Hi Norman, Yes this is possible, but it defeats (in part) the goals of MVC. The closest thing to what you want may be to use the DynaActionForm class. That way you can just define the field(s) in the struts-config and use then as you would any normal ActionForm in your jsp.
James Mitchell > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan Norman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 8:01 PM > To: Struts User Mailing List > Subject: Why separate form bean to collect form data? > > > Hi, > > I am Norman. > > Instead of creating a new form bean for each form, can we create a generic > form class that can collect all the data in a form? Using methods in the > request > object through which we can find all the control names and their > values or a > definition that identifies form data to be copied to the generic > form bean, > we eliminate mechanical coding get and set properties for each new form. > Other generic form processing can be added to this form as well. > To further > "validate" the form, we can extend generic form class for each specific > form. > > The intent is to write minimal amount of new code for new application or > function. > > Any comments, opinions, criticism? > > Thanks > > Ryan Norman > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
