Problem to print form attributes in jsp

[deklog]

Hello,
I begin to learn spring, i'm working on a simple form but a have a problem(stupid but i'v just begun with spring)!
i'll give an example of my code, and some questions, ans thank you a lot for any helps!

i create a class for the form:

public class Form{

	String Test;

        public Form(){
        this.settest("valeur_test");
        }

        public String getTest() {
		return this.Test;
	}	
	public void setTest(String test_value) {
		this.Test=test_value;
	}

i'v a controller:

public class RequestController extends SimpleFormController {
//just a simple submit which does nothing
 public ModelAndView onSubmit(Object command)
     throws ServletException {

		 //Processing user Post request
		 //Doing somth ...
		 
      return new ModelAndView(new RedirectView(getSuccessView()));
	 }
}

and this config file for the controller

<beans>
	
	<bean     class="org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping">
		<property name="mappings">
			<props>
				<prop key="/hello">RequestController</prop>
			</props>
		</property>
	</bean>
<bean id="RequestController"
		class="RequestController">
		
		<property name="sessionForm">
			<value>true</value>
		</property>
		
		<property name="commandName">
			<value>form</value>
		</property>
		
		<property name="commandClass">
			<value>Form</value>
		</property>
		
		<property name="formView">
			<value>Request</value>
		</property>
		
		<property name="successView">
			<value>Requestsucc</value>
		</property>
	
		
	</bean>

and in my first jsp, i want just to have my attribute 'test' from the form class, and even i want to add some attributes that Form class has not, for example add attributes in the controller class for the model and view or smth like that, but i don't know how ! i can't also have may 'test' in the jsp, i've:

...
<c:out value="${form.Test}"/>
...

i have the page in my browser, but with $Form.test (no value)
perhaps a syntax error, but ??
many thanks for your helps!

[alfviles]

Hi,
you must rename your bean methods as for example "getTest", having "test " as your property bean, getter's and setter's method's must have the get or set method whit the first letter of the property name in capitals,because "Test" is refer to a method access and "test" is refer to a property. your source code will be:

public class Form{

	String test;

        public Form(){
        this.settest("valeur_test");
        }

        public String getTest() {
		return this.requestType;
	}	
	public void setTest(String requestType) {
		this.requestType=requestType;
	}

Regards

[deklog]

Thanks for your answer, yes i'v corrected the code, (getters setters ...), but i still don't have my value in the browser
i still have ${form.Test} like if the appli can't know what's Form.test ??? is the syntax is correct?or is there any problem with my very simple Spring Appli ???
the problem is for the first GET, i want to have values from Form class for the GET
Thanks for your helps

[pancara]

halo, deklog...


By look into your RequestController declaration

<bean id="RequestController"
		class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.SimpleFormController">
...

i think it should

<bean id="RequestController"
		class="your.package.RequestController">
...

And you can access test property of Form object by ${form.test} - and it's case sensitive.


Best regards

pancara

[pancara]

Hi, alviles..

...
public 

void setTest(String requestType) {
		this.requestType=requestType;
	}
...

you mean

...
public 

void setTest(String requestType) {
		this.test=requestType;
	}
...

Thanks..

[alfviles]

Hi, alviles..

...
public 

void setTest(String requestType) {
		this.requestType=requestType;
	}
...

you mean

...
public 

void setTest(String requestType) {
		this.test=requestType;
	}
...

Thanks..

yes of course , it was cut/paste problem
regards

[deklog]

Thanks for your helps,
it was just a copy/past error, i'v now the correct name for controller, correct form methods, but i still don't have nothing in the page.

Can we use attributes values out of the form ?

[pancara]

hi deklog,

i think if we set sessionForm property with true the form object will be saved in session.
But the problem is the attribute name in session. I have checked AbstractFormController code and find getFormSessionAttributeName method :

protected String getFormSessionAttributeName() {
  return getClass().getName() + ".FORM." + getCommandName();
}

May it helps..

best regards..

pancara.

[deklog]

Thanks Pancara for your help,

I'v checked some tutorials and i found that i must have a formBacking object in my controller, it's used for the first GET for example to have some initial data to pu tin the form.

also i had some problems with capital letters ...

In jsp we must not have the first letter of the attribute name in capital !

so now it ok for my little app

Thanks a lot for your helps alfviles & Pancara!

regards