Problem with using DynaValidatorForm, is it possible to do it??

[ashish kulkarni]

Hi,
I am trying to do the following and i get null pointer exception,
DynaValidatorForm PL1820UpdateForm = new DynaValidatorForm();
PL1820UpdateForm.set("input1", "This is test");
And my form definiation in struts-config is
<form-bean name="PL1820UpdateForm" dynamic="true" type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm">
<form-property name="input1" type="java.lang.String" />
</form-bean>
The error i get it following
java.lang.NullPointerException
[1/16/03 19:30:24:908 EST] 311dffa9 SystemErr R at org.apache.struts.action.DynaActionForm.getDynaProperty(DynaActionForm.java:551)
[1/16/03 19:30:24:908 EST] 311dffa9 SystemErr R at org.apache.struts.action.DynaActionForm.set(DynaActionForm.java:365)
[1/16/03 19:30:24:908 EST] 311dffa9 SystemErr R at com.pfizer.maps.action.sop.PL1820DispatchAction.getData(PL1820DispatchAction.java:197)
[1/16/03 19:30:24:908 EST] 311dffa9 SystemErr R at com.pfizer.maps.action.sop.PL1820DispatchAction.change(PL1820DispatchAction.java:145)
Need help

[Venkatesh Rangarajan]

hi a$hi$h,
By the stack trace I could guess that the code is in an action class. And as far as I know its the Struts and Validator framework which are responsibile for instantiating and initializing the form (especially a dyna form). So instead of instantiating the form object you can just cast and refer to the ActionForm instance passed to the Action class method.
As I had the source code I saw that there is additional information (like the DynaClass) in the Dyna Form which I assume is populated by the framework and that is why you are getting the NullPointerException.
hope it helps,
venky

[ashish kulkarni]

Hi,
What i am trying to do it the following,
I have a DispatchAction class which is called from a jsp ( and passed user) then i need to popluate a Bean (Action or Dyna) and put it in request and pass it to jsp, so the jsp will display using taglib the fields populated in bean,
I have defined a form-bean in struts-config.xml file and want to use the same structure and create a dynamic bean instead of defining a bean
My form-bean defination is as follows
<form-bean name="PL1820UpdateForm" dynamic="true" type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm">
<form-property name="input1" type="java.lang.String" />
</form-bean>
So how do i poplate it in my DispatchAction and pass it to jsp
Ashish

[Krishna M. Mishra]

Hi Ashish,

Ensure that your stuts-config.xml have this entry (inside the action tag for your Action-class):

<action ...
...
name="PL1820UpdateForm"
...
>
...
</action>

In real, form-bean tag's name attribute must have the same value as the action tag's name attribute's value.

I think, rest is fine.

Regards,
Krishna