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Different actionforms pointing to the same action ?????
Hi,
Is it possible that an action is used with different actionforms ?
I explain. I would like to create a generic action (e.g. action to send an
email using the content fullfilled by a user in a form) which is not linked
to a particular actionform (e.g. registration form, cancellation form,
approval form). In this case, the action should retrieve from the
Actionform object, the properties (e.g. first name, last name, ...) using
introspection because those are not known inside the action. The properties
are different from objectform to objectform.
Met vriendelijke groeten - Cordialement - Best Regards,
Ir. Charles Moulliard
eBusiness Solutions Architect
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Re: Different actionforms pointing to the same action ?????
Posted by Jing Zhou <ji...@netspread.com>.
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Subject: Different actionforms pointing to the same action ?????
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible that an action is used with different actionforms ?
> I explain. I would like to create a generic action (e.g. action to send an
> email using the content fullfilled by a user in a form) which is not
linked
> to a particular actionform (e.g. registration form, cancellation form,
> approval form). In this case, the action should retrieve from the
> Actionform object, the properties (e.g. first name, last name, ...) using
> introspection because those are not known inside the action. The
properties
> are different from objectform to objectform.
It is hard to have a generic action that is capable of dealing with
different types of form beans (or instances of ActionForm). However,
it is conceivable to have a generic action that deals with general events
and routing tasks at a high level.
>
>
> Met vriendelijke groeten - Cordialement - Best Regards,
>
> Ir. Charles Moulliard
> eBusiness Solutions Architect
>
> SkillTeam NV, AV. Roodebeek - Roodebeeklaan 89 - 1030 Brussel
> Tel : +32 (0)2 743 49 00
> Fax : +32 (0)2 743 49 01
> GSM : +32 0486 25 98 52
> eMail : chm@SkillTeam.com
>
Jing
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Re: Different actionforms pointing to the same action ?????
Posted by Ted Husted <hu...@apache.org>.
I often use coarse-grained ActionForms that can serve a number of
related actions. In practice, a common set of properties are used by
different actions at different times. The difference is that each action
will often have its own way of validating a subset of these properties.
If you are using the Struts Validator, you can use the same formbean
(name property) for each action mapping and then use the mapping
attribute property to give each action its own validation form.
Just remember that when the formbean is passed to the page, it will use
the attribute property for its name (not the (sic) name name).
If you are not using the Struts Validator, and need different
validations for different actions, then you can create a base ActionForm
with the properties and subclass it with different validation methods.
If you are using DynaActionForms (but not the Validator), then create
DynaActionForm subclasses with special validate methods and then specify
those when defining your form-beans. (So, in this case, you would not
need to use the attribute property in the mapping, just the name.)
-Ted.
Charles_Moulliard@skillteam.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible that an action is used with different actionforms ?
> I explain. I would like to create a generic action (e.g. action to send an
> email using the content fullfilled by a user in a form) which is not linked
> to a particular actionform (e.g. registration form, cancellation form,
> approval form). In this case, the action should retrieve from the
> Actionform object, the properties (e.g. first name, last name, ...) using
> introspection because those are not known inside the action. The properties
> are different from objectform to objectform.
>
>
> Met vriendelijke groeten - Cordialement - Best Regards,
>
> Ir. Charles Moulliard
> eBusiness Solutions Architect
>
> SkillTeam NV, AV. Roodebeek - Roodebeeklaan 89 - 1030 Brussel
> Tel : +32 (0)2 743 49 00
> Fax : +32 (0)2 743 49 01
> GSM : +32 0486 25 98 52
> eMail : chm@SkillTeam.com
>
>
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--
Ted Husted,
Junit in Action - <http://www.manning.com/massol/>,
Struts in Action - <http://husted.com/struts/book.html>,
JSP Site Design - <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1861005512>.
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Re: Different actionforms pointing to the same action ?????
Posted by Sandeep Takhar <sa...@yahoo.com>.
I wouldn't. Each action should have one actionForm.
Maybe a coarse-grained one with all the properties?
sandeep
--- Charles_Moulliard@skillteam.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible that an action is used with different
> actionforms ?
> I explain. I would like to create a generic action
> (e.g. action to send an
> email using the content fullfilled by a user in a
> form) which is not linked
> to a particular actionform (e.g. registration form,
> cancellation form,
> approval form). In this case, the action should
> retrieve from the
> Actionform object, the properties (e.g. first name,
> last name, ...) using
> introspection because those are not known inside the
> action. The properties
> are different from objectform to objectform.
>
>
> Met vriendelijke groeten - Cordialement - Best
> Regards,
>
> Ir. Charles Moulliard
> eBusiness Solutions Architect
>
> SkillTeam NV, AV. Roodebeek - Roodebeeklaan 89 -
> 1030 Brussel
> Tel : +32 (0)2 743 49 00
> Fax : +32 (0)2 743 49 01
> GSM : +32 0486 25 98 52
> eMail : chm@SkillTeam.com
>
>
>
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