RE: collections in forms((correction in Form code to make it work))

[sh...@ubs.com]

Hi,
There was a problem in the sample FOrm Bean code I have given.
The getEmployee (int Index){
}method should be modified as follows

/*****************************
instead of if(index >= beanList.size()){
            beanList.add(new Employee());
        }
now I have made it 
while(index >= beanList.size()){
            beanList.add(new Employee());
        }
/***************************

public class EmployeeListForm extends ActionForm {

	public Employee getEmployee(int index){
        
        while(index >= beanList.size()){
            beanList.add(new Employee());
        }
        return (Employee)beanList.get(index);
	}

}

-----Original Message-----
From: drew.zimber [mailto:drew.zimber@shaws.com]
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 5:36 PM
To: drew.zimber; Sakhare, Shirishchandra; drew.zimber
Subject: RE: collections in forms




hi,

Thank you for the explanation and sample code.  Everything seems to make
sense but i have implmented your example and cannot get it working.   The
biggest reason is because the jsp does not like your custom tag to display
the values.  could you take a look at it again and see if it is correct:

JSP
<%@ page language="java"%>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld" prefix="html" %>
<html:html>
	<html:form action="/" >
		<logic:iterate id="bean" name="exampleListForm" property="beanList"
indexId="i"/>
			<html:text name="" property="<%=\"employee[\" + i \"].name\"%>">
			<html:text name="" property="<%=\"employee[\" + i
\"].salary\"%>">
		</logic:iterate>
	</html:form>
</html:html>

thank you!
dz



-----Original Message-----
From: Drew Zimber [mailto:drew.zimber@shaws.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 4:55 PM
To: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
Subject: RE: collections in forms




thanks for the reply...i was busy doing something else but i will get back
to you tomorrow after some testing

dz

-----Original Message-----
From: shirishchandra.sakhare@ubs.com
[mailto:shirishchandra.sakhare@ubs.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 9:59 AM
To: drew.zimber@shaws.com; struts-user@jakarta.apache.org
Cc: nitin.karmuse@hays.com
Subject: RE: collections in forms


Hi,
If u are displaying the screen as text fields(using html:text tag),what ever
u
show on screen will be retained as all the data gets resubmitted back and
struts repopulates teh form again with the data.
But if u are showing a read only data on screen using bean:write tag,then
the
data will nto be retained as bean write tag does not include parameters in
request.So in this case if u want to retain the data, u should also use
html:hidden for each bean write u want to retain so that when the form is
submitted, the data is resent back.

I am giving some sample code...GO through it.Hope it helps.
********************************************************
//Form Class
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;

public class ExampleListForm extends ActionForm {

	//A list of Emp beans
	private List beanList = new ArrayList();

	public List getBeanList(){
		return beanList;
	}

	public void setBeanList(List list){
		beanList = list;
	}

	//very imp.
	//give indexed access to the beans
	public Employee getEmployee(int index){
		//very imp
		//when a jsp is submited , then while auto populating the form,this
will ensure that
		// teh fporm is populated properly.
		if(index >= beanList.size()){
			beanList.add(new Employee());
		}
		return (Employee)beanList.get(index);
	}

	public void setEmployee(int index,Employee emp){
		beanList.set(index,emp);
	}
}
***********************************************
Bean class
public class Employee {

	private String name;

	private String salary;

	/**
	 * Returns the name.
	 * @return String
	 */
	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the salary.
	 * @return String
	 */
	public String getSalary() {
		return salary;
	}

	/**
	 * Sets the name.
	 * @param name The name to set
	 */
	public void setName(String name) {
		this.name = name;
	}

	/**
	 * Sets the salary.
	 * @param salary The salary to set
	 */
	public void setSalary(String salary) {
		this.salary = salary;
	}

}
****************************************
JSP
<%@ page language="java"%>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld" prefix="html" %>
<html:html>
	<html:form action="/" >
		<logic:iterate id="bean" name="exampleListForm" property="beanList"
indexId="i"/>
			<html:text name="" property="<%=\"employee[\" + i \"].name\"%>">
			<html:text name="" property="<%=\"employee[\" + i
\"].salary\"%>">
		</logic:iterate>
	</html:form>
</html:html>
***************************************************************************





-----Original Message-----
From: drew.zimber [mailto:drew.zimber@shaws.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 3:07 PM
To: struts-user
Subject: collections in forms



hey all...

i've used struts quite a bit now, but im not too well versed with
manipulating collections in form objects.  I had thought there was a way to
set up your forms/pages so that if you display a collection on screen and
submit back, the form in the least retains the collection in the action
class (an update would be nice too, but step by step i guess).

everytime i submit back to a form, the Collection comes back null.  Can
anyone give me some info/links/ideas on this so i dont have to rely on the
session so much?


thx!
dz


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