On Thu, December 23, 2004 9:36 am, Paul McCulloch said: > I didn't notice this in the thread - but I didn't read it in depth as it > was > pretty long.
A long thread?? With Jack and I involved?!? Surely you jest... :) We're probably the two most verbose guys around these parts! > I see more risk in one of my developers forgetting to add the call than in > the attribute name Struts uses changing. If that's a real concern why not > use a custom request processor to put the mapping in an attribute whose > name > you define? Fair point. I didn't mean to imply it was a particular big risk by the way... Certainly if the Struts team did change it we're not talking about a monstrously difficult task to change it on our side anyway, especially if it's just in JSPs as we were talking about. -- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com > Paul > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 23 December 2004 14:27 >> To: user@struts.apache.org >> Subject: RE: Accessing my form from an included page >> >> >> That's what one of my solutions was too, although I wasn't >> 100% sure the mapping instance was actually in request (I >> thought I remembered seeing it, but wasn't sure). >> >> The argument against doing that though is that the attribute >> name could conceivably be changed down the road, breaking >> your code. If your going to do something like this, you >> might be better off doing... >> >> request.setAttribute("mapping", mapping); >> >> ...in your Actions, assuming mapping is the name of the >> variable passed to execute() for the ActionMapping object. >> Yes, it's a bit of extra work in all the Actions, but it >> insulates your app from changes to the attribute name down the road. >> >> -- >> Frank W. Zammetti >> Founder and Chief Software Architect >> Omnytex Technologies >> http://www.omnytex.com >> >> On Thu, December 23, 2004 4:29 am, Paul McCulloch said: >> > When you execute an action the name of the action from used >> is set in a >> > request scope attribute >> "org.apache.struts.action.mapping.instance". It's >> > a >> > fairly simple matter to get the actual actionform object if >> you know the >> > scope. For instance, all my forms are session scope so I can get the >> > just-used form with: >> > >> > <c:set scope="page" var="formBean" >> > >> value="${sessionScope[requestScope['org.apache.struts.action.m >> apping.instanc >> > e'].name]}"/> >> > >> > If you don't know the scope then you'll need a bit more >> logic to get the >> > formbean. >> > >> > Does that help? >> > >> > Paul >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Donie Kelly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Sent: 22 December 2004 14:59 >> >> To: Struts Users Mailing List >> >> Subject: Accessing my form from an included page >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi all >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I have the following jsp layout for my pages >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Included header.jsp >> >> >> >> STRUTS PAGE >> >> >> >> Included footer.jsp >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Now in the header.jsp I have my site logo and I also want to add >> >> breadcrumbs. I want to establish and maintain a session >> >> throughout the app >> >> and if the session is invalid i want to redirect to the >> >> starting page so >> >> that I can initialise the app. I presume I need to put code in the >> >> header.jsp to handle this so no matter which page is accessed >> >> it can do >> >> these checks. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I also want to access the ActionForm for the current page so >> >> that I can >> >> retrieve the page name to build up the breadcrumb. How can >> I do this? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Any pointers would be appreciated. >> >> >> >> Donie >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> >> Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.3 - Release Date: >> 21/12/2004 >> >> >> >> >> > >> > Axios Email Confidentiality Footer >> > Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in >> this message. 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