Application Context hash map on text field tag

[Owais Zahid]

I have a hash map on my application context. Can anyone please tell me how can i see associate an object's attribute to text field.

For example, my hash map is like this :

HashMap map = new HashMap();
map.put("School_1", new School());

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<s:textfield key="#application.myMap['School_1'].school_name" />

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Is this the right syntax , or is there any other way ? please help

[David Newton]

Are you saying that doesn't work?

[Owais Zahid]

David , i am having the following problem. Let me explain :

Map applicationObj = ActionContext.getContext().getApplication();
Object prop = applicationObj.get("Prop");
if(prop == null) 
     applicationObj.put("Prop", "HELLO");

This is the code that is in one of my action classes.

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Now from my jsp page , i can access this Prop variable like this :

   
<%
     String theSharedObject = (String) application.getAttribute("Prop");
%>        
     The message is <b><%= theSharedObject %></b>

but i am unable to access this application variable like this :

    
    <s:textfield name="#application.Prop" />
    
    <s:textfield key="#application.Prop" />

What i am doing wrong ? why i can be able to access application variables from strut tags ?

-Please help

[David Newton]

I'm not sure that label or key fields are evaluated by default--that's kind of a double-evaluation. Try putting it in the OGNL escape, %{}.

[Owais Zahid]

You mean like this ??

<s:textfield name="%{#application.Prop}" /> 

[David Newton]

Yes, or with the ['foo'] access... seems like it would have been quicker to try it :/