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When I run a very simple struts application I get the following error message:
[ServletException in:/pages/Name.jsp] No getter method for property firstName of bean org.apache.struts.taglib.html.BEAN'

The property fields in the beans have the correct case.
Bean:
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionErrors;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionError;
import java.util.*;

public class NameActionForm extends ActionForm {

private String firstName = "";
private String lastName = "";
private String initial = "";


public String getFirstName() {
return firstName;
}

public String getLastName() {
return lastName;
}

public String getInitial() {
return initial;
}

public void setFirstName(String name) {
firstName = name;
}

public void setLastName(String name) {
lastName = name;
}

public void setInitial(String init) {
initial = init;
}
}

struts-config (parts of it)

<form-beans>
<form-bean
name="addresses"
type="AddressActionForm"/>

<form-bean
name="names"
type="NameActionForm"/>
</form-beans>

<global-forwards>
<forward
name="name"
path="/Name.do" />
</global-forwards>

jsp page (Name.jsp)
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld" prefix="html" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld" prefix="bean" %>



<html:form action="/Addresses">
<table>
<tr>
<th>
First Name:
</th>
<th>
Last Name:
</th>
<th>
Initial
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<html:text property="firstName" size="20"/>
</td>
<td>
<html:text property="lastName" size="30"/>
</td>
<td>
<html:text property="initial" size="1"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<html:submit
property="submit">Submit</html:submit>
</html:submit>

If I change the line
<html:form action="/Addresses"> to
<html:form name="names" type="NameActionForm" action="/Addresses">

It works fine. Any help would be appreciated.

</html:form>
 
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What does the ActionMapping look like in your struts-config.xml?
It should have a name attribute that references a defined form-bean.
 
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As Marc was alluding to, you need an action mapping for your app. Something like:

<!-- Names -->
<action path="/Name"
type="com.x.y.NameActionForm" <!-- defines action class -->
name="names" <!-- identifies form class (in form-bean) -->
scope="request" <!-- formbean in request scope -->
validate="true" <!-- If you're using validator -->
input="name.jsp"> <!-- return errors to this jsp -->
<!-- optional entries below -->
<forward name="success" path="/success.jsp"/>
<forward name="failure" path="/failure.jsp"/>
</action>
 
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I meant to put that in. The Action mapping looks like

<action-mappings>
<action
path="/Name"
type="org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction"
name="names"
scope="session"
parameter="namepage"/>
</action-mappings>

namepage goes to tiles_def.xml

Thanks again
 
Jason Goodman
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It seems to me as though the problem is in the struts-config, because putting the name="names" type="NameActionForm" into the html:form tag on the jsp gets rid of the problems. But I can't see any issues in the struts-config file.
Any thoughts?

Thanks again
 
Jason Goodman
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Can anyone see the problem with the code above?
Thanks
 
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Hi,
your html form code obiously calls the /addresses mapping and this uses the bean of adresses, which is probably another bean than the one that is attached to the /name mapping, the names bean that you want to use.
take a look at your adresses mapping in struts config.
regards,
 
Jason Goodman
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The problem is with the Name.jsp. There is no Bean method relating to fname. This jsp is linked in the Struts config.xml to the NameActionForm. This Bean has a get/setFname method.
The Struts-config looks like:
The acton mapping in strut-congif is:
<action
path="/Name"
type="org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction"
name="names"
scope="session"
parameter="namepage"/>


<action
path="/Addresses"
type="org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction"
name="addresses"
scope="session"
parameter="addresspage"/>

The /Name is attached to name=names. Since the Name.jsp needs the NameActionForm bean (since this holds the vars and methods for fname, lname and initial.
The Beans are defined in the struts-config as
<form-bean
name="addresses"
type="AddressActionForm"/>

<form-bean
name="names"
type="NameActionForm"/>

Any help would be appreciated.
 
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Jason,
The problem is indeed in Name.jsp. This jsp has a form action which invokes the /Addresses, which uses the action as below

<action
path="/Addresses"
type="org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction"
name="addresses"
scope="session"
parameter="addresspage"/>

Than that action uses 'addresses' - formbean which is
<form-bean
name="addresses"
type="AddressActionForm"/>

which does not have the right getters and setters

That's really all, you gave all the answers
 
Jason Goodman
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Thank you. The version I originally wrote had what you talked about. I made a copy to test some new features in struts and somewhere along the lines must have changed the action. I will make that fix. Sometimes a fresh pair of eyes a the best thing.

Thanks again.
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