Identifying type of web control that sent some information to servlet

[Asad]

Is there anyone we can identify in a servlet, what type of web control
(e.g. textbox, textarea, radio buttons etc.) sent a particular piece
of information?

One dumb way to do it is that if your controls have a naming
convention such as txtboxFoo, radioButtonFoo, etc. you can decipher it
using String class. But I am hoping there is a better more fool proof
way of doing it rather than relying on naming convention.

Asad

 

[Michael Borgwardt]

One dumb way to do it is that if your controls have a naming
convention such as txtboxFoo, radioButtonFoo, etc. you can decipher it
using String class. But I am hoping there is a better more fool proof
way of doing it rather than relying on naming convention.

No, there is none.

 

[perry]

if you encapsulate the technique you have described, you can switch to a
better method at a later date without requiring much overhaul on your code.

- perry

 

[Asad]

Would you kindly describe what you mean by encapsulating the
technique? And also how that would allow me to switch to a better
method later on?

Thanks.

Asad