> -----Original Message----- > From: Jen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 3:39 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: newbie question: form initialization and process, > > > > > > > > What I want to say is normally SubmitFormAction > > will > > > return a jsp page, but this returned jsp > > page(let's > > > call it form2.jsp) also needs initialize, so route > > > will be: > > > > > > ShowFormAction->form.jsp->SubmitFormAction->ShowForm2Action->f > > > or2.jsp->SubmitForm2Action > > > so every submit action will return an action > > instead > > > of a jsp page. potentially the number of actions > > > double the number of form jsps. what I do in my > > own > > > models, my handler handles both initialize and > > > process. > > > > That works to :) > > > > Is there a better alternative?
Not really. Some people will tell you it's better to have one action per action class, but Struts does provide the class structure to do that. > > > > I guess I have to make the form to be session > scope? > > > > No not necessarily. You could put the form bean in > > request scope in the submit action, and then > > display that. However, it might be better to go > > ahead and extract your model bean from the form bean > > in the submit action, and then put the model bean > > into session scope and disply there. That will > > provide you a better way to seperate the UI from the > > data I think. It will also make it easier to format > > field nicely etc. The problem is if the user > > decides to change something, then you have to push > > the model back into the form and resdisplay. > > I would also, in the confirmation action, null out > > the session scope attribute you've created since > > you're done with it. > > > I my case there is an Edit button on confirm page. If > I set the form bean be request scope, when the Edit > button pressed, there is no actual form, how can I > populate the data again? > I like the Struts form bean idea just because it > doesn't interfer with model bean, I only save to model > bean if the user finally clicked confirm. That's MVC architecture, not just struts... any MVC framework would provide that for you. Makes changing things very easy. > > Thanks Your welcome --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
