You should always populate aBean to the form in the action. But you should also "populate" a empty aBean in the constructor of the form, to avoid a NullPointerException.
regards, Bernhard -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Denis Wang [mailto:dwang@;brandmuscle.com] Gesendet: Dienstag, 12. November 2002 14:43 An: Struts Users Mailing List Betreff: RE: how to populate nested bean in actionform Thanks for your reply. I know I can "read" the filed as you described. What if I want to populate the field? Where should I populate aBean? Should I initiate aBean in the default constructor of aForm? Should I initiate it from Action? I am trying. If I got a solution, I will post the solution. Thanks again for your attention. Denis -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>