Greetings everyone!
I would like to preopulate serveral forms with default values retrieve from a database upon application startup or after a successful login by the user. I have an approach in mind, however, I am not sure if it is the most efficient or best approach. My approach is to use a filter that creates and stores in memory default ActionForms. The ActionForm will contain default values for select fields (or any other fields) retrieved from a database. The ActionForms will be stored within the current user session and then controll will be given over to Struts ActionServlet. Another similar approach would be to register a listerner (HttpSessionAttributeListener) that would essentially wait for a specific attribute to be added into the session (i.e SETUP_FORMS) then it would query the database for neccessary application setup data. I read the message archive, and a few have suggested calling a "setup action" per request that prepopulates the default values in the ActionForm. This is a valid approach, but IMHO only for small applications. It just seems that there will be to much "traffic" going on between the app and the database. Correct me if I am wrong. If you have gotten this far please share your thoughts on this topic. Curtney --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
