Does that mean it's working now? If so, great!
Quoting Mark Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Thanks Kris
>
> The method names need to match I was thinking it would work things out,
> but i guess that the indexed property name must match the method even
> when the object is scoped during the iteration.
>
> Cheers Mark
>
> On 7 Jan 2004, at 14:49, Kris Schneider wrote:
>
> > Quoting Mark Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> >> Sure the method names were just an example rather than copy n pasting
> >> my code into a mail.
> >>
> >> I'm not using the nested tags lib as I don't mind drilling through to
> >> nested objects. The form renders fine and i can set the values, its
> >> when i submit the form, i don't get the values that the user sets in
> >> the jsp, but rather those that are set in the action before forwarding
> >> to the form.
> >>
> >> I've been getting n setting my indexed properties like you say. I've
> >> tried just using arraylist and not casting to an array.
> >>
> >> Like i said i've a work around, but I dont like it as i need to match
> >> the name of the object thats scoped during the iteration.
> >>
> >> I'm sure it should work because nesting beans is so useful. out of
> >> interest have you been able to do this?
> >
> > Absolutely. I still tend to favor the nested tags for indexed and
> > nested
> > properties. Are you sure the HTML for the form is really being rendered
> > correctly? Since you can access your data explicitly through
> > request.getParameter, it just seems like there's a mismatch between
> > the rendered
> > parameter names and the properties exposed by the form.
> >
> >> On 7 Jan 2004, at 14:12, Kris Schneider wrote:
> >>
> >>> Have you tried the nested tags on this?
> >>>
> >>> <html:form ...>
> >>> <nested:iterate property="beans">
> >>> <nested:text property="foo"/>
> >>> <nested:iterate/>
> >>> </html:form>
> >>>
> >>> For the form class, the JavaBeans pattern for an indexed property is
> >>> the following:
> >>>
> >>> public void setter(int index, PropertyType value);
> >>> public PropertyType getter(int index);
> >>> public void setter(PropertyType[] values);
> >>> public PropertyType[] getter();
> >>>
> >>> For Struts, since it leverages BeanUtils, you can shorthand it to:
> >>>
> >>> public void setter(List values);
> >>> public List getter();
> >>>
> >>> I'm not really sure you're exposing the properties you think you are
> >>> because
> >>> you're using inconsistent method names (getBeans and getBean) as well
> >>> as
> >>> property types (Object[], ArrayList, and NestedBean).
> >>>
> >>> Quoting Mark Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >>>
> >>>> Has anyone else had any problems setting nested bean values
> >>>>
> >>>> Here's and example of what i mean..
> >>>>
> >>>> public class DemoForm extends ActionForm {
> >>>>
> >>>> private ArrayList beanList;
> >>>>
> >>>> public DemoForm() {
> >>>> this.beanList = new ArrayList();
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> public Object[] getBeans() {
> >>>> return beanList.toArray()
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> public void setBeans(ArrayList beanList) {
> >>>> this.beanList = beanList;
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> public NestedBean getBean(int i) {
> >>>> NestedBean bean = (NestedBean) beanList.get(i);
> >>>> return bean;
> >>>> }
> >>>> //and so on
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> ..
> >>>>
> >>>> public class NestedBean {
> >>>> private String foo;
> >>>>
> >>>> public String getFoo() {
> >>>> return foo;
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> public void setFoo(String foo) {
> >>>> this.foo = foo;
> >>>> }
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> ..
> >>>> <c:forEach var="bean" items="${myForm.beans}">
> >>>> <html:text name="bean" property="foo" indexed="true" />
> >>>> </c:forEach>
> >>>>
> >>>> The problem comes when i change values in the form element the
> >>>> values
> >>>> dont change so i guess the jsp and the servlets aren't
> >>>> interacting. I
> >>>> work around by retrieving form the parameter map
> >>>>
> >>>> String target = "bean["+ i +"].foo";
> >>>> String value = request.getParameter(target).toString();
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> This works okay , but I'd really like to know wether i can do this
> >>>> without this hack.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers Mark
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Kris Schneider <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>> D.O.Tech <http://www.dotech.com/>
> >
> > --
> > Kris Schneider <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > D.O.Tech <http://www.dotech.com/>
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