I have an ActionForm (ContactForm) object in scope, and _also_ a ContactImpl value object that pretty much mirrors the get/set methods in the ContactForm.
I'm using the BeanUtils.copyProperties method to move the properties back and forth, but I'm confused as to when each of the objects should have priority. (IOW, when to change a property in which one.) I found myself using: <bean:write name="contact" property="prospectId"/> and then wondering why the property didn't have the correct value. So... I think the rule is that in the JSP associated with the ActionForm, you should be using the instance of the form as the "bean" for any extra display work that must be done outside of the <html:text>, etc. tags that go inside the <html:form> tags. And then the Value Object is only used at the very beginning to populate the form the first time for editing, and at the last minute before it gets sent off to the DAO to be persisted. Is that right? Thanks in advance for helping me get this straight, -- Wendy Smoak http://sourceforge.net/projects/unidbtags
