Empty Form Beans and Actions

[Max Kremer <mk...@datastay.com>]

Hi,

   How can you tell if an action is called with an empty form bean? For instance, if the action is called by entering the URL directly instead of submitting a form then the associated form bean should be empty... I think the form bean should even be null because it need not be instantiated unless the request for the action comes from the appropriate form. When I check in the action if myFormBean == null ... it never is, so I'm assuming the Controller servlet always instantiates a formBean when its associated action is called... So how can I tell if the formBean is empty? Without having to check each parameter of course...

Thanks

Regards,

Max