The FormBean is reusable across several actions. If you notice in the struts-config.xml there is a <form-bean> tag that can be used by several actions.
But, in the manner you are referring I think the LookupDispatchAction may be what you would want to use. It allows you to map button names to methods within an extended LookupDispatchAction. For example, when you click the button named "Save" on the form a key is looked up to see which method the button maps to in the LookupDispatchAction. The method in your extended LookupDispatchAction is then called. You can use this to accomplish CRUD operations using single form. It's analogous to grouping several Actions into one for the sake of grouping functionality. http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/api/org/apache/struts/actions/LookupDispatc hAction.html Brandon Goodin hi folks, i am working on a project right now for which i figured out struts to be perfectly suitable. but as i looked at it a little closer i saw some issues in the "struts way" i don't agree with. the main problem is that you think of a 1-to-1 relation between a form and an action (i think so 'cause you send a form to an (action-)controller that handles the params and passes them to one action). i would say there could be various actions on one form. you can have several submit-buttons each considered as a separate action. so the action to be performed should be determined by the value of the submit-button. the other thing i would expect is a 1-to-n relation between (what i refere to as controller) a controller that handles form-data and views. so the process would be: 1. user sends data to controller 2. controller sets up form-bean and tells the form-bean to validate it self 3. controller desides which action is to be performed behalf of the pressed submit-button 4. action returns or fails whith an exception 5.1. on success tell form-bean to reload data and pass controll to the appropriate view 5.2. on failure don't reload form and pass controll to the appropriate view (to be descided on the exception) 6. view sends new content the point i came to this suggestion is, i have to deal with barrier-free internet (eg lynx-compatible sites). shure you can change the location the form is sent to by using JavaScript but not so in lynx. so am i completely wrong with my point of view? i would luv to know. DeeasS -- Sind Sie auch schon drin?? Wir bieten Lösungen rund ums Internet ... Daniel Steudel @-traction GbR - Informations- und Kommunikationssysteme www.attraction.de Leiterweg 43 71254 Ditzingen Telefon (07156) 959202 Fax (07156) 959201 Mobil (0160) 7 774 271 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
