I had actually modified the name of the checkbox and its property name in the action (for conformity reasons), but I had forgotten to change the names of the get/set methods; silly me.
Now it works. Sorry for the confusion, and thanks for the eager assistance. Best, Session > Session A Mwamufiya wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I started a thread on this topic a while back, but the example I was >> guided to was hard to understand and implement. >> >> The question is straight forward: How do you get the value of a >> checkbox from within an action? >> >> - I have named my <s:checkbox> in the jsp, and have a private String >> element with the same name in my action - I have created get/set methods >> >> >> Each time I try to obtain the value when a button is pressed, I get >> null, regardless of whether the checkbox is clicked or not. >> >> It's easy and straight forward to get the value of other tags >> (textfield, selectbox, ...), so I'm thinking that there's something >> more for checkboxes. Do I need to set an interceptor? Please let me >> know whether I'm missing something here. > > > It's hard to see if there's anything missing without seeing what you > have... Assuming you are using the default interceptor stack, you don't > need to add anything. If you have a custom stack, you may be missing > something relevant. > > Other than that, specifying a 'name' attribute on the s:checkbox tag that > has a corresponding getter/setter pair in the action should be sufficient, > so if it's not working there must be something out of whack somewhere. I > would suggest reducing it to the simplest possible jsp page / action / > configuration that reproduces the problem, and then post what you have for > review. > > L. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To > unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional > commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
