try... document.forms[0]["mailingAddress.city"]
...works a treat. Arron. Jayaraman Dorai wrote: >When I use nested tags, I am not able to access it through java scripts since the >name is "mailingAddress.city". Does anyone have a work around or am I missing >something? > >Jayaraman > >-----Original Message----- >From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 12:23 PM >To: Struts Users Mailing List >Subject: Re: Re: Nested Tags question > > > > >On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 11:43:59 +0200 >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Reply-To: Struts Users Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: Struts Users Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: Re: Nested Tags question >> >>So Craig, >>does the process work at submit time (when the request parameters are >>being put into the nested beans) via calls to the getter methods to get >>the beans on which the parameters have to be set? >> >>I can't see how else it would work. >> > >It depends on what context you are using the expressions in. For example: > > <!-- Assume the form bean name is "customerForm" --> > <html:form action="/editCustomer"> > ... > <html:text property="mailingAddress.city"/> > ... > </html:form> > >will, in effect, do a call to: > > customerForm.getMailingAddress().getCity() > >when the page is displayed, and a call to: > > customerForm.getMailingAddress().setCity() > >when the request parameters are being copied in to the form bean. > >>Adam >> > >Craig > > >> >>"Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 13.06.2002, >>08:22:43: >> >>> >>>On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Arron Bates wrote: >>> >>>>Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:14:13 +1000 >>>>From: Arron Bates >>>>Reply-To: Struts Users Mailing List >>>>To: Struts Users Mailing List >>>>Subject: Re: Nested Tags question >>>> >>>>> >>>>>I know JSP will automatically save parameters to a javabean with the >>>>>correctly named getters and setters, but there's obviously a gap in my >>>>>knowledge because all my attempts to recreate the situation above have >>>>>failed. >>>>> >>>>Setting form properties against beans is a Struts thing, not a JSP >>>>thing. The property thing is a Bean thin and can be looked up in the >>>>JavaBean spec. >>>> >>>>The example you quote... >>>> >>>> "monkeyTeamAlpha.monkeyWorkers[0].salary" >>>> >>>> ...is a nested property. An invention implemented within Struts >>>>(Craig?). >>>> >>>Yep, although in Struts 1.1 it is really a "commons-beanutils" thing >>>because we abstracted out this generally useful code into a separate >>>package. >>> >>>>What it basically is, is a string of calls rather than the >>>>single property method. Here, it will get a hold of the form bean, get a >>>>hold of the bean returned from the "monkeyTeamAlpha"property. On this >>>>bean, it will invoke the indexed property "monkeyWorkers[0]" which will >>>>pluck a bean from a collection or index provided, from this last bean it >>>>will will get a hold of its "salary" property, and set the value. >>>> >>>At each stage, you also get the benefit of some intelligence that is built >>>in to the underlying PropertyUtils class. For example, the JavaBeans spec >>>defines two ways to define an indexed property -- you can use getter and >>>setter methods that take a value and a subscript, or you can use getter >>>and setter methods that return the entire array. PropertyUtils makes the >>>expression listed above work for either (or even for a property whose >>>value is a java.util.List, which is an extension to the JavaBeans spec). >>> >>>>All this boils down to, is that you can compose objects a little >>>>cleaner, rather than have truly enormous beans for everything. Having >>>>the indexed properties allows for lists and whatever else. >>>> >>>>The ability for nesting beans has been in Struts for a long time. The >>>>nested tags just make it much easier. >>>> >>>>There's a primer and tutorial for nested beans here... >>>> >>>> http://www.keyboardmonkey.com/next >>>> >>>> ...it should take you over creating and using such a construct. >>>> >>>>Hope this gets you on th path you're after. >>>> >>>Another area of useful learning for the future is the JSP Standard Tag >>>Library (JSTL). Although the expression language syntax supported by JSTL >>>is different from the one in Struts, it is well worth learning about -- >>>this expression language will be supported anywhere in a JSP page in JSP >>>1.3, and (in the mean time) we will likely adapt Struts tags to be able to >>>use it as well. >>> >>>> >>>>Arron. >>>> >>>Craig >>> >>> >>>-- >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: >>>For additional commands, e-mail: >>> >>-- >>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]> > > >-- >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]>
