[dsarris]

Hi,

I am trying to use the <html:select> tag with the <html:optionscollection> tag. The documentation states that the optionscollection tag retrieves ithe collection from the bean that is specified using the name property.
My question is the following:

Do I have to put the collection property inside the form bean of the form that contains the <html:select>?

For example:

myAction.do has the form bean myActionFormBean.

<html:form action="/myAction.do">
<table>
<tr>
   <td>Name</td>
   <td><html:text  property="name" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>Surname</td>
    <td><html:text  property="surname" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>Marital Status</td>
    <td>
         <html:select property="maritalStatusId">
        <html:optionsCollection
            name="myCustomBeanNotTheSameAsTheForm"
                property="maritalStatus"
                label="name" 
                value="id"/>
            </html:select>
    </td>
</tr>
</html:form>

Is it going to work if the “myCustomBeanNotTheSameAsTheForm” is saved in the session?

[Greg]

Our resident struts guru is on vacation this week. Please, any struts developers out there, feel free to jump in.

According to the struts documentation, as long as the name=”” attributes points to a collection of beans, where each bean has a label property and a value property you should be ok. I don’t think it has to be the same bean name as the form bean. Give it a shot and see.

[dsarris]

I tried but with no success. I put the “myCustomBeanNotTheSameAsTheForm” is saved in the session but I had no success. Using the same form bean it had no problem.

[Haggi]

@dsarris wrote:

Hi,

Do I have to put the collection property inside the form bean of the form that contains the <html:select>?

No, that is not required. If you save your collection property in the request (request.setAttribute(..)) you can access the collection with the attribute property of the <html:optionscollection> tag (without the name attribute). If another scope holds your collection you have to specified this scope with the name attribute.

[Haggi]

sorry a little mistake, use the name attribute of the <html:optionscollection> tag if you want to access a collection holds by the request. If you want to access a collection in your form bean you only use the property attribute.

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