select form

[lumpynose]

Is this how one does an html SELECT list with spring? It's ugly but it works. (I'm hoping someone has something better.)

<spring&#58;bind path="sifd.facility">
<select name="facility">
<option value="dwmf"
<c&#58;if test="$&#123;status.value=='dwmf'&#125;">
selected="true"
</c&#58;if>
>&#40;DwMF&#41; Dwinelle Microcomputer Facility</option>
<option value="emf"
<c&#58;if test="$&#123;status.value=='emf'&#125;">
selected="true"
</c&#58;if>
>&#40;EMF&#41; Evans Microcomputer Facility</option>
<option value="lsmf"
<c&#58;if test="$&#123;status.value=='lsmf'&#125;">
selected="true"
</c&#58;if>
>&#40;LSMF&#41; Life Sciences Microcomputer Facility</option>
<option value="mmf"
<c&#58;if test="$&#123;status.value=='mmf'&#125;">
selected="true"
</c&#58;if>
>&#40;MMF&#41; Moffitt Microcomputer Facility</option>
<option value="wmf"
<c&#58;if test="$&#123;status.value=='wmf'&#125;">
selected="true"
</c&#58;if>
>&#40;WMF&#41; Wheeler Microcomputer Facility</option>
</select>
</spring&#58;bind>

[simtin]

Hi,

basically, your approach is alright.

However, it's better practice to put data like the available elements of the combo box into the model using the Controller's referenceData() method like this:

protected Map referenceData(HttpServletRequest httpServletRequest) throws Exception {
  Map model = new HashMap();
  
  Collection facilities = new HashSet();
  facilities.add(new Facility("dwmf", "DwMF) Dwinelle Microcomputer Facility"));
  facilities.add(...)

  model.put("facilities", facilities);

  return model;
}

Then, you can use this data in your JSP like this:

<spring&#58;bind path="sifd.facility">
<select name="<c&#58;out value="$&#123;status.expression&#125;"/>" >
<c&#58;forEach items="$&#123;facilities&#125;" var="facility" varStatus="loopStatus">
  <option value="<c&#58;out value="$&#123;facility.id&#125;" />" <c&#58;if test='$&#123;facility.id == status.value&#125;'> selected </c&#58;if>>
	<c&#58;out value="$&#123;facility.longDescription&#125;" />
</option>
</c&#58;forEach>

</select>

Hope this helps.

Kind regards,
Simon

[lumpynose]

Thanks. I was just thinking about that after I posted it; pulling the list from the database.