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Posted to user@struts.apache.org by Yansheng Lin <ya...@isogis.com> on 2003/07/10 21:07:46 UTC
(RE-POST) RE: using getInputForward vs new ActionForward(mapping.getInput())
Read backwards:). Interested in finding out why.
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Levine [mailto:adam_l_levine@hotmail.com]
Sent: July 8, 2003 4:01 PM
To: struts-user@jakarta.apache.org
Subject: RE: using getInputForward vs new ActionForward(mapping.getInput())
Or, I can just tie the errors into my session object and use my own tags to
pull and push them as needed (still ugly, but keeps the url clean).
Perhaps there's a struts developer reading this list who has some insight.
--a
From: "Yansheng Lin" <ya...@isogis.com>
Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'" <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
Subject: RE: using getInputForward vs new ActionForward(mapping.getInput())
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 15:30:24 -0600
Huh. I am surprised that it worked for you before.
And yes, if you want the URL to change in the address bar, you will need
some sort of redirect. (Correct me if I am wrong here). However, once you
redirect the page, you lose anything that's returned in the response, including
the
errors collection.
An ugly hack is to pass the errors in the URL. But as I said, it's ugly.
I would be interested to know what happened, why it worked before?
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Levine [mailto:adam_l_levine@hotmail.com]
Sent: July 8, 2003 3:18 PM
To: struts-user@jakarta.apache.org
Subject: RE: using getInputForward vs new ActionForward(mapping.getInput())
Correct. isEmpty() returns false (there are items present). and yes,
html:errors shows nothing.
And, the getInput() does return what I expect. It returns the phsyical url
of the form page that I want displayed in the address bar when there are
form problems (errors is not empty).
I'm returning an ActionForward. The only difference is in whether or not
the redirect is set to true or false. If it's set to true, the address bar
is right and html:errors shows nothing. If it's set to false, the address
bar is "wrong" (shows the .jspa dynamic address rather than the physical),
but html:errors works.
So, what I want is the phsyical address inthe bar, and the errors to
display.
clearer (?) walk-through:
entry page: /app/enterInfo.jsp
form post: /app/validateInfo.jspa <- Action
on errors, it should display the page contents of /app/enterInfo.jsp (which
it does), and show /app/enterInfo.jsp in the address bar, and html:errors
should iterate.
with redirect set to false, I get /app/validateInfo.jspa in the address
bar, the page contents, and an iteration of html:errors.
with redirect set to true, I get /app/enterInfo.jsp, the page contents, and
no html:errors.
Like I mentioned in my first post, this was working the way I wanted before
I moved to the newer libraries.
Any other ideas?
thanks!
-- adam
From: "Yansheng Lin" <ya...@isogis.com>
Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'" <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
Subject: RE: using getInputForward vs new ActionForward(mapping.getInput())
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 14:55:45 -0600
So you are saying that error.isEmpty() returns false, but <html:errors/>
doesn't
display anything?
This is happening 'cause you use redirect instead of forward. Also You might
want to try System.out.println(mapping.getInput()) to see if you are going
back
to the right page. You might be surprised:).
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Levine [mailto:adam_l_levine@hotmail.com]
Sent: July 8, 2003 1:40 PM
To: struts-user@jakarta.apache.org
Subject: using getInputForward vs new ActionForward(mapping.getInput())
My goal in handling "business problems" in validating a form submission from
an Action.execute() is 2-fold:
1: Display the accumulated ActionErrors (ie, using [html:errors/] )
2: "Return" the user to the exact same URL in their browser address bar.
I was using an action-mapping forward in struts-config to send them to the
original .jsp they used to submit from. The errors were showing up (good),
but the URL in the address bar was being shown as /dynamic/Path.jspa (bad)
So I changed the action-mapping, setting "redirect" to "true". Now the
address bar was correct (good), but the error messages were gone (bad).
Then I did a lot of web searching, and discovered that I should be using the
getInput.
So, now my execute() was returning: return new
ActionForward(mapping.getInput());
This worked! The address bar was correct and the errors were still present.
Then I "upgraded" my struts library to 1.1b3. Now I'm back to the
original problem of the address bar being right, but my errors are gone.
I found mapping.getInputForward(), and tried returning that, even going in
and setting the redirect field to "true". I'm bouncing between the same 2
situations I had before.
Am I missing something? Is it no longer possible to have "the best of both
worlds"? For whatever it may be worth, I'm using the -el sets of libraries
(thank you for finally getting that!).. and jboss 3.07.. and xdoclet...
Thanks for any insight you can provide.
-- adam
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Re: (RE-POST) RE: using getInputForward vs new ActionForward(mapping.getInput())
Posted by Sandeep Takhar <sa...@yahoo.com>.
obvious guy asks:
your input has always been to a .do or equivalent (to
an action) or to a jsp?
sandeep
--- Yansheng Lin <ya...@isogis.com> wrote:
> Read backwards:). Interested in finding out why.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Levine [mailto:adam_l_levine@hotmail.com]
>
> Sent: July 8, 2003 4:01 PM
> To: struts-user@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: RE: using getInputForward vs new
> ActionForward(mapping.getInput())
>
>
> Or, I can just tie the errors into my session object
> and use my own tags to
> pull and push them as needed (still ugly, but keeps
> the url clean).
>
> Perhaps there's a struts developer reading this list
> who has some insight.
>
> --a
>
>
> From: "Yansheng Lin" <ya...@isogis.com>
> Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List"
> <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
> To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'"
> <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
> Subject: RE: using getInputForward vs new
> ActionForward(mapping.getInput())
> Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 15:30:24 -0600
>
> Huh. I am surprised that it worked for you before.
>
> And yes, if you want the URL to change in the
> address bar, you will need
> some sort of redirect. (Correct me if I am wrong
> here). However, once you
> redirect the page, you lose anything that's returned
> in the response, including
> the
> errors collection.
>
> An ugly hack is to pass the errors in the URL. But
> as I said, it's ugly.
> I would be interested to know what happened, why it
> worked before?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Levine [mailto:adam_l_levine@hotmail.com]
> Sent: July 8, 2003 3:18 PM
> To: struts-user@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: RE: using getInputForward vs new
> ActionForward(mapping.getInput())
>
>
> Correct. isEmpty() returns false (there are items
> present). and yes,
> html:errors shows nothing.
>
> And, the getInput() does return what I expect. It
> returns the phsyical url
> of the form page that I want displayed in the
> address bar when there are
> form problems (errors is not empty).
>
> I'm returning an ActionForward. The only difference
> is in whether or not
> the redirect is set to true or false. If it's set
> to true, the address bar
> is right and html:errors shows nothing. If it's set
> to false, the address
> bar is "wrong" (shows the .jspa dynamic address
> rather than the physical),
> but html:errors works.
>
> So, what I want is the phsyical address inthe bar,
> and the errors to
> display.
>
> clearer (?) walk-through:
> entry page: /app/enterInfo.jsp
> form post: /app/validateInfo.jspa <- Action
>
> on errors, it should display the page contents of
> /app/enterInfo.jsp (which
> it does), and show /app/enterInfo.jsp in the address
> bar, and html:errors
> should iterate.
>
> with redirect set to false, I get
> /app/validateInfo.jspa in the address
> bar, the page contents, and an iteration of
> html:errors.
>
> with redirect set to true, I get /app/enterInfo.jsp,
> the page contents, and
> no html:errors.
>
>
> Like I mentioned in my first post, this was working
> the way I wanted before
> I moved to the newer libraries.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> thanks!
>
> -- adam
>
> From: "Yansheng Lin" <ya...@isogis.com>
> Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List"
> <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
> To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'"
> <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
> Subject: RE: using getInputForward vs new
> ActionForward(mapping.getInput())
> Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 14:55:45 -0600
>
>
> So you are saying that error.isEmpty() returns
> false, but <html:errors/>
> doesn't
> display anything?
>
> This is happening 'cause you use redirect instead of
> forward. Also You might
> want to try System.out.println(mapping.getInput())
> to see if you are going
> back
> to the right page. You might be surprised:).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Levine [mailto:adam_l_levine@hotmail.com]
> Sent: July 8, 2003 1:40 PM
> To: struts-user@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: using getInputForward vs new
> ActionForward(mapping.getInput())
>
> My goal in handling "business problems" in
> validating a form submission from
> an Action.execute() is 2-fold:
>
>
> 1: Display the accumulated ActionErrors (ie, using
> [html:errors/] )
>
> 2: "Return" the user to the exact same URL in their
> browser address bar.
>
> I was using an action-mapping forward in
> struts-config to send them to the
> original .jsp they used to submit from. The errors
> were showing up (good),
> but the URL in the address bar was being shown as
> /dynamic/Path.jspa (bad)
>
> So I changed the action-mapping, setting "redirect"
> to "true". Now the
> address bar was correct (good), but the error
> messages were gone (bad).
>
> Then I did a lot of web searching, and discovered
> that I should be using the
> getInput.
> So, now my execute() was returning: return
> new
> ActionForward(mapping.getInput());
>
> This worked! The address bar was correct and the
> errors were still present.
>
> Then I "upgraded" my struts library to 1.1b3. Now
> I'm back to the
> original problem of the address bar being right, but
> my errors are gone.
>
> I found mapping.getInputForward(), and tried
> returning that, even going in
> and setting the redirect field to "true". I'm
> bouncing between the same 2
> situations I had before.
>
> Am I missing something? Is it no longer possible to
> have "the best of both
> worlds"? For whatever it may be worth, I'm using
> the -el sets of libraries
> (thank you for finally getting that!).. and jboss
> 3.07.. and xdoclet...
>
>
> Thanks for any insight you can provide.
>
> -- adam
>
>
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