Yes, that's exactly the way it works. My navigation with lookupDispatchAction works perfectly. The problem arises when I have another to link instead of button to submit the form, how do I pass navigation parameter value then? The javascript with hidden field doesn't solve the problem.
Thanks! Scott Van Wart-2 wrote: > > mosho wrote: >> Request[/planName] does not contain handler parameter named navigation >> > > In your struts-config.xml, are you including 'parameter="navigation"' in > your action mapping? A la: > > <action path="/planName" type="my.pkg.PlanNameAction" > name="planNameForm" parameter="navigation"> > ... > </action> > > The parameter gives you a place to pass additional data to your action. > In the case of LookupDispatchAction, it uses it to find out which > request parameter (in this case, "navigation") it should look at to > determine which method to call in your subclass. So your form will > submit, and be stuff like: > > navigation=Next%20Record > > It looks messy, but that's OK. The framework takes it and translates it > back into "Next Record". Now in your subclass, you override > getKeyMethodMap() right? And somewhere in there, you have something like, > > map.put( "navigation.next.record", "next" ); > > Where "next" corresponds to the public ActionForward next( > ActionMapping.......) method you have defined in your subclass. > > And in your MessageResources.properties (or whatever the file's called > in your web app), you have: > > navigation.next.record=Next Record > > See how everything links together? Now the button text you choose is > likely different, but this flexibility is the reason you NEVER refer to > the button by its text. Let Struts do that internally, only your users > should see it. Just thought I'd give you a little background so you > know what you're getting into; anyone correct me if I'm wrong :) > > Oh one last thing. Make sure you're NOT overriding execute() in your > subclass. It's fine for regular Action-derived classes, but you're > using LookupDispatchAction, which needs to run its own implementation of > execute(). > > - Scott > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Question-about-Lookup-dispatch-action-tf2124092.html#a5945508 Sent from the Struts - User forum at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
