binding causes null properties for nested object

[scorchio96]

I have a UserForm with a nested User class. When I submit the form, the properties are all set to null and don't seem to be binding the nested form values. It is picking up the UserForm properties correctly.

I know this has to be some simple syntax problem, but I've been racking my brain over it for too long and need some help!

Kim


edit.jsp:

	<spring&#58;bind path="userForm.user.firstName">
		<input type="text" name="firstName" id="firstName" value="$&#123;status.value&#125;" class="text"/>
		<c&#58;if test="$&#123;not empty status.errorMessage&#125;"><span class="fieldError">$&#123;status.errorMessage&#125;</span></c&#58;if>
	</spring&#58;bind>

UserForm.java:

public class UserForm {
    
    private User user;
    private boolean newUser;
    private String repeatedPassword;

// getters and setters follow
}

User.java:

public class User implements Serializable{
    
    static final long serialVersionUID = -3202570521013016218L;
    
    private String username;
    private String password;
    private boolean enabled;
    private String firstName;
    private String lastName;

// getters and setters follow
}

action-servlet.xml:

    <bean id="userFormController" class="com.tripshare.web.manage.UserFormController">
        <property name="commandName"><value>userForm</value></property>
        <property name="commandClass"><value>com.example.web.manage.UserForm</value></property>
        <property name="validator"><ref bean="beanValidator"/></property>
        <property name="formView"><value>manage/users/edit</value></property>       
        <property name="successView"><value>redirect&#58;/manage/users/index.html</value></property>

        <property name="sessionForm"><value>true</value></property>
        <property name="bindOnNewForm"><value>true</value></property>
    </bean>

[scorchio96]

I neglected to mention I'm using 1.2-rc2.

[scorchio96]

As I guessed, it was a simple syntax problem. I was using Matt Raible's equinox jsp as a template, and the 'name' attribute of the text field was hard-coded to 'firstName'. As I am using a nested bean, the actual name of the form needed to be 'user.firstName'.

This can be obtainedby using the ${status.expression} variable for the field 'name' attribute inside the <spring:bind> tag, as per the jpetstore example.