Hello, I'm trying to use indexed propeties in my form bean (ActionForm) to handle an array of text fields generated dynamically. Initially, I used a String[] to hold the text field values, and had a problem when validation errors occured in my validate() method, i.e, the values of the text fields were not retained.
To work around that, I'm trying indexed properties, but it has not helped my cause, only added to my woes:( With indexed properties, I don't seem to get the values of the textfields in the form bean(I get a NullPointerException on form submission). Also, the values in the textfields are not retained on validation errors. When my JSP is displayed initially, I seem to get some null/junk entries in the text fields. I used the sample code from http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=struts-user&m=104815589928698&w=2 for my form bean. So, in my ActionForm, I have ######################################### private List candList = new ArrayList(); //previoulsy was String[] public List getCandList() { return candList; } public void setCandList(List aCandList) { candList = aCandList; } public String getCandList(int index) { while(index >= candList.size()){ candList.add(new String("")); } return (String) candList.get(index); } public void setCandList(int index,String aCand) { candList.set(index,aCand); } ----------------------------------------------------- I do not set candList=null in the reset() method. In my Action class (DispatchAction), I have two methods - get() and submit() corresponding to "get" and "submit" requests on my JSP. In the get() method, I tried populating the candList in my form bean with dummy values, corresponding to the number of text fields(obtained from database). In my JSP, I use <html:text property="candList" size="25" maxlength="25" indexed="true"/> within a <logic:iterate> tag for a collection (of business entities). --------------------------------------------- I guess there may be something wrong with the getters/setters in my ActionForm, as my form bean doesn't seem to get the user entered values in the text fields. Am I missing something in the reset() method? Could somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong. I'm not sure if the candList in my form bean should be populated with dummy values in the get() method of my Action class. I tried in vain to find some good examples of form beans with indexed properties..most of the examples are for DynaActionForm, and I'm really strutting in the dark:( Any help/pointers will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Shyam __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]