Command object is not setting up properly

[SaurabhS kumar]

Hi Everyone,
I am new to Spring framework and getting some problem in saving a simple form.

I have a jsp page with form having following six fields and corresponding columns in a table -

title
firstname
lastname
address
email
phone

It represents a Customer object which has a PersonInitial object -

public class PersonInitial{
	private String title;
	private String firstname;
	private String lastname;

	setters and getters...
}

public class Customer{
	private PersonInitial name;
	private String address;
	private String email;
	private String phone;

	setters and getters...
}

How can I set Customer object with PersonInitial object when submit the form. With following controller implementation I am getting null values in title, firstname and lastname -

public class CustomerAddController extends SimpleFormController {
	protected ModelAndView onSubmit(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, 
	Object command, BindException errors) throws Exception {
	
		Customer customer = (Customer) command;
		customerManager.addCustomer(customer); //Using DAO to insert the record

		return new ModelAndView(this.getSuccessView());
	}
}

Thanks for any help.

[SaurabhS kumar]

Hi Experts,

Can I have a solution please?

[Nathan Pruett]

Are there getters and setters for title, firstName, and lastName on Customer, or only on PersonInitial - ie would you call it like -

customer.setTitle("title");

or

customer.getPersonInitial().setTitle("title");

And how are your form names mapped to your command object?