DynaActionForm Question + Design

["Bailey, Shane C." <SH...@saic.com>]

 

First, I am writing a web based app from scratch and I plan on using

DynaActionForms almost everywhere.  Unless I need to do something

special with the bean because of session resets() not wanted or I have

to do a validate() in the formbean which is more rare with the Struts

validation plugin available.  Any disadvantages to using DynaActionForms

almost all the time?

 

Next I have a question about using the DynaActionForm.  If I have I

multiselect can I still use a DynaActionForm? And if so do this

in the form bean definition:

 

<form-property name="things" type="java.lang.String[]" />  ?

 

 

 

Re: DynaActionForm Question + Design

[Vic Cekvenich <vc...@baseBeans.com>]

Bailey, Shane C. wrote:

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>First, I am writing a web based app from scratch and I plan on using
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>DynaActionForms almost everywhere.  Unless I need to do something
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>special with the bean because of session resets() not wanted or I have
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>to do a validate() in the formbean which is more rare with the Struts
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>validation plugin available.  Any disadvantages to using DynaActionForms
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>almost all the time?
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One benefit of layered MVC architecture is that you can unit test the 
components. Also you can reuse components. I use a normal formBean for 
those reasons.


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>multiselect can I still use a DynaActionForm? And if so do this
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><form-property name="things" type="java.lang.String[]" />  ?
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I am not use what you mean by a mulit select. Select options? Or multi 
row form bean.
In either case, I avoid using [] arrays, by having formBean implement a 
collection.
hth,
.V

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