Here is something I pulled from the archive and the latest discussion seem to indicate that this is how it works:
1. Controller receives request. 2. Controller looks up mapping for Action and what ActionForm to use. 3. Reset is invoked on the bean. N.B. The instance of the ActionForm either already exists (created by a previous Action) or is created when the HTML for the form is generated (as the form is being given to the user for modification). (It is possible that the ActionForm does not exist and this is typically a "create" action). Reset is not called at this point because maybe the form has been preloaded with info or maybe the form is being returned to the user because a previous validation failed. Reset() is invoked when the form has been filled out and is on its way back to the server. The form is then cleared and filled with the new parameters before being delivered to the Action. So form creation takes place as the HTML is going out and the reset is invoked when the data is on its way back. They don't happen together. - Sandeep --- Tony Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have a situation in which I would like to do the > following: > > 1) I'm at a jsp page, let's call it "a.jsp". It has > one link that looks > like: > > <html:link page="/mainMenu.do?action=customer"> > Customer > </html:link> > > 2) My mainMenu action in struts-config.xml looks > like (name="..." is > left out on purpose): > > <action path="/mainMenu" > type="net.alfa.china.menus.MainMenuAction"> > <forward name="customer" > path="/customer_main.jsp"/> > <forward name="order" path="/order_main.jsp"/> > <forward name="purchase" path="/purchase_main.jsp" > /> > <forward name="inventory" > path="/inventory_main.jsp" /> > </action> > > > 3) Inside of perform in MainMenuAction, I would like > to create my own > form bean of type ActionForm. I am then going to > load a customer from > my db (through a business logic bean), and set the > fields in the > ActionForm. I'm hoping to use that ActionForm to > populate a form in > "customer_main.jsp" when we finally forward there. > That form is defined > using <html:form>. > > I'm basically wondering what the mechanism is that > struts uses to > populate a <html:form> with an ActionForm. I'm > coming from a page > without a form (a.jsp), would like to be able to > create an ActionForm in > perform(), stick it in the request, and when I > forward to my > customer_main.jsp, have struts populate the form > there with what's in > the ActionForm. > > I've tried quite a few different approaches and > can't seem to make it > work. Is this possible? Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > > Tony Li > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com
