Perhaps I should be clearer on this. I would like to have an ActionForm implement Map, but when I do this, it chokes as follows. I would like to change this. I am not sure whether the place to do this is the request processor in Struts or the implementation in commons beanutils. I do know that the present code will not populate a form which implements Map.
Here is the choke "webmasterOptions" is public ActionForward webmasterOptions(ActionMapping am, ActionForm af, HttpServletRequest hsreq, HttpServletResponse shres) Thanks for any assistance on this. I am willing, of course, to make or to help make whatever changes are necessary to allow the Struts controller to use ActionForms that implement Map. Jack 1. HTML browser exception report Exception report message description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request. exception javax.servlet.ServletException: BeanUtils.populate org.apache.struts.util.RequestUtils.populate(RequestUtils.java:497) org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processPopulate(RequestProcessor.java:798) org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:205) org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1164) org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:415) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:763) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:856) com.crackwillow.filter.GZIPFilter.doFilter(GZIPFilter.java:23) root cause java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Null property value for 'webmasterOptions' org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtils.getNestedProperty(PropertyUtils.java:755) org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtils.getProperty(PropertyUtils.java:801) org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtils.setProperty(BeanUtils.java:881) org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtils.populate(BeanUtils.java:808) org.apache.struts.util.RequestUtils.populate(RequestUtils.java:495) org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processPopulate(RequestProcessor.java:798) org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:205) org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1164) org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:415) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:763) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:856) com.crackwillow.filter.GZIPFilter.doFilter(GZIPFilter.java:23) note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Tomcat logs. 2. catalina2004-12-10.log java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Null property value for 'webmasterOptions' at org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtils.getNestedProperty(PropertyUtils.java:755) at org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtils.getProperty(PropertyUtils.java:801) at org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtils.setProperty(BeanUtils.java:881) at org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtils.populate(BeanUtils.java:808) at org.apache.struts.util.RequestUtils.populate(RequestUtils.java:495) at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processPopulate(RequestProcessor.java:798) at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:205) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1164) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:415) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:763) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:856) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:284) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:204) at com.crackwillow.filter.GZIPFilter.doFilter(GZIPFilter.java:23) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:233) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:204) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:257) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:151) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:567) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invokeInternal(StandardContextValve.java:245) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:199) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:151) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:567) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:184) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:151) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:164) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:149) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:567) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:156) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:151) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:567) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:972) at org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:206) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:833) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:732) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:619) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:688) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534 Jack -- -- "You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep." ~Native Proverb~ "Each man is good in His sight. 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