Still not working - DynaValidatorActionForm and checkboxes

[Juarez Barbosa Junior]

I have declared a form using a subclass of DynaValidatorForm. My subclass overrides the reset() method and does the following:
getMap().put("language", "N");
This property is bound to a checkbox, its type is String and the form scope is session. I have provided an initial value of "N" to this same prop
when declaring it in struts-config.xml
Initially this checkbox is selected (value attribute in html:checkbox equals to "S").
When I unselect it and hit submit the checkboxes are displayed selected again.

I can't figure out what is wrong, please could anyone help ?
Thanks,
Juarez

[Juarez Barbosa Junior]

Ooops, another important info: We are using Tiles as well...
Looking forward to some help from you folks...

[Darryl A. J. Staflund]

Can you post the following?
1. The definition of the DynaValidatorActionForm as it appears in the struts-config.xml file?
2. The definition of the action initially used to populate the form as it appears in the struts-config.xml file?
3. The definition of the action to which the form is submitted as it appears in the struts-config.xml file?
4. The definition of your opening <html:form /> tag as it appears in your JSP?
5. The Action method you use to populate the DynaValidator form?
Thanks,
Darryl

[Juarez Barbosa Junior]

1. The definition of the DynaValidatorActionForm as it appears in the struts-config.xml file?
<form-bean name="tipocursoForm" dynamic="true" type="com.powerlogic.jcompany.comuns.CustomDynaValidatorActionForm">
<form-property name="itensPlc" type="java.util.ArrayList"/>
<form-property name="modoPlc" type="java.lang.String"/>
<form-property name="linhaPlc" type="java.lang.String"/>
<form-property name="id" type="java.lang.String" size="8" />
<form-property name="nome" type="java.lang.String" size="8"/>
<form-property name="idioma" type="java.lang.String" initial="N"/>
</form-bean>

2. The definition of the action initially used to populate the form as it appears in the struts-config.xml file?
<action path="/tipocurso" name="tipocursoForm" type="com.powerlogic.jcompany.controle.PlcBaseAction"
className="com.powerlogic.jcompany.controle.PlcActionMapping" validate="false"
parameter="evento" input="def.tipocurso">
<set-property property="logicaPlc" value="tabular#validacao"></set-property>
<set-property property="numNovos" value="7"></set-property>
<set-property property="valueObject" value="com.empresa.app.vo.TipoCurso"></set-property>
<set-property property="naoDeveExistir" value="obj.nome=:nome and obj.idioma=:idioma"></set-property>
<set-property property="urlAjuda" value="/doc/tabelabasica/tiponorma_viewlet_swf.html"></set-property>
<forward name="mesmaPagina" path="def.tipocurso"/>
</action>

3. The definition of the action to which the form is submitted as it appears in the struts-config.xml file?
The same as above.
4. The definition of your opening <html:form /> tag as it appears in your JSP?
The jsp that contains the checkbox is a region.
5. The Action method you use to populate the DynaValidator form?
I am not sure about this last one. May you clear things ?
Thanks for helping,
Juarez

[Darryl A. J. Staflund]

>> 3. The definition of the action to which the
>> form is submitted as it appears in the
>> struts-config.xml file?
>The same as above.
I think the problem is in the Action class method used to process this form though I can't say without seeing it. When I want to display a pre-populated form, I go through an intermediate pre-populate step which populates the form bean before forwarding it onto another action which renders its contents on screen using the pre-populated form values. Since this action is used to pre-populated as well as process the form values, I am wondering how it handles these steps. My concern could very well be rooted in my own non-understanding of the bigger programming context your working in.

>> 4. The definition of your opening
>> <html:form /> tag as it appears in your JSP?
> The jsp that contains the checkbox is a region.
I am not sure what you mean here. I am assuming you use an <html:form> tag to specify the name of the action form you're working with as well as to specify the action you'll be POSTing or GETting to. Is this not so?

>> 5. The Action method you use to populate the
>> DynaValidator form?
> I am not sure about this last one. May you
> clear things ?
Here is an example of a dispatch method I use to pre-populate a DynaActionForm bean in one of my apps. It pre-populates the form with data before control is dispatched to another action that renders its contents on screen (NB: Actually, it is a series of two methods):

/**
*/
private DynaValidatorForm buildWebsiteForm (Integer resourceId, ActionForm form)
{
SiteDeveloperLocal sd = WebsiteActions.getSiteDeveloper ();

WebsiteDO websitedo = sd.readWebsite (resourceId);
ResourceContainerDO rescondo = websitedo.getResourceContainerDO ();
ResourceDO resdo = rescondo.getResourceDO ();

DynaValidatorForm newForm = (DynaValidatorForm) form;
newForm.set ("resourceId", resdo.getResourceId ().toString ());
newForm.set ("name", resdo.getName ());
newForm.set ("description", resdo.getDescription ());

return (newForm);
}

/**
*<p>This method stores the action form to the appropriate scope object for
*processing later on.</p>
*/
protected static void saveFormToScope (ActionMapping mapping,
  ActionForm form,
  HttpServletRequest request,
  HttpServletResponse response)
{
if (mapping.getScope ().equalsIgnoreCase ("request"))
request.setAttribute (mapping.getAttribute (), form);
else
{
HttpSession session = request.getSession ();
session.setAttribute (mapping.getAttribute (), form);
}
}
/**
*/
public ActionForward editWebsite (ActionMapping mapping,
  ActionForm form,
  HttpServletRequest request,
  HttpServletResponse response)
{
String target = "success";

this.prepareResourceContainerForEditView (mapping, form, request, response);
Integer resourceId = this.parseInteger (request, "resourceId");
form = this.buildWebsiteForm (resourceId, form);
WebsiteActions.saveFormToScope (mapping, form, request, response);

return (mapping.findForward (target));
}

Darryl
[ March 26, 2003: Message edited by: Darryl A. J. Staflund ]

[Juarez Barbosa Junior]

Ok Darryl, I think you caught the error, I have to separate the population and display tasks.
I will test right away, thks again !!!
Juarez