Hi,
I've modified the struts example to do a couple of things for me, but now i
want to add a main menu entry that will display a form which contains a
select box. This select box will contain the usernames of all the users in
the database.
I am a bit confused on how to approach building this.
Here's what i've done so far:
I've created a class that extends Serializable named DatabaseList, which
contains a Users hashtable.
I've also created a DatabaseListForm class that extends ActionForm, and has
a getUsers() method which returns the hashtable of users.
In the struts-config.xml file, i've added the following to the form bean and
action mappings definitions:
<!-- Database list form bean -->
<form-bean name="databaseListForm"
type="org.apache.struts.webapp.example.DatabaseListForm"/>
<!-- View database list -->
<action path="/viewDatabase"
type="org.apache.struts.webapp.example.ViewDatabaseAction"
name="databaseListForm"
scope="request"
validate="false">
<forward name="success" path="/database.jsp"/>
</action>
Finally, i have to builtd my ViewDatabaseAction which extends Action, and i
presume that this is supposed to populate DatabaseListForm using the
DatabaseServlet class that was supplied with the example. This is where I
get confused. I have a getUsers() method in my DatabaseServlet which returns
an array of users. How do I populate my list of users in the
DatabaseListForm, can i use my getUsers() method or do I have to use
something else ?
Also, is it a good idea to have a hashtable of all users as opposed to an
array or a vector of just the usernames ?
Any help or any reference to something similar will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Corneliu
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