SimpleFormController work flow

[laura mccord]

I'm getting very confused on how to get my workflow started. Many of the examples and tutorials that I have seen are simple to understand but my workflow is a little different.

What I'm trying to accomplish is to have an initial form view (ViewController/view.jsp) that contains a set of checkboxes and once a user checks a box and clicks on the 'Edit' button, I want the form to be redirected to a different form (EditController/edit.jsp) which is partially pre-populated with the previous form's parameter data.

I'm getting confused with how to redirect these controllers from one controller to another in this scenario. When I click on the 'Edit' button I want the EditController to be in control and the edit.jsp should be displayed.

Any suggestions on how to set this up? I think it's just a matter of getting the context files mapping to the correct spots.

Thanks.

[laura mccord]

I feel like I am almost on the right track.

<!-- Controllers -->
	<bean id="ViewController" class="directory.portlet.ViewController" autowire="byType" >
		<property name="commandClass" value="directory.portlet.EditCommand"/>
		<property name="commandName" value="model"/>
		<property name="formView" value="view"/>
		<property name="successView" value="EditController"/>
		<property name="bindOnNewForm" value="true"/>
		<property name="sessionForm" value="true"/>		
	</bean>


	<bean id="EditController" class="directory.portlet.EditController" autowire="byType">  
	</bean>

After my ViewController form has been submitted I want the doSubmitAction to be done from the EditController if possible. Or, if the doSubmitAction has to be done from the (original form) ViewController is there a way to then go to the EditController after the doSubmitAction method is executed?

Thanks.

[Hong Anderson]

I don't know what you're trying to do, but the controller should be EditController.

[laura mccord]

Well, now I'm trying another route.

If I have a controller that displays a form and if I process the submission using doSubmitAction() but after the processing is done I would like to go to another controller to display a separate form.... Is this possible using the successView?

Thanks.