DynaActionForms Question

[Scott Purcell <sp...@vertisinc.com>]

Hello,
 
I have a question about using DynaActionForm objects. I would like to use DynaActionForm class to keep maintenance simpler. But I do not know how to get the form values out in the action class? 
 
 
I have the following bean set up.
 
  <form-beans>
    <form-bean
       name="loginbean"
       type="org.apache.struts.action.DynaActionForm">
        <form-property name="name" type="java.lang.String" initial="Titan" />
     </form-bean>
  </form-beans>
 
Now in the action class when I am working in the execute() method
how do I get the data back from the bean?
 
I tried the following
 public ActionForward executeAction(ActionMapping mapping,
                               ActionForm form,
                               HttpServletRequest request,
                               HttpServletResponse response,
                               UserContainer userContainer)
    throws Exception {
 

    //    MenuObject menu = new MenuObject();
    System.out.println((String)form.getName());

 
and of course it will not compile, because it doesn't recognize any methods in the form. Can you not get data back from a dynaform like you can a normal bean?
 

Thanks
Scott

RE: DynaActionForms Question

[Joe Hertz <jh...@speakeasy.net>]

DynaActionForm df = (DynaActionForm) form;

System.out.println(df.get("name"));

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Purcell [mailto:spurcell@vertisinc.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 3:38 PM
To: user@struts.apache.org
Subject: DynaActionForms Question

Hello,
 
I have a question about using DynaActionForm objects. I would like to use
DynaActionForm class to keep maintenance simpler. But I do not know how to
get the form values out in the action class? 
 
 
I have the following bean set up.
 
  <form-beans>
    <form-bean
       name="loginbean"
       type="org.apache.struts.action.DynaActionForm">
        <form-property name="name" type="java.lang.String" initial="Titan"
/>
     </form-bean>
  </form-beans>
 
Now in the action class when I am working in the execute() method
how do I get the data back from the bean?
 
I tried the following
 public ActionForward executeAction(ActionMapping mapping,
                               ActionForm form,
                               HttpServletRequest request,
                               HttpServletResponse response,
                               UserContainer userContainer)
    throws Exception {
 

    //    MenuObject menu = new MenuObject();
    System.out.println((String)form.getName());

 
and of course it will not compile, because it doesn't recognize any methods
in the form. Can you not get data back from a dynaform like you can a normal
bean?
 

Thanks
Scott



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