Simply forward to a JSP and render your output there, same as any Struts Action. It can be XML, JSON, HTML, some custom format, whatever. I wish I had written that article showing that in the first place since this is a question that gets asked all the time, but I thought this was simpler (one less bounce to follow the ball through), but in retrospect.. :(
Frank -- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com AIM/Yahoo: fzammetti MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Author of "Practical Ajax Projects With Java Technology" (2006, Apress, ISBN 1-59059-695-1) and "JavaScript, DOM Scripting and Ajax Projects" (2007, Apress, ISBN 1-59059-816-4) Java Web Parts - http://javawebparts.sourceforge.net Supplying the wheel, so you don't have to reinvent it! On Tue, September 11, 2007 11:46 am, aarthy wrote: > > Hi, > > In the below code,how can I avoid the HTML coding in the action > class?(http://www.omnytex.com/articles/xhrstruts/xhrstruts.zip) > I tried many different codings,but everything failed. > > public class Example3GetCharactersAction extends Action { > > > public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm inForm, > HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception > { > > // Get a list of characters associated with the select TV show > String tvShow = (String)request.getParameter("tvShow"); > if (tvShow == null) { > tvShow = ""; > } > ArrayList characters = getCharacters(tvShow); > > // And yes, I know creating HTML in an Action is generally very bad > form, > // but I wanted to keep this exampel simple. > String html = "<select name=\"CharactersSelect\">"; > int i = 0; > for (Iterator it = characters.iterator(); it.hasNext();) { > String name = (String)it.next(); > i++; > html += "<option value=\"" + i + "\">" + name + "</option>"; > } > html += "</select>"; > > // Write the HTML to response > response.setContentType("text/html"); > PrintWriter out = response.getWriter(); > out.println(html); > out.flush(); > > return null; // Not forwarding to anywhere, response is fully-cooked > > } // End execute() > > > // This method returns a list of characters for a given TV show. If no > TV > // show is selected, i.e., initial page view, am empty ArrayList is > returned. > private ArrayList getCharacters (String tvShow) { > > ArrayList al = new ArrayList(); > > if (tvShow.equalsIgnoreCase("StarTrekTNG")) { > al.add("Jean Luc Picard"); > al.add("William T. Riker"); > al.add("Data"); > al.add("Deanna Troi"); > al.add("Geordi LaForge"); > } > > if (tvShow.equalsIgnoreCase("Babylon5")) { > al.add("John Sheridan"); > al.add("Delenn"); > al.add("Londo Mollari"); > al.add("Stephen Franklin"); > al.add("Vir Cotto"); > } > > if (tvShow.equalsIgnoreCase("StargateSG1")) { > al.add("Samantha Carter"); > al.add("Jack O'Neil"); > al.add("Teal'c"); > al.add("Daniel Jackson"); > al.add("Baal"); > } > > return al; > > } // End getCharacters() > > Thanks. > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Ajax-using-XMLHttpRequest-and-Struts-tf4423481.html#a12617736 > Sent from the Struts - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
