The MODEL (Persistence, DB) part does not really exist in Struts.
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 5:53 PM, serge nana <nanata...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hareendra,
>
> You don't need to have an ActionForm in order to invoke an Action class. An
> ActionForm is a data transfer object (DTO) that allows you to transfer data
> from the view to the controller( in this case your action). So, if you want
> to use struts and you have a form to send to the server, i recommend you to
> use ActionForm.
>
> In the big picture though, an Action class is a Servlet sub-class. Just
> like you can retrieve variables from the request object inside a doXXXX
> method, so you can do the same inside the *execute()* method by calling
> request.getParameter("param_name").
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> "Don't rely on luck to find a bug."
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 5:24 AM, hareendra seneviratne <
> hareend...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
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>> I’m new to struts and getting to know it.
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>> Is it mandatory to have an ActionForm? Can we access the variables defined
>> in *view* from *execute()* method without using an ActionForm?
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>> Thnks for ur replies J
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