html:select - very confusing

I am having a lot of difficulty understanding how the html:select works - especially if you're working with different ypes of containers e.g. hashmaps, lists, collections. When using HashMaps, everything works fine but I'm having a lot of trouble with lists. Here's what I have (I'm building a struts application):

Action Class

List bdates = dbconfig.getBusinessDates();
httpServletRequest.getSession().setAttribute("BusinessDates", busDates );

JSP Page

<%@ page import "import java.util.List" %>

<%
List getBusDates = (List) session.getAttribute("BusinessDates");
request.setAttribute("busDate", getBusDates);
%>

<html:select property="businessdate">
<html

ptions collection="busDate" property="bdate"/>
</html:select>

I get an error saying no get property found for bdate in bean. So then I go to my ActionForm for this JSP page and add bdate as a string variable and its getter and setter functions. But it still doesnt work.

Can someone please explain to me how I can use a List with an Html:select and html

ption tags in JSP? What am I missing?

Any assistance much appreciated.

remove the getter/setter from your ActionForm. your List contains a list of BusinessDate objects. what are the fields in this object? if you want to use property = 'bdate' for your html

ptions this object must have a String bdate field with the setBdate() and getBdate() methods.

i think that inside the html:select you need a logic:iterate - you then output the values using a bean:write nested inside a html

ption tag.

html

ptions is specifically created to eliminate the use of logic:iterate to generate downdown options.

Originally posted by Fallen Angel:
i think that inside the html:select you need a logic:iterate - you then output the values using a bean:write nested inside a html ption tag.

then what's <html

ption> for ??

to hold the options.