In fact, looking at the page source, it appears the expression is never cooked...
Here's the input from the rendered page: <input type="text" name="#session['guide'].shortDescription" value="#session['guide'].shortDescription" id="updateGuide_#session_'guide'__shortDescription"/> -----Original Message----- From: Musachy Barroso [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 4:25 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Help with (1...N) Editing using Ajax? so #session['guide'] is not returning anything? musachy On Jan 31, 2008 5:16 PM, Griffith, Michael * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > > > I am trying to understand how to present an interface where I allow a > user to edit a master/detail relationship using an Ajax technique. I am > quite new to Struts2, so please forgive the dalliance. > > > > I have a form that presents the user the ability to edit the master of > the master/detail, and below the form a list of each of the child > records. Each child record presents an Ajax enabled link to trigger a > method on the struts action, where I pick out the child record from the > list and put it in the session... > > > > The link looks like this: > > > > <s:iterator id="guide" value="guides"> > > <s:url id="editGuide" action="getGuide" > namespace="/datacall" > > > <s:param name="gid" > value="#guide.id" /> > > </s:url> > > <s:a theme="ajax" href="%{editGuide}" > notifyTopics="updateResult"><s:property > value="#guide.shortDescription"/></s:a> <br/> > > </s:iterator> > > > > The method is triggered in the action, and I set the child into my > request session... > > request.getSession().setAttribute("guide", g); > > > > And I have a form that I'm trying to bind to the object in the session. > The form is actually hidden in a div/panel I'm using the YUI to present > the form to the user after the round trip to the server. The form isn't > bound to the correct variable, because its set via a user interaction > after the entire page is presented to the user. > > The form looks like this: > > > > <s:form theme="ajax" action="updateGuide" method="post"> > > <s:hidden name="#session['guide'].id" /> > > <s:textfield key="guide.shortDescription" > name="#session['guide'].shortDescription" /> > > <s:textarea key="guide.instructions" > name="#session['guide'].instructions" cols="25" rows="8"/> > > </s:form> > > > > In Struts 1 I would have gotten a terrible error saying that the bean > wasn't found. Now the error fails silently. How can I make the form > somehow bind to the object in the session after the user clicks the > link? > > > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > > > MG > > > > -- "Hey you! Would you help me to carry the stone?" Pink Floyd --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
