Question

First of all I’m newbie in Struts.
I’ve a class:

public class Articulo {

private int codigo;
private String descripcion;

public int getCodigo() {
    return codigo;
}
public void setCodigo(int codigo) {
    this.codigo = codigo;
}
public String getDescripcion() {
    return descripcion;
}
public void setDescripcion(String descripcion) {
    this.descripcion = descripcion;
}

}

which is populated with values in a dispatcher. In the dispatcher I’ve

private Articulo articulo;
.......
public Articulo getArticulo() {
    return articulo;
}

public void setArticulo(Articulo articulo) {
    this.articulo = articulo;
}

There is also a JSP with

<s:property value="articulo"/>

which read ok the articulo. Also works articulo

<s:property value="articulo.codigo"/>

But now I want from that jsp forward the entire object articulo to another action.
I can do

<s:hidden name="articulo.codigo" value="%{articulo.codigo}"/>
<s:hidden name="articulo.descripcion" value="%{articulo.descripcion}"/>

and that works fine, but is there anyway to do something like

<s:hidden name="articulo" value="%{articulo}"/>

So, is there anyway to get the object from JSP without setting all the properties of it?

Answer 1

there are 2 points:

1. Problem: you can’t transfer object using <s:hidden />, all the parameter, what are transfered with HTTP should be string. Since you cannot convert this object to String, you can’t transfer it using HTTP either.

2. Solution: You can put your object into session, so that you can access it anytime you want. here is an EXAMPLE