mapping forwards

[fea jabi <zy...@hotmail.com>]

In struts config have a Dynavalidator form-bean

<form-bean name="Form1" type=".... DynaValidatorForm">
     <form-property name="typeName" type="java.lang.String"/>
......
</form-bean>

have prepare(Action) and dispath(LookupDispatchAction) actions for the jsp
in the config which are session scoped.

<action
            path="/PrepareAction"
            type="com.PrepareAction"
            name="Form1"
            scope="session">
            <forward name="success" path="/pages/Accounts.jsp"
redirect="false"/>
        </action>

<action
            path="/DispatchAction"
            type="com.DispatchAction"
            name="Form1"
            scope="session"
            validate="true"
            parameter="method">
            <forward name="successCalc" path="/pages/Accounts.jsp"
redirect="false"/>
      </action>


In the jsp have a submit button which dispatches to the dispatch action to
one of the methods in it.
I am setting one of the form property value in that method.


public class DispatchAction extends LookupDispatchAction {

        protected Map getKeyMethodMap() {
                     Map map = new HashMap();
                     map.put("btn.calc", "calc");
                }

                public ActionForward calc(ActionMapping mapping,
                        ActionForm form,
                        HttpServletRequest request,
                        HttpServletResponse response)
                        throws IOException, ServletException {
                DynaValidatorForm frm = (DynaValidatorForm)form;

                                frm.set("typeName", "xxxxx");

                            return mapping.findForward("successCalc");
               }

     }


Have couple of buttons on the jsp. calc button which has to return to the 
same jsp, and load the jsp with calculated values.

Using struts validator for validating the user inputs. Observed that the 
mapping forwards when forwarded to the jsp instead of action,  had to save 
the token before returning the sucessCalc.  Is this the right way of doing?


Have other buttons which forward to the different jsp after performing some 
actions so, forwarding them to the appropriate prepare actions.

But when this page is loaded initially it should have all form bean 
properties to blank/null. I know we can use reset method to do this. But how 
does it effect when calc button is pressed? which comes back to the same 
jsp.

What I would like to know is, how mapping forwards are handled in such 
situations. Are the forwards forwarded to jsp or prepare actions? when is it 
forwarded to jsp, and when to prepare actions?

Also, I need to set the form-bean values to null/blank initially and also, 
when the user clicks on any other buttons except the calculate also they 
have to be set to null/blank. how to do this?

Your help is appreciated.

Thanks.

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