Hmmm... I'll have to look into how reset() impacts unchecked checkboxes - I haven't had to deal with too many checkboxes in my project.
Thanks for raising some issues to make me think about it, Craig. Jason > -----Original Message----- > From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:craigmcc@;apache.org] > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 11:21 AM > To: Struts Developers List > Subject: RE: Unclear semantics on form use for "wizards" > > > > > On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Jason Rosen wrote: > > > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 11:11:41 -0800 > > From: Jason Rosen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Struts Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Struts Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: Unclear semantics on form use for "wizards" > > > > Craig, > > > > That's true, I could have subclassed DynaValidatorForm and > modified the > > reset() method to accomodate my needs. > > > > Originally, I had taken that route, but then found myself with many > > ActionForm subclasses to accomodate all sorts of scenarios - I had > > subclasses of DynaActionForm, DynaValidatorForm, and > ActionForm, just to > > turn off reset(). > > > > I found that by centralizing the reset "switch" and being able to > > declare it in the struts-config.xml made my code and config > files much > > cleaner, re-usable, and easier to maintain. I also figured > that if the > > validate() hotspot could be turned on and off from the > > struts-config.xml, why not reset()? > > > > I think allowing reset() to be turned off completely would be > confusing > and error prone for anyone using a boolean form bean > property, because an > unchecked checkbox would no longer work as expected. > > > Jason Rosen > > > > Craig > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:craigmcc@;apache.org] > > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 11:04 AM > > To: Struts Developers List > > Subject: RE: Unclear semantics on form use for "wizards" > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Jason Rosen wrote: > > > > > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 10:04:42 -0800 > > > From: Jason Rosen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Reply-To: Struts Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: Struts Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: RE: Unclear semantics on form use for "wizards" > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I actually had a similar problem with wanting to use > Session scoped > > > ActionForms and not having them reset every time they > were recycled by > > > an Action. > > > > > > > An alternative strategy is to make the reset() method of > your form beans > > smarter about which page of a multi-page wizard this submit > is for (easy > > to determine because reset() has access to the request). > > > > Craig > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:struts-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:struts-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:struts-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:struts-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:struts-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:struts-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:struts-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:struts-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
