RE: Access to ApplicationResources.properties from Action class?

[James Stephens]

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-----Original Message-----
From: Martijn Spronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 13:22
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Access to ApplicationResources.properties from Action class?


Hi all,

I'm pretty new to struts, and just started developing a fairly
simple app, however taking a bit beyond the standard example
functionality.

I have a (probably) pretty simple question:
I'm in the perform method of the Action class, processing a form submit,
but
want to 
forward to different mappings depending on which button was pressed.
In the JSP I am using the ApplicationResources.properties file to create
the
button text for the
different buttons, so now I need to access this text also to determine
which
action to
take. 

So how do I access the descriptions from the properties file in the
Action
class?

my form:
-------------------
            <tr>
       <td colspan="5" align="right">
          <html:submit styleClass="bodyform">
            <bean:message key="button.cancel"/>
          </html:submit>&nbsp;</td>
       <td>
          <html:submit styleClass="bodyform">
            <bean:message key="button.edit"/>
          </html:submit>&nbsp;</td>
       <td>
          <html:submit styleClass="bodyform">
            <bean:message key="button.confirm"/>
          </html:submit></td>
      </tr>
-------------------

So what do I put at the ... in the following fragment of the perform()
method to
be able to get the textual value of the button.cancel and button.edit?
-------------------
String submit = request.getParameter("submit");
// Forward control depending on which button was pressed
if (submit.equals(...))
        return (mapping.findForward("cancel"))
else if (submit.equals(...))
        return (mapping.findForward("edit"))
-------------------

Thanks,
Martijn.