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Populating multiple forms in a Struts 1.x JSP

Is there any way to populate multiple forms with Struts and make them available to the JSP page?

I'm building a page that has two different forms on it that needs custom data pre-populated from a database. Both forms have to be on the same page.

Solution

  • Yes, it's possible.

    You could specify multiple ActionForm implementations for this issue (preferred) or use only one - no matter.

    <nested:root name="myFirstForm">
    <nested:form action="/MyAction.do?method=foo" method="post">
        <%-- some code --%>
    </nested:form>
    <nested:form action="/MyAction.do?method=bar" method="post">
        <%-- some code --%>
    </nested:form>
</nested:root>
<nested:root name="mySecondForm">
    <nested:form action="/MyAction.do?method=foobar" method="post">
        <%-- some code --%>
    </nested:form>
</nested:root>

    From Apache Struts Newbie FAQ:

    Q: Do I have to have a separate ActionForm bean for every HTML form?

    A: This is an interesting question. As a newbie, it is a good practice to create a new ActionForm for each action sequence.