Re: Struts 1.2.4 - DynaActionForm.initialize(ActionMapping) no longer called ?

[Bill Siggelkow]

Well, Struts 1.2.4 *does* call the initialize() method when an instance 
of the form is created; but not when the form is reset. I verified this 
using the Struts-example logon form:

<form-bean  name="LogonForm"
            type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm">
    <form-property name="username" type="java.lang.String"
                initial="george"/>
    <form-property name="password" type="java.lang.String"/>
</form-bean>
The logon page correctly displayed 'george'.
If you really want the initial values to be used when the form is reset 
you can create a DynaActionForm extension like the following:

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import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;
import org.apache.struts.action.DynaActionForm;
public class ResettingDynaActionForm extends DynaActionForm
{
    public void reset(ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest request)
    {
        initialize(mapping);
    }
}
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-Bill Siggelkow
Natraj Gujran wrote:
Hi, 
 
This has come up during migration of our Struts 1.1 app to 1.2.4. 
 
It doesn't look like the 'initialize()' method of DynaActionForm is called
anymore ? 
 
In our application, we cannot initialize form values by using static values
in struts-config.xml.  
Eg: if a date is to be initialized 21 days from today, AFAIK , we had to put
that code in the initialize() method.
 
Right now, I'm at a loss about what next to do - any tips will be greatly
appreciated. 
 
Thanks, 
Natraj 
 


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