On 9/21/07, syg6 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Well, not sure why this is necessary but I stuck this in my
> dispatcher-servlet.xml:
>
> <property name="commandName" value="findStreetSection"/>
> <property name="commandClass"
> value="com.myco.myapp.model.FindStreetSection"/>
>
> and now when I debug commandClass is correct. But in my page I still don't
> have access to it. If I put something like this:
>
> <form:form method="post" action="findstreetsection.html"
> id="findStreetSectionForm">
> <form:input path="idStreet" id="idStreet" cssClass="text medium"/>
>
> I get this error:
>
> Neither BindingResult nor plain target object for bean name 'command'
> available as request attribute
Have you tried <form:form commandName="findStreetSection">?
Matt
>
> The fact that I have to manually tell my Controller what its Command class
> is worries me, and is probably the problem. But I think my names are all
> correct. What's certain is, despite the fact that my commandClass seems to
> be set, it doesn't make it to the jsp.
>
> Bummer.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> syg6 wrote:
> >
> > I tried doing it with showForm() and it kind of works:
> >
> > protected ModelAndView showForm(
> > {
> > List<StreetSection> sections = null;
> >
> > if (request.getParameter("id") != null)
> > {
> > String id = (String)request.getParameter("id");
> > Street street = streetManager.get(new Long(id));
> >
> > Integer number = new Integer(request.getParameter("number"));
> > sections = streetSectionManager.findByNumber(street, number);
> > }
> >
> > ModelAndView mav = new ModelAndView("findSections", "sections",
> > sections);
> > mav.addObject("streets",referenceData(request));
> > return mav;
> >
> > }
> >
> > showForm() is called, and referenceData() is also called, thus loading my
> > streets. I am not sure if this is the best way to do it ... and I am not
> > sure if that second-to-last line, mav.addObject() should be mav.put()
> > instead ... both seem to work ...
> >
> > But now in my page I don't have access to the Command (Model) object. In
> > theory, naming my Controller FindStreetSectionController, because of
> > conventions, will automatically use my FindStreetSection object, right?
> > But when I debug and look at this.commandClass it is null.
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bob
> >
> >
> > syg6 wrote:
> >>
> >> I've been messing with this issue for a while. Basically I want to be
> >> able to search for StreetSections. Each StreetSection has a Street and a
> >> range of numbers. When you enter the search page the first time you see a
> >> list of Streets. Select one and enter a number and it will show you a
> >> list of StreetSections.
> >>
> >> Originally I wanted to do this without a Model object. But when I made my
> >> FindStreetSectionsController with an AbstractController I noticed that
> >> the referenceData() method, which I use to load all Streets, wasn't being
> >> called. That's because it is only called when you use a *FormController
> >> and call showForm() or a method that calls showForm() (like onSubmit()).
> >> Eventually I got it working but was calling referenceData() by hand,
> >> which I thought was ugly. But, I thought, I can't use a *FormController
> >> because I am not using a Command (Model) object.
> >>
> >> After further thought though I realized that on the search page I always
> >> have a form with two fields - idStreet and number - the stuff to search
> >> for, so I decided to create a FindStreetSection Model object with those
> >> two fields , and that way I'd be able to use a BaseFormController and
> >> theoretically load automagically the Streets with referenceData().
> >>
> >> But I have a problem - I am not sure what method to implement in my
> >> Controller. I have tried implementing both formBackingObject() and
> >> onSubmit() but my test is failing. Here is my Controller:
> >>
> >> protected Object formBackingObject()
> >> {
> >> FindStreetSection fss = new FindStreetSection();
> >> String id = request.getParameter("id");
> >> String number = request.getParameter("number");
> >>
> >> if (!StringUtils.isBlank(id))
> >> {
> >> fss.setIdStreet(new Long(id));
> >> fss.setNumber(new Integer(number));
> >> }
> >>
> >> return fss;
> >> }
> >>
> >> public ModelAndView onSubmit()
> >> {
> >>
> >> List<StreetSection> sections = null;
> >> FindStreetSection fss = (FindStreetSection) command;
> >>
> >> if (ft.getIdStreet() != null)
> >> {
> >> Street street = streetManager.get(fss.getIdStreet());
> >> sections = streetSectionsManager.findByNumber(street,
> >> fss.getNumber());
> >> }
> >>
> >> return new ModelAndView("findStreetSections", "sections", sections);
> >> }
> >>
> >> And here is my test:
> >>
> >> public void testSearch() throws Exception
> >> {
> >> MockHttpServletRequest request = newGet("/findstreetsection.html");
> >> request.addParameter("id", "1");
> >> request.addParameter("number", "196");
> >>
> >> ModelAndView mav = c.handleRequest(request, new
> >> MockHttpServletResponse());
> >> ModelMap m = mav.getModelMap();
> >>
> >> assertNotNull(m.get("sections"));
> >> assertTrue(((List) m.get("sections")).size() > 0);
> >> }
> >>
> >> formBackingMethod() is being called but onSubmit() is not, thus my test
> >> fails saying sections is null. I think my test is correctly written, I am
> >> just not sure which method I need to implement in my Controller.
> >> onSubmit() doesn't seem to be it. Looking at other (form) tests, in order
> >> to get onSubmit() to be called it seems you have to do something like
> >> this:
> >>
> >> request = newPost("/findstreetsection.html");
> >> super.objectToRequestParameters(fss, request);
> >> request.addParameter("number", "198");
> >>
> >> in order for onSubmit() to be called. I tried this as well but no go.
> >> Anyway I never need to do any kind of save, update or delete, I simply am
> >> using a Command (Model) object to making searching easier. So which
> >> method to I need to implement in my Controller to get this to work?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Bob
> >>
> >
> >
>
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