digging into the below problem, it appears that the null pointer exception is throwed by the union, and more accuratly its function getValue();
If you look at the API, you will see that : in the class org.apache.cocoon.forms.formmodel.Union public Object getValue() Specified by: getValue in interface Widget So, I took a look at the getValue provided by the interface widget and here is what is writen : getValue public Object getValue() Returns: the value of the widget. For some widgets (notably ContainerWidgets) this may not make sense, those should then simply return null here. As I think the union is kinda ContainerWidget (it belongs to AbstractContainerWidget) and so, guess it's normal to return null. Is this correct ? by the way I use cocoon 2.1.5 is this fixed (if it has to be) on the CVS ? regards, Stephane Bitte antworten an [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kopie: Thema: [cforms] struct and class display Hi, well I can, now, access to the object in class, struct or union in my flowscript (see previous thread). but then, the shame is that it does not display the form and I have a "nullpointer exception" error instead. In my defintion file I have : ****************************** <...> <fd:widgets> <fd:union id="start" default="" case="widget-id"> <fd:datatype base="string"/> <fd:widgets> <fd:new id="widgetClass"/> </fd:widgets> </fd:union> <fd:class id="widgetClass"> <fd:widgets> <fd:repeater id="inList" > <fd:widgets> <fd:union id="union" case="widget-id"> <fd:datatype base="string"/> <fd:widgets> <fd:struct id="simpleList"> <fd:widgets> <fd:multivaluefield id="list"> <....> In fill the field thanks to the followwing flowscript : ******************************************************** ....... var myRepeater = form.lookupWidget("start").lookupWidget("inList"); var row = myRepeater.addRow(); var myUnion = row.lookupWidget("union"); var myDesiredStruct = myUnion.lookupWidget("simpleList"); var myList = myDesiredStruct.lookupWidget("list"); myList.setSelectionList( c, "listId", "label" ); //c is an ArrayList (collection). .... then, finally here is the *template file which get me into troubles *; ************************************************************************* <...> <ft:union id="start"> <ft:case id="widgetClass"> // if I put this block in comments, the form is not display but I do not have any exception <ft:new id="widgetClass"/> </ft:case> </ft:union> <ft:class id="widgetClass"> <ft:repeater-widget id="inList"> <ft:union id="union"> <ft:case id="simpleList"> <ft:struct id="simpleList"> <ft:widget id="list"> <fi:styling list-type="checkbox"/> </ft:widget> </ft:struct> <...> Anyway, it appears that I can fill any field of any structure belonging to my union id="union" thanks to the lookupwidget function. So, in this case how doesthe union make the selection to know which structure is to be displayed ? Thanks in advance for any help, Stephane --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]