problem with html:select property and HashMap

[nesto costa]

hi,

i have a languageImpl.java that has a HashMap<String,String> langs where the key is for example "EN" and the value "ENGLISH".
this HashMap is filled with keys and values from a database by this method public void getLangSet().
then, i have a myForm where i do the following:

LanguageImpl l=new LanguageImpl();
l.getLangSet();
request.setAttribute("test",l.getLangs()); where l.getLangs() returns the HashMap<String,String> langs

then in my jsp i have

<html:select property="xxx">
<htmlptions collection="test" property="key" labelProperty="value" />
</html:select>

now my problem is this, no matter what value i put in the property of html:select, i always get the same error:

javax.servlet.jsp.JspException: No getter method available for property xxx for bean under name org.apache.struts.taglib.html.BEAN

i'm having trouble understanding what is this property and what it does...
can anyone help me?

thanks

[David Newton]

From the <html:select...> docs:

Name of the request parameter that will be included with this submission, set to the specified value.

In a nutshell, it's the name of the parameter that will be submitted, and the name of the ActionForm property that will be filled by the framework.