If you treat inserts like updates, things get much easier. When you
show employee in edit mode, just pull his data from database into
BO/DTO and show it. When you add new employee, create a new empty
BO/DTO first. Then show it just like you would do it in edit mode. If
user clicks "Save", insert data. If user cancels, just dispose the
object, this is it.
Michael J.
On 12/25/05, Vikrama Sanjeeva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Here is the sequence:
>
> 1: User fill up's "employeeForm.jsp" which have multiple text fields,
> radio
> buttons, text area's and dropdowns.
> 2: On pressing "Submit" button in "employeeForm.jsp",
> "InsertEmployeeAction"
> is called which do the following:
>
> 2.1) BeanUtils.copyProperties( employeeDTO, employeeForm)
> 2.2) DataBaseService.insertEmployee (employeeDTO)
> 2.3) return mapping.findForward("success");
>
> Now, I want to call same "employeeForm.jsp" in "editable" mode, such that
> all the fields (text fields, radio buttons, text area's and dropdowns) are
> "pre-populated". What approaches are there to achieve this? I'm looking
> for
> a way which uses same BeanUtils.copyProperties() and copy the employeeDTO
> to employeeForm (Bean). Something like this:
>
> When user click's "Edit Employee Form" link, an action
> (EditEmployeeAction) will be called. Which will do the following:
>
> 1. Fetch the employee information from database in employeeDTO.
> 2. Get the "handle" of EmployeeForm (ActionForm), lets say "employeeForm"
> 3. BeanUtils.copyProperties(employeeForm, employeeDTO)
> 4. return mapping.findForward("editMode");
>
> I'm not sure whether this approach will work or not? And whether I have
> to
> make seprate JSP's for 1st time fill up (employeeForm.jsp) and edit mode (
> employeeFormEdit.jsp). If this the case, then I guess, I've to make
> EmployeeFormEdit.java (ActionForm) as well.
>
> It will be great if anybody could help me here.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Bye,
> Viki.
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