Help! Can't access ActionForm properties in Action perform()!

[Firmin David <da...@capco.com>]

Hi all
I've done something stupid. I know I have, but I can't figure out what....
I'm trying to access the data entered by the user from the corresponding
formbean in my action's perform method (really rudimentary stuff, I know),
and I keep getting null pointers.
I've followed exactly what was done in the example app:

perform(blah blah, ActionForm form, etc.etc.){
	MyForm thisForm = (MyForm) form;
	thisForm.getSomething();
}

but my getSomething() gets nothing, and all I get is a null pointer
exception, because thisForm == null. 
I'm fairly sure I've rooted through the documentation, but can't find much
in the way of help.

Anyone got any idea what I've overlooked? I know everything is mapped right,
as the input is validated successfully in the formbean, and the correct
action is called.

Thanks in advance

Rgds
David

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Re: Help! Can't access ActionForm properties in Action perform( )!

[Martin Cooper <ma...@tumbleweed.com>]

It sounds like maybe you don't have the form bean set up correctly in your
struts-config.xml. You should make sure that (a) your action mapping has a
"name=" entry, and (b) there is a form bean definition for that name which
specifies the appropriate form bean type.

Hope this helps.

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Martin Cooper

----- Original Message -----
From: "Firmin David" <da...@capco.com>
To: <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 4:53 AM
Subject: Help! Can't access ActionForm properties in Action perform()!


> Hi all
> I've done something stupid. I know I have, but I can't figure out what....
> I'm trying to access the data entered by the user from the corresponding
> formbean in my action's perform method (really rudimentary stuff, I know),
> and I keep getting null pointers.
> I've followed exactly what was done in the example app:
>
> perform(blah blah, ActionForm form, etc.etc.){
> MyForm thisForm = (MyForm) form;
> thisForm.getSomething();
> }
>
> but my getSomething() gets nothing, and all I get is a null pointer
> exception, because thisForm == null.
> I'm fairly sure I've rooted through the documentation, but can't find much
> in the way of help.
>
> Anyone got any idea what I've overlooked? I know everything is mapped
right,
> as the input is validated successfully in the formbean, and the correct
> action is called.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Rgds
> David
>
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