YOur html is not showing up, Dean
At 12:33 PM 8/6/2004, you wrote:
Just to clarify
Struts can map form to dyanmic object .
It would be cool if it could map to a graph of such objects.
I know the functionality doesn't exist but I think it's a cool idea.
You could have a tag like this on the page.
then an xml file like so and then you had a method that you could call ArbitraryForm arbitraryForm = (ArbitraryForm) form; House house = arbitraryForm.deserialise(); // or whatever houseDAO.storeNewHouse(house); I guess I just am in *love* with hibenate at the moment --b On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 21:09:14 +0200, bryan wrote: > Wouldn't it be so cool if you could take something like a graph of > hibernate objects and > have a form dynamically generated for u. > > With dhtml or something so that you could populate the whole graph in > one user form ? > > For example a House object that had a set of rooms, each room with > it's own description. > > The dhtm generated by the form could expand out so that the user could add an > arbitrary number of rooms each with their own description. > > The whole thing could get filled out in a single http request. > > This would greatly reduce the use case for creating a house. > > Has anyone ever developed anything like this ? > > --b > > > > > On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 11:54:01 -0700, Michael McGrady > wrote: > > How do map based forms farm the values from the request? > > > > At 09:13 AM 8/6/2004, you wrote: > > >For me it was very painless and although there aren't lots of big "killer" > > >features - there are IMO lots of little ones that make this a good upgrade. > > > > > >Niall > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Dean A. Hoover" > > >To: "Struts Users Mailing List" > > >Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 4:49 PM > > >Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. I am looking at Niall's Lazy stuff, but I like your idea. > > > > I will add it to my list o f investigations and experiments. I've > > > > written quite a bit to struts 1.1. Is there a downside to upgrading? > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > Dean > > > > > > > > Kevin A. Palfreyman wrote: > > > > > > > > >Dean, > > > > >I do a similar thing with Struts 1.1, and I use an ordinary struts form > > > > >(a subclass of ValidatorActionForm) that has a DynaBean as one of its > > > > >fields. To match this, my DTO also has the same field as a DynaBean, > > > > >and we just have to be a bit more clever when we copy properties between > > > > >the two. The "schema" of the DynaBeans are configured entirely > > > > >separately from the rest of the Struts stuff, and should be fairly > > > > >easily done from a DB. In an upcoming version, the shape of the > > > > >DynaBeans will be determined from data from a remote corba service. > > > > > > > > > >Unfortunately, this is all product specific (closed source), so I can't > > > > >just pass it on (it wouldn't be useful to you anyway in its current > > > > >form). But it should encourage you that it can be done. > > > > > > > > > >>From a quick read of his web page, Niall's Lazy stuff looks very > > > > >promising. If I were starting again, I might have a look to see if that > > > > >would fit. > > > > > > > > > >Good luck, > > > > > > > > > > Kev > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > > > > >>From: Dean A. Hoover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >>Sent: 06 August 2004 15:47 > > > > >>To: Struts Users Mailing List > > > > >>Subject: Re: very dynamic forms > > > > >> > > > > >>What I need to do is construct a form that has a variety of > > > > >>text input forms on it that are determined at run-time. I > > > > >>know how to do this in jsp but I need to provide an > > > > >>ActionForm that conforms to that form. > > > > >>I got several useful replies last night and am investigating them. > > > > >> > > > > >>Dean > > > > >> > > > > >>Michael McGrady wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>>That makes sense, but his other comments seem to negate that. He > > > > >>>says, e.g., that "[w]hat would come out of the query would > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>be label, > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>>form position, variable name,etc, etc.". These are things > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>that are on > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>>the page form, not on some dynamic class handling the form. He > > > > >>>specifically rejects dynamic class structures in fact when he says > > > > >>>that he has worked with DynaActionForm and ActionForm and that they > > > > >>>don't fit the bill. I think he is focusing on the idea of having > > > > >>>changing variables on the page form and how to handle this on the > > > > >>>backend. Is that right, Dean? > > > > >>> > > > > >>>Michael > > > > >>> > > > > >>>At 01:40 AM 8/6/2004, you wrote: > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>>>I thought that > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>>" I want to build one on-the-fly according to > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>"configuration" stuff > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>>>stored in a database, that can change. " > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>>was pretty clear, especially after he pointed out the > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>DynaActionForms > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>>>weren't what he was looking for because they came from > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>struts config. > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>>>But maybe it's just me - I'm used to wondering about what (weird > > > > >>>>stuff) I can do in Struts. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>>>>> >>At 05:00 PM 8/5/2004, you wrote: > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>> >>>>Suppose I want to construct a form based on a query to a > > > > >>>>>>>>>>database. What would come out of the query would > > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>be label, > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>>>>>>>>>form position, variable name, etc, etc. What would be the > > > > >>>>>>>>>>recommended way of building this under struts/tiles? I've > > > > >>>>>>>>>>been working with struts/tiles for a while now > > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>and this is > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>>>>>>>>>the first time this sort of requirement has come up. I've > > > > >>>>>>>>>>used DynaActionForm and ActionForm, but do not > > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>see how this > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>>>>>>>>>sort of thing fits either model. > > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>>Any ideas? > > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>>Dean Hoover > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > > > >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]
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