On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Peter Alfors wrote:
> You do not need an ActionForm. You can read straight from the form
> parameters in your action class as you mentioned.
>
Yes, you can definitely do this. Of course, you give up the automatic
stuff that Struts does for you (calling reset(), populating the
properties, and calling validate()) in this case.
> Pete
>
Craig
>
> Bill Firestone wrote:
>
> > I have hit upon the same problem as this thread, but I didn't see a resolution.
> >
> > It seems that in Struts 1.0, there must be an ActionForm for every page that has a
>form in it -- or, indeed, an ActionForm for every form, including one for each form
>on a page.
> >
> > I had thought that I could have an Action class that would read the FORM
>parameters directly, but that I would not need an ActionForm for each screen.
> >
> > (One of the goals for Struts 1.1 seems to address this.)
> >
> > Is the above correct, or am I missing something?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Bill Firestone
> >
> > At 03:09 PM 4/30/2001 +0530, Tewathia, Atul wrote:
> > >I feel there is some problem.
> > >I tried the same thing but I get the following error on console. It shows
> > >that it is trying to instantiate a form bean corresponding to an action
> > >mapping. And if i am not specifying one it gives an error. How do I handle
> > >this situation when I don't need a form ???
> > >
> > >OneForm instantiated
> > >TwoaeForm instantiated
> > >TwokeyForm instantiated
> > ><Apr 13, 2001 2:54:59 PM GMT+05:30> <Error> <HTTP>
> > ><[WebAppServletContext(446938
> > >,threeoseven)] Root cause of ServletException
> > >javax.servlet.jsp.JspException: Cannot retrieve definition for form bean
> > >null
> > > at org.apache.struts.taglib.html.FormTag.lookup(FormTag.java:725)
> > > at
> > >org.apache.struts.taglib.html.FormTag.doStartTag(FormTag.java:441)
> > > at jsp_servlet._two._jspService(_two.java:345)
> > > at weblogic.servlet.jsp.JspBase.service(JspBase.java:27)
> > > at
> > >weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubIm
> > >
> > >the config.xml used by me is here ...
> > >
> > ><struts-config>
> > > <form-beans>
> > > <form-bean name="oneForm" type="org.apache.struts.myprog.OneForm"/>
> > > <form-bean name="twokeyForm"
> > >type="org.apache.struts.myprog.TwokeyForm"/>
> > > <form-bean name="twoaeForm" type="org.apache.struts.myprog.TwoaeForm"/>
> > > </form-beans>
> > > <action-mappings>
> > > <action path="/One" type="org.apache.struts.myprog.OneAction"
> > >name="oneForm">
> > > <forward name="Two" path="/Two.jsp" />
> > > </action>
> > > <action path="/Twoae" type="org.apache.struts.myprog.TwoAction"
> > >name="twoaeForm">
> > > <forward name="Three" path="/Three.jsp" />
> > > </action>
> > > <action path="/Twokey" type="org.apache.struts.myprog.TwoAction"
> > >name="twokeyForm">
> > > <forward name="Three" path="/Three.jsp" />
> > > </action>
> > > <action path="/Twoprev" type="org.apache.struts.myprog.TwoAction">
> > > <forward name="One" path="/One.jsp" />
> > > </action>
> > > </action-mappings>
> > ></struts-config>
> > >
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Tobias Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > >Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 4:17 PM
> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >Subject: RE: No ActionForm Bean Required
> > >
> > >
> > >Hi Stanley,
> > >
> > >> Let's say I have a link that allows a user to empty his/her shopping
> > >> cart. The link to empty the cart points to "/empty.do". I
> > >> do not believe
> > >> this requires an ActionForm bean (PLEASE, correct me if I am
> > >> wrong). Nonetheless, I have specified an ActionForm Bean
> > >> because it is
> > >> required:
> > >>
> > >> <action path="/empty"
> > >> type="EmptyAction"
> > >> name="buyBean"
> > >> scope="request">
> > >> <forward name="success" path="/viewcart.jsp"/>
> > >> </action>
> > >>
> > >> The bean is NOT used and has nothing to do with emptying the shopping
> > >> cart. Do I just accept that it works? Or am I designing the program
> > >> wrong? Please help.
> > >
> > >You don't have to specifiy an ActionForm if you don't need one.
> > >Watch the LogoffAction in the example shipped with struts:
> > >
> > ><!-- Process a user logoff -->
> > ><action path="/logoff"
> > > type="org.apache.struts.example.LogoffAction">
> > > <forward name="success" path="/index.jsp"/>
> > ></action>
> > >
> > >Hope this helps,
> > >
> > >Tobias Meyer
>
>
