Struts 1.x scenario: populate form after search

[cteb]

Hi!

I'm having problems implementing a rather common situation with Struts
1.3.8. After a successful search for some person record, I want the user
to edit it.

This is how I want to do it, two JSP pages with corresponding forms and
in between two actions, the first loads the person record from a
database, the second fills out the person form with that record:

searchperson.jsp -> processPersonSearch -> populatePersonForm ->
editperson.jsp

However, I don't know how my second action can give its PersonForm to
the editperson.jsp page. I don't mind any other solution, this was just
my idea, to separate retrieval in the database from populating the form.

In case nobody wants to write a long reply with code or
struts-config.xml settings, do you know of an open example where there's
a search form followed by a form which edits whatever was found in the
step before? I don't mind studying code, I just haven't found something
exactly like that.

thx
... C

 

[Donkey Hottie]

Hi!

I'm having problems implementing a rather common situation with Struts
1.3.8. After a successful search for some person record, I want the user
to edit it.

This is how I want to do it, two JSP pages with corresponding forms and
in between two actions, the first loads the person record from a
database, the second fills out the person form with that record:

searchperson.jsp -> processPersonSearch -> populatePersonForm ->
editperson.jsp

However, I don't know how my second action can give its PersonForm to
the editperson.jsp page. I don't mind any other solution, this was just
my idea, to separate retrieval in the database from populating the form.

In case nobody wants to write a long reply with code or
struts-config.xml settings, do you know of an open example where there's
a search form followed by a form which edits whatever was found in the
step before? I don't mind studying code, I just haven't found something
exactly like that.

thx
... C

Not sure if I understand what you are up to, but you could share a form
instance by making it session scope. Or your processPersonSearch could set
up a request attribute (complex object) which the populatePersonForm uses.

 

[cteb]

Not sure if I understand what you are up to, but you could share a form
instance by making it session scope. Or your processPersonSearch could set
up a request attribute (complex object) which the populatePersonForm uses.

I don't know how to initiate the forwarding from the first action to the
second. Or how to make sure that my populated form (and not a new
instance) gets used by editperson.jsp.

... C