Type Conversion and Lists

[Stephen Turner <st...@MIT.EDU>]

Hello,

I'm trying to get objects placed in a List using the type conversion  
functionality built into Struts 2 (2.0.14)/Java 1.4. The bean that should  
be in the list is called "Grocery", with attributes "name" and "quantity".  
My action class has a List called "groceries".

I have a conversion properties file set up like this:

Element_groceries=mypackage.Grocery

The JSP has this:

       <s:textfield name="groceries(0).name" label="Name" />
       <s:textfield name="groceries(0).quantity" label="Quantity" />
       <s:textfield name="groceries(1).name" label="Name" />
       <s:textfield name="groceries(1).quantity" label="Quantity" />

If I fill in these values on the form,

       Name: Apples
       Quantity: 4
       Name: Pears
       Quantity: 8

I get 4 Grocery objects in the List, not 2:

       Grocery obj 1: name=Apples, quantity=null
       Grocery obj 2: name=null, quantity=4
       Grocery obj 3: name=Pears, quantity=null
       Grocery obj 4: name=null, quantity=8

What I want is two objects:

       Grocery obj 1: name=Apples, quantity=4
       Grocery obj 2: name=Pears, quantity=8

I thought the (0) and (1) in the JSP would tell the framework to do this,  
but obviously not - it doesn't realize that the first two attributes (name  
& quantity) should go into a single Grocery object.

Does anyone know the magic incantation to make this happen? I've studied  
http://struts.apache.org/2.0.14/docs/type-conversion.html for hours  
without success.

Thanks,
Steve


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Re: Type Conversion and Lists

[Dave Newton <ne...@yahoo.com>]

Stephen Turner wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to get objects placed in a List using the type conversion 
> functionality built into Struts 2 (2.0.14)/Java 1.4. The bean that 
> should be in the list is called "Grocery", with attributes "name" and 
> "quantity". My action class has a List called "groceries".
> 
> I have a conversion properties file set up like this:
> 
> Element_groceries=mypackage.Grocery
> 
> The JSP has this:
> 
>       <s:textfield name="groceries(0).name" label="Name" />
>       <s:textfield name="groceries(0).quantity" label="Quantity" />
>       <s:textfield name="groceries(1).name" label="Name" />
>       <s:textfield name="groceries(1).quantity" label="Quantity" />

Use brackets for arrays/lists.

Dave


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