Struts form empty

Question

Good morning, I am trying to pass a form from a JSP to a Action. The form compiles correctly if I pass the parameters in the URL (?par=value ...) but it does not if I use submit and form value.

I think everything is set up correctly, but I must be missing something.

I've already searched other similar posts, but I couldn't find a solution.

The problem is that the form that arrives in the Action "new" method is empty.

struts.config.xml:

<form-bean name="EsempioForm" type="com.forms.EsempioForm"/>
<action name="EsempioForm" parameter="method" input="/pages/esempio.jsp" path="/esempio" scope="request" type="com.EsempioAction">
<forward ... />
</action>

esempio.jsp:

<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld" prefix="html" %>
...
<html:form action="/esempio">
<input type="hidden" id="method" name="method" value="new"/>
<html:text property="desc" disabled="true" />
<html:submit styleClass="button">record</html:submit>
</html:form>

EsempioAction.java

public ActionForward new(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
    ...
    EsempioForm esempioForm = (esempioForm) form;
    ...
    return mapping.findForward(...);
}

Can anyone please help me? Thank you very much for any advice.

Answer 1

Use <html:hidden property="method" value="new" /> instead.

EDIT:

disabled="true" disabled fields are not posted on form submit. Make it readonly if you want to submit.