Good ideia. I just made the select box submit the form whenever a new option is selected, via the onchange event. The form's target is the same action, with hidden parameters, except for the select box, which targets one of the parameters.
Thanks for your suggestions. On 1/23/08, Dave Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Filipe David Manana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Basically I am creating a page that contains a select box. > > When the user changes the selected item, it is redirected to an URL. > > The value of each item in the select box corresponds to the URL of the > > current page but with different values for the action's parameters > > (passed in the query string). > > While I'm not a huge fan of that UI pattern, I'd probably be more inclined to > consider something like submitting the form onchange and setting up a result > that takes the parameter into account somehow or letting the framework do it > on its own. > > d. > > > > > That's why I am falling back to Servlet spec :) > > Of course, I gladly accept suggestions for a more elegant solution. > > > > for now httpservlet request has what I need, > > HttpServletRequest req = ServletActionContext.getRequest(); > > > > cheers > > > > On Jan 23, 2008 5:20 PM, Dave Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Filipe David Manana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > is there anyway to get, from within an Action's code, a string with > > > > the full URL for that action (including query string with current > > > > value of the parameters) ? > > > > I already took a look at ActionSupport, ActionContext and > > > > ActionInvocation javadoc, but nothing there fits my needs. > > > > > > Get it from the request. > > > > > > Including a query string means you're already tied to the servlet spec (I > > > think); actions are supposed to be isolated from that level of > > granularity, > > > so requiring the query string pretty much implies you're breaking that > > > isolation. > > > > > > d. > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Filipe David Manana, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Obvious facts are like secrets to those not trained to see them. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- Filipe David Manana, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Obvious facts are like secrets to those not trained to see them. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
