Sometimes the promise (or threat) of someone looking over your shoulder is help enough :) I might not have figured it out otherwise.
Thanks for the interest anyway. JD -----Original Message----- From: James Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 6:12 PM To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' Subject: RE: Accepting arrays as values in mapped-backed ActionForms Wow, I'm glad I could help ;D -- James Mitchell Web Developer/Struts Evangelist http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/ "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid." - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855) > -----Original Message----- > From: John Devine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 3:34 PM > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Subject: RE: Accepting arrays as values in mapped-backed ActionForms > > > Solved: > > On the form bean I now include: > > public String[] getExGroups(String key){ > return (String[]) existingGroups.get(key); > } > > public void setExGroups(String key, String[] values){ > existingGroups.put(key,values); > } > > and use exGroups(primaryKey) as the multibox property. > > I had tried something similar earlier but I had > > public Object getExGroups(String key){ > return existingGroups.get(key); > } > > public void setExGroups(String key, Object values){ > existingGroups.put(key,values); > } > > which I had seen in another example and that accepted only the first > input from each of the rows of checkboxes as a String and ignored the > others. > > If you have similar examples that can do the job more elegantly (or > differently even), I'd love to see them. Ideas can only help. > > > -- John > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Devine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 2:10 PM > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Subject: RE: Accepting arrays as values in mapped-backed ActionForms > > Okay, yes the actual business process is not very well explained. > Probably I should have used generic object names, but since it's > started: > > I have a bunch of "story" objects. > Each story object can belong to 0 or more groups. > > The functionality of this page is to show the user which groups their > stories belong to as well as to change the groups to which each story > belongs. > > So the user can page through the list of her stories > (generated through > the search bean, which is actually an attribute on the ActionForm Bean > (submitToGroupForm)). For each list of 10 stories, the > submitToGroupForm > sets up a map called "existingGroups" which contains a String array of > the group id's associated with each story. > > "availableGroups" is an array of String group id's put into > actionFormBean which contains all the groups the user has > permission to > access. > > So, in addition to the regular info on each story (title, id, plus the > tile "storyDetailswithBlurb.jsp"), the generated page is a matrix of > checkboxes: > One row of "availableGroups" checkboxes for each story. > > The idea was to use the map on the actionForm to receive changes to > groups, with the key of the map being the storyId, and the value being > the array of groups Id's that were checked off for each story. Then my > Action will pass that info off to a bean that will do the > reassignment. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 4:22 AM > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Subject: RE: Accepting arrays as values in mapped-backed ActionForms > > Ok, I've had time to look over your notes. > > I may be missing some pieces to the puzzle here. > > If I understand you correctly, you've got a bean (searchBean) > that has a > List of Story beans, each with id and title. > > You have a formbean (submitToGroupForm) that returns a Map of Groups > (getExistingGroups) keyed off of the id from an iteration of the first > bean (searchBean). > > Is this correct so far? > Which bean is the form associated with this action? (I am assuming > submitToGroupForm) > Why do you iterate over the formbean, then iterate over a > field on that > bean? > > Can you post more details on what you are wanting to accomplish here? > > > > -- > James Mitchell > Web Developer/Struts Evangelist > http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/ > > "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought > which they avoid." > - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855) > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 6:38 PM > > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > > Subject: RE: Accepting arrays as values in mapped-backed ActionForms > > > > > > John, sorry for not getting back sooner. I've been in > meetings since > > lunch. I'll see what I can work up tonight. > > > > > > -- > > James Mitchell > > Web Developer/Struts Evangelist > > http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/ > > > > "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom > of thought > > which they avoid." > > - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855) > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: John Devine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 2:41 PM > > > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > > > Subject: RE: Accepting arrays as values in mapped-backed > ActionForms > > > > > > > > > Sure I'd love to see an example! > > > > > > But like I said, I ended up using the scriptlets for > > iteration because > > > within the iteration of "storyList" I call a tile like so: > > > > > > <td> > > > <tile:insert > > page="/WEB-INF/tilestemplates/storyDetailwithBlurb.jsp" > > > > <tile:put name="story" beanName="story" /> > > > <tile:put name="counter" beanName="counter" /> > > > </tile:insert> > > > </td> > > > > > > and I couldn't get the tile to be called properly when it was > > > within an > > > <logic:iterate> tag. (and I haven't boned up on the nested > > tags enough > > > to be comfortable with them yet). > > > > > > If you have an example of naming the property of the multibox > > > to accept > > > a set of options for each story in the iteration, that's > > where my real > > > problem lies right now. The way I have it now works fine for > > > <html:text> > > > and single parameter inputs, but I can't get it to work > for multiple > > > parameter inputs. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: James Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 1:28 PM > > > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > > > Subject: RE: Accepting arrays as values in mapped-backed > ActionForms > > > > > > You can accomplish all of this with tags and elimate your > > scriptlets. > > > > > > I have something close to that, let me know if you want > an example. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > James Mitchell > > > Web Developer/Struts Evangelist > > > http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/ > > > > > > "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom > > of thought > > > which they avoid." > > > - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: John Devine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 1:52 PM > > > > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > > > > Subject: RE: Accepting arrays as values in mapped-backed > > ActionForms > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello Struts community! > > > > > > > > No one's picked up on this thread and I just wonder > whether it's a > > > > stupid or unclear question or whether it's just not of > interest. > > > > > > > > If the question's been answered before, could someone let > > > me know and > > > > I'll go back to searching lists. I didn't find any > > answers earlier. > > > > > > > > Basically what I'm trying to is set up a form that will > > > > contain a Map of > > > > String arrays. At this point, when Struts populates the Map, > > > > it assumes > > > > the map elements will be plain strings. Does anyone know > > of a way to > > > > tell it that the members of the map should be populated > as arrays > > > > (because multiple request parameters will have the same name). > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any response, > > > > > > > > John Devine > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: John Devine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 5:10 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Accepting arrays as values in mapped-backed ActionForms > > > > > > > > Does anyone know how to specify that the value of the > HashMap in a > > > > mapped-backed ActionForm should be an array of Strings rather > > > > than just > > > > a single String? > > > > > > > > I'm having a problem in trying to set up a page of > several rows of > > > > indexed multi-boxes: > > > > > > > > I have a regular action form that includes: > > > > > > > > public Map existingGroups = new HashMap(); > > > > > > > > public Map getExistingGroups(){ > > > > return existingGroups; > > > > } > > > > > > > > public void setExistingGroups(Map map){ > > > > this.existingGroups = map; > > > > } > > > > > > > > On my JSP, I include several different rows of multiboxes, > > > and I want > > > > the user to be able to choose different groups for each object: > > > > > > > > <% > > > > List storyList = searchBean.getList(); > > > > int counter = 1; > > > > for (Iterator i = storyList.iterator(); i.hasNext(); > > counter++ ) { > > > > Story story = (Story)i.next(); > > > > pageContext.setAttribute("story", story); > > > > pageContext.setAttribute("counter", new Integer(counter)); > > > > %> > > > > > > > > <tr> > > > > <td> > > > > <bean:write name="story" property="title" /> > > > > </td> > > > > <logic:iterate id="group" name="submitToGroupForm" > > > > property="availableGroups" type="com.rd.Group" > > > > > <td> > > > > <html:multibox > > > > property='<%="existingGroups("+story.getId()+")"%>' > > > > > <bean:write name="group" property="id" /> > > > > </html:multibox> > > > > <bean:write name="group" property="name" /> > > > > </td> > > > > </logic:iterate> > > > > </tr> > > > > > > > > <% } %> > > > > > > > > (Oh, and I use the scriptlet iteration because there's a > > tile being > > > > called within that loop that I edited out for readability.) > > > > > > > > What happens is that value of "existingGroups(primaryKey1)" > > > > is a String > > > > instead of an array of Strings. So that if I try to cast it > > > > to String[], > > > > I get a ClassCastException. > > > > > > > > Is this a limitation of using maps in forms, or is there a > > > > way to return > > > > arrays of strings as entries of the Map on your ActionForm? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
