are things > that are on > > the page form, not on some dynamic class handling the form. He > > specifically rejects dynamic class structures in fact when he says > > that he has worked with DynaActionForm and ActionForm and that they > > don't fit the bill. I think he is focusing on the idea of having > > changing variables on the page form and how to handle this on the > > backend. Is that right, Dean? > > > > Michael > > > > At 01:40 AM 8/6/2004, you wrote: > > > >> I thought that > >> > >> " I want to build one on-the-fly according to > "configuration" stuff > >> stored in a database, that can change. " > >> > >> was pretty clear, especially after he pointed out the > DynaActionForms > >> weren't what he was looking for because they came from > struts config. > >> But maybe it's just me - I'm used to wondering about what (weird > >> stuff) I can do in Struts. > >> > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >>At 05:00 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >>>Suppose I want to construct a form based on a query to a > >> > > > >>>database. What would come out of the query would > be label, > >> > > > >>>form position, variable name, etc, etc. What would be the > >> > > > >>>recommended way of building this under struts/tiles? I've > >> > > > >>>been working with struts/tiles for a while now > and this is > >> > > > >>>the first time this sort of requirement has come up. I've > >> > > > >>>used DynaActionForm and ActionForm, but do not > see how this > >> > > > >>>sort of thing fits either model. > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >>>Any ideas? > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >>>Dean Hoover - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: very dynamic forms
What I need to do is construct a form that has a variety of text input forms on it that are determined at run-time. I know how to do this in jsp but I need to provide an ActionForm that conforms to that form. I got several useful replies last night and am investigating them. Dean Michael McGrady wrote: That makes sense, but his other comments seem to negate that. He says, e.g., that "[w]hat would come out of the query would be label, form position, variable name,etc, etc.". These are things that are on the page form, not on some dynamic class handling the form. He specifically rejects dynamic class structures in fact when he says that he has worked with DynaActionForm and ActionForm and that they don't fit the bill. I think he is focusing on the idea of having changing variables on the page form and how to handle this on the backend. Is that right, Dean? Michael At 01:40 AM 8/6/2004, you wrote: I thought that " I want to build one on-the-fly according to "configuration" stuff stored in a database, that can change. " was pretty clear, especially after he pointed out the DynaActionForms weren't what he was looking for because they came from struts config. But maybe it's just me - I'm used to wondering about what (weird stuff) I can do in Struts. > > > >> > > > >>At 05:00 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: > > > >> > > > >>>Suppose I want to construct a form based > > > >>>on a query to a database. What would come > > > >>>out of the query would be label, form position, > > > >>>variable name, etc, etc. What would be the > > > >>>recommended way of building this under > > > >>>struts/tiles? I've been working with struts/tiles > > > >>>for a while now and this is the first time this > > > >>>sort of requirement has come up. I've used DynaActionForm and > > > >>>ActionForm, but do not see how this sort of thing fits either > > > >>>model. > > > >>> > > > >>>Any ideas? > > > >>> > > > >>>Dean Hoover > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>--- > > > -- > > > >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > - > > > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--- > > > >-- > > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > >- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: very dynamic forms
That makes sense, but his other comments seem to negate that. He says, e.g., that "[w]hat would come out of the query would be label, form position, variable name,etc, etc.". These are things that are on the page form, not on some dynamic class handling the form. He specifically rejects dynamic class structures in fact when he says that he has worked with DynaActionForm and ActionForm and that they don't fit the bill. I think he is focusing on the idea of having changing variables on the page form and how to handle this on the backend. Is that right, Dean? Michael At 01:40 AM 8/6/2004, you wrote: I thought that " I want to build one on-the-fly according to "configuration" stuff stored in a database, that can change. " was pretty clear, especially after he pointed out the DynaActionForms weren't what he was looking for because they came from struts config. But maybe it's just me - I'm used to wondering about what (weird stuff) I can do in Struts. > > > >> > > > >>At 05:00 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: > > > >> > > > >>>Suppose I want to construct a form based > > > >>>on a query to a database. What would come > > > >>>out of the query would be label, form position, > > > >>>variable name, etc, etc. What would be the > > > >>>recommended way of building this under > > > >>>struts/tiles? I've been working with struts/tiles > > > >>>for a while now and this is the first time this > > > >>>sort of requirement has come up. I've used DynaActionForm and > > > >>>ActionForm, but do not see how this sort of thing fits either > > > >>>model. > > > >>> > > > >>>Any ideas? > > > >>> > > > >>>Dean Hoover > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>--- > > > -- > > > >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > - > > > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--- > > > >-- > > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > >- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: very dynamic forms
I thought that " I want to build one on-the-fly according to "configuration" stuff stored in a database, that can change. " was pretty clear, especially after he pointed out the DynaActionForms weren't what he was looking for because they came from struts config. But maybe it's just me - I'm used to wondering about what (weird stuff) I can do in Struts. > -Original Message- > From: Michael McGrady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 5:12 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: very dynamic forms > > > Well, given that he started with "struts/tiles" how you know > this is a > mystery to me. Isn't this just a guess? > > At 10:17 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: > >His question is: > > > >How can one build an ActionForm without specifying any properties in > >either a java class or the struts configuration file? > > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Michael McGrady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 1:29 PM > > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > > Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > > > > > > > > > What is your question? > > > > > > At 05:17 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: > > > >Sorry, I thought I stated it plainly. Forget about > tiles. I think > > > >what I need is Map Backed Action Forms, but am not sure where to > > > >look for an example. DynaActionForms look like classes that are > > > >just built dynamically according to struts config. I > want to build > > > >one on-the-fly according to "configuration" stuff stored in a > > > >database, that can change. Is that more understandable? > > > > > > > >Dean > > > > > > > >Michael McGrady wrote: > > > > > > > >>I cannot quite tell what your "problem" or "question" is, > > > Dean Hoover. > > > >>I > > > >>don't see, further, what "struts/tiles" has to do with > > > building a dynamic > > > >>form. You have a form in a file and that form may be > constructed > > > >>dynamically. This is irrelevant to the tiles aspect of > > > struts. What are > > > >>you really asking? > > > >> > > > >>Michael > > > >> > > > >>At 05:00 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: > > > >> > > > >>>Suppose I want to construct a form based > > > >>>on a query to a database. What would come > > > >>>out of the query would be label, form position, > > > >>>variable name, etc, etc. What would be the > > > >>>recommended way of building this under > > > >>>struts/tiles? I've been working with struts/tiles > > > >>>for a while now and this is the first time this > > > >>>sort of requirement has come up. I've used DynaActionForm and > > > >>>ActionForm, but do not see how this sort of thing fits either > > > >>>model. > > > >>> > > > >>>Any ideas? > > > >>> > > > >>>Dean Hoover > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>--- > > > -- > > > >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > - > > > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--- > > > >-- > > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > >- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: very dynamic forms
Well, given that he started with "struts/tiles" how you know this is a mystery to me. Isn't this just a guess? At 10:17 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: His question is: How can one build an ActionForm without specifying any properties in either a java class or the struts configuration file? > -Original Message- > From: Michael McGrady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 1:29 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > > > What is your question? > > At 05:17 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: > >Sorry, I thought I stated it plainly. Forget about tiles. > >I think what I need is Map Backed Action Forms, but am > >not sure where to look for an example. DynaActionForms > >look like classes that are just built dynamically according > >to struts config. I want to build one on-the-fly according to > >"configuration" stuff stored in a database, that can change. Is that > >more understandable? > > > >Dean > > > >Michael McGrady wrote: > > > >>I cannot quite tell what your "problem" or "question" is, > Dean Hoover. > >>I > >>don't see, further, what "struts/tiles" has to do with > building a dynamic > >>form. You have a form in a file and that form may be constructed > >>dynamically. This is irrelevant to the tiles aspect of > struts. What are > >>you really asking? > >> > >>Michael > >> > >>At 05:00 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: > >> > >>>Suppose I want to construct a form based > >>>on a query to a database. What would come > >>>out of the query would be label, form position, > >>>variable name, etc, etc. What would be the > >>>recommended way of building this under > >>>struts/tiles? I've been working with struts/tiles > >>>for a while now and this is the first time this > >>>sort of requirement has come up. I've used > >>>DynaActionForm and ActionForm, but do > >>>not see how this sort of thing fits either model. > >>> > >>>Any ideas? > >>> > >>>Dean Hoover > >>> > >>> > >>>--- > -- > >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > - > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > > > > >- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: very dynamic forms
then why do you need from? Anyway, if you still wish to live within struts scope, map based forms will help you. regards Navjot Singh Dew on red rose girl dancing sweat droplets on her face (Unknown) Peng Tuck Kwok wrote: I think I'm uncertain about the question you asked as well, do you wish to have no ActionForm and only create one when a request comes in , based on some configuration in a db ? It sounds like what you actually want to do is change the configuration location from a file to the db . Is that correct ? On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 14:17:42 +0900, Matthew Van Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: His question is: How can one build an ActionForm without specifying any properties in either a java class or the struts configuration file? -Original Message- From: Michael McGrady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 1:29 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: very dynamic forms What is your question? At 05:17 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: Sorry, I thought I stated it plainly. Forget about tiles. I think what I need is Map Backed Action Forms, but am not sure where to look for an example. DynaActionForms look like classes that are just built dynamically according to struts config. I want to build one on-the-fly according to "configuration" stuff stored in a database, that can change. Is that more understandable? Dean Michael McGrady wrote: I cannot quite tell what your "problem" or "question" is, Dean Hoover. I don't see, further, what "struts/tiles" has to do with building a dynamic form. You have a form in a file and that form may be constructed dynamically. This is irrelevant to the tiles aspect of struts. What are you really asking? Michael At 05:00 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: Suppose I want to construct a form based on a query to a database. What would come out of the query would be label, form position, variable name, etc, etc. What would be the recommended way of building this under struts/tiles? I've been working with struts/tiles for a while now and this is the first time this sort of requirement has come up. I've used DynaActionForm and ActionForm, but do not see how this sort of thing fits either model. Any ideas? Dean Hoover --- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] . - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: very dynamic forms
I think I'm uncertain about the question you asked as well, do you wish to have no ActionForm and only create one when a request comes in , based on some configuration in a db ? It sounds like what you actually want to do is change the configuration location from a file to the db . Is that correct ? On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 14:17:42 +0900, Matthew Van Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > His question is: > > How can one build an ActionForm without specifying any properties in > either a java class or the struts configuration file? > > > -Original Message- > > From: Michael McGrady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 1:29 PM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > > > > > > What is your question? > > > > At 05:17 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: > > >Sorry, I thought I stated it plainly. Forget about tiles. > > >I think what I need is Map Backed Action Forms, but am > > >not sure where to look for an example. DynaActionForms > > >look like classes that are just built dynamically according > > >to struts config. I want to build one on-the-fly according to > > >"configuration" stuff stored in a database, that can change. Is that > > >more understandable? > > > > > >Dean > > > > > >Michael McGrady wrote: > > > > > >>I cannot quite tell what your "problem" or "question" is, > > Dean Hoover. > > >>I > > >>don't see, further, what "struts/tiles" has to do with > > building a dynamic > > >>form. You have a form in a file and that form may be constructed > > >>dynamically. This is irrelevant to the tiles aspect of > > struts. What are > > >>you really asking? > > >> > > >>Michael > > >> > > >>At 05:00 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: > > >> > > >>>Suppose I want to construct a form based > > >>>on a query to a database. What would come > > >>>out of the query would be label, form position, > > >>>variable name, etc, etc. What would be the > > >>>recommended way of building this under > > >>>struts/tiles? I've been working with struts/tiles > > >>>for a while now and this is the first time this > > >>>sort of requirement has come up. I've used > > >>>DynaActionForm and ActionForm, but do > > >>>not see how this sort of thing fits either model. > > >>> > > >>>Any ideas? > > >>> > > >>>Dean Hoover > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>--- > > -- > > >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > - > > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >- > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: very dynamic forms
His question is: How can one build an ActionForm without specifying any properties in either a java class or the struts configuration file? > -Original Message- > From: Michael McGrady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 1:29 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > > > What is your question? > > At 05:17 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: > >Sorry, I thought I stated it plainly. Forget about tiles. > >I think what I need is Map Backed Action Forms, but am > >not sure where to look for an example. DynaActionForms > >look like classes that are just built dynamically according > >to struts config. I want to build one on-the-fly according to > >"configuration" stuff stored in a database, that can change. Is that > >more understandable? > > > >Dean > > > >Michael McGrady wrote: > > > >>I cannot quite tell what your "problem" or "question" is, > Dean Hoover. > >>I > >>don't see, further, what "struts/tiles" has to do with > building a dynamic > >>form. You have a form in a file and that form may be constructed > >>dynamically. This is irrelevant to the tiles aspect of > struts. What are > >>you really asking? > >> > >>Michael > >> > >>At 05:00 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: > >> > >>>Suppose I want to construct a form based > >>>on a query to a database. What would come > >>>out of the query would be label, form position, > >>>variable name, etc, etc. What would be the > >>>recommended way of building this under > >>>struts/tiles? I've been working with struts/tiles > >>>for a while now and this is the first time this > >>>sort of requirement has come up. I've used > >>>DynaActionForm and ActionForm, but do > >>>not see how this sort of thing fits either model. > >>> > >>>Any ideas? > >>> > >>>Dean Hoover > >>> > >>> > >>>--- > -- > >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > - > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > > > > >- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: very dynamic forms
What is your question? At 05:17 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: Sorry, I thought I stated it plainly. Forget about tiles. I think what I need is Map Backed Action Forms, but am not sure where to look for an example. DynaActionForms look like classes that are just built dynamically according to struts config. I want to build one on-the-fly according to "configuration" stuff stored in a database, that can change. Is that more understandable? Dean Michael McGrady wrote: I cannot quite tell what your "problem" or "question" is, Dean Hoover. I don't see, further, what "struts/tiles" has to do with building a dynamic form. You have a form in a file and that form may be constructed dynamically. This is irrelevant to the tiles aspect of struts. What are you really asking? Michael At 05:00 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: Suppose I want to construct a form based on a query to a database. What would come out of the query would be label, form position, variable name, etc, etc. What would be the recommended way of building this under struts/tiles? I've been working with struts/tiles for a while now and this is the first time this sort of requirement has come up. I've used DynaActionForm and ActionForm, but do not see how this sort of thing fits either model. Any ideas? Dean Hoover - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: very dynamic forms
oops, you wrote it! my bad Niall Pemberton wrote: How about Lazy DynaBeans: http://www.niallp.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/#lazydynabean Niall - Original Message - From: "Dean A. Hoover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 1:17 AM Subject: Re: very dynamic forms Sorry, I thought I stated it plainly. Forget about tiles. I think what I need is Map Backed Action Forms, but am not sure where to look for an example. DynaActionForms look like classes that are just built dynamically according to struts config. I want to build one on-the-fly according to "configuration" stuff stored in a database, that can change. Is that more understandable? Dean Michael McGrady wrote: I cannot quite tell what your "problem" or "question" is, Dean Hoover. I don't see, further, what "struts/tiles" has to do with building a dynamic form. You have a form in a file and that form may be constructed dynamically. This is irrelevant to the tiles aspect of struts. What are you really asking? Michael At 05:00 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: Suppose I want to construct a form based on a query to a database. What would come out of the query would be label, form position, variable name, etc, etc. What would be the recommended way of building this under struts/tiles? I've been working with struts/tiles for a while now and this is the first time this sort of requirement has come up. I've used DynaActionForm and ActionForm, but do not see how this sort of thing fits either model. Any ideas? Dean Hoover - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: very dynamic forms
Thanks, that looks very cool. Have you used it before? Niall Pemberton wrote: How about Lazy DynaBeans: http://www.niallp.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/#lazydynabean Niall - Original Message - From: "Dean A. Hoover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 1:17 AM Subject: Re: very dynamic forms Sorry, I thought I stated it plainly. Forget about tiles. I think what I need is Map Backed Action Forms, but am not sure where to look for an example. DynaActionForms look like classes that are just built dynamically according to struts config. I want to build one on-the-fly according to "configuration" stuff stored in a database, that can change. Is that more understandable? Dean Michael McGrady wrote: I cannot quite tell what your "problem" or "question" is, Dean Hoover. I don't see, further, what "struts/tiles" has to do with building a dynamic form. You have a form in a file and that form may be constructed dynamically. This is irrelevant to the tiles aspect of struts. What are you really asking? Michael At 05:00 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: Suppose I want to construct a form based on a query to a database. What would come out of the query would be label, form position, variable name, etc, etc. What would be the recommended way of building this under struts/tiles? I've been working with struts/tiles for a while now and this is the first time this sort of requirement has come up. I've used DynaActionForm and ActionForm, but do not see how this sort of thing fits either model. Any ideas? Dean Hoover - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: very dynamic forms
How about Lazy DynaBeans: http://www.niallp.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/#lazydynabean Niall - Original Message - From: "Dean A. Hoover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 1:17 AM Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > Sorry, I thought I stated it plainly. Forget about tiles. > I think what I need is Map Backed Action Forms, but am > not sure where to look for an example. DynaActionForms > look like classes that are just built dynamically according > to struts config. I want to build one on-the-fly according to > "configuration" stuff stored in a database, that can change. > Is that more understandable? > > Dean > > Michael McGrady wrote: > > > I cannot quite tell what your "problem" or "question" is, Dean > > Hoover. I don't see, further, what "struts/tiles" has to do with > > building a dynamic form. You have a form in a file and that form may > > be constructed dynamically. This is irrelevant to the tiles aspect of > > struts. What are you really asking? > > > > Michael > > > > At 05:00 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: > > > >> Suppose I want to construct a form based > >> on a query to a database. What would come > >> out of the query would be label, form position, > >> variable name, etc, etc. What would be the > >> recommended way of building this under > >> struts/tiles? I've been working with struts/tiles > >> for a while now and this is the first time this > >> sort of requirement has come up. I've used > >> DynaActionForm and ActionForm, but do > >> not see how this sort of thing fits either model. > >> > >> Any ideas? > >> > >> Dean Hoover > >> > >> > >> - > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: very dynamic forms
See section 4.3.2 in http://struts.apache.org/userGuide/building_controller.html Thanks, Kishore Senji. On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 20:17:17 -0400, Dean A. Hoover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, I thought I stated it plainly. Forget about tiles. > I think what I need is Map Backed Action Forms, but am > not sure where to look for an example. DynaActionForms > look like classes that are just built dynamically according > to struts config. I want to build one on-the-fly according to > "configuration" stuff stored in a database, that can change. > Is that more understandable? > > Dean > > > > Michael McGrady wrote: > > > I cannot quite tell what your "problem" or "question" is, Dean > > Hoover. I don't see, further, what "struts/tiles" has to do with > > building a dynamic form. You have a form in a file and that form may > > be constructed dynamically. This is irrelevant to the tiles aspect of > > struts. What are you really asking? > > > > Michael > > > > At 05:00 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: > > > >> Suppose I want to construct a form based > >> on a query to a database. What would come > >> out of the query would be label, form position, > >> variable name, etc, etc. What would be the > >> recommended way of building this under > >> struts/tiles? I've been working with struts/tiles > >> for a while now and this is the first time this > >> sort of requirement has come up. I've used > >> DynaActionForm and ActionForm, but do > >> not see how this sort of thing fits either model. > >> > >> Any ideas? > >> > >> Dean Hoover > >> > >> > >> - > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: very dynamic forms
Sorry, I thought I stated it plainly. Forget about tiles. I think what I need is Map Backed Action Forms, but am not sure where to look for an example. DynaActionForms look like classes that are just built dynamically according to struts config. I want to build one on-the-fly according to "configuration" stuff stored in a database, that can change. Is that more understandable? Dean Michael McGrady wrote: I cannot quite tell what your "problem" or "question" is, Dean Hoover. I don't see, further, what "struts/tiles" has to do with building a dynamic form. You have a form in a file and that form may be constructed dynamically. This is irrelevant to the tiles aspect of struts. What are you really asking? Michael At 05:00 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: Suppose I want to construct a form based on a query to a database. What would come out of the query would be label, form position, variable name, etc, etc. What would be the recommended way of building this under struts/tiles? I've been working with struts/tiles for a while now and this is the first time this sort of requirement has come up. I've used DynaActionForm and ActionForm, but do not see how this sort of thing fits either model. Any ideas? Dean Hoover - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: very dynamic forms
I cannot quite tell what your "problem" or "question" is, Dean Hoover. I don't see, further, what "struts/tiles" has to do with building a dynamic form. You have a form in a file and that form may be constructed dynamically. This is irrelevant to the tiles aspect of struts. What are you really asking? Michael At 05:00 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: Suppose I want to construct a form based on a query to a database. What would come out of the query would be label, form position, variable name, etc, etc. What would be the recommended way of building this under struts/tiles? I've been working with struts/tiles for a while now and this is the first time this sort of requirement has come up. I've used DynaActionForm and ActionForm, but do not see how this sort of thing fits either model. Any ideas? Dean Hoover - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
