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html:text as an array

 
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In my web form, i have many similar fields. I have
> named all of them the same.
> for example <html:text property="referenceName"
> name="someForm"/> and there are
> five of these. my actionform bean has an array
> declared for these fields and so
> hopefully the five fields should populate the array.
> and in fact it does. but
> my problem is that if my form is invalidated, and my
> action class takes me back
> to the same page the all the text fields show some
> funny junk something like
> [Ljava.lang.String;@55a
> instead of the original value that i had entered.
> (if there was no error, and i
> access the field through the form i get the correct
> value).
> which is probobaly the memory address for that array
> cell, i don't know. why is
> this happening? is there any documentation out there
> that shows how to deal
> with this type of form? in my jsp form i have
> explicitely typed out these five
> fields and not used any iteration function to
> display it. does this have
> something to do with this.
>
> your help will be much appreciated.
Thanks & Regards
krish
 
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Please be sure to ask Struts questions in the Struts forum. I have moved this post there for you.
 
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It seems odd that your solution is (partially) working. It sounds like you need to use indexed properties. There is a section in this forum's FAQ with an example that I put together.

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