[SOLVED] Problem with LocaleAction + DynaActionForm

[Ed McMillan]

Hi, Im getting the error: "no bean specified" trying to use the built in LocaleAction that comes in struts-extras.jar (since struts 1.2 i guess). Here is my code:

Links in JSP:

<html:link action="/toSpanish">Español</html:link> ·
<html:link action="/toEnglish">English</html:link> 

Form Beans in struts-config.xml:

<form-bean name="English" type="org.apache.struts.action.DynaActionForm">
  <form-property name="language" type="String" initial="en" />
  <form-property name="country" type="String" initial="US" />
</form-bean>
<form-bean name="Spanish" type="org.apache.struts.action.DynaActionForm">
  <form-property name="language" type="String" initial="es" />
  <form-property name="country" type="String" initial="ES" />
</form-bean> 

Action mappings in struts-config.xml:

<action path="/toEnglish" name="English"
    type="org.apache.struts.actions.LocaleAction">
  <forward name="success" path=".homeLayout" />
</action>
<action path="/toSpanish" name="Spanish"
    type="org.apache.struts.actions.LocaleAction">
  <forward name="success" path=".homeLayout" />
</action>

Also having the corresponding ApplicationResources_en_US.properties and ApplicationResources_es_ES.properties configured.

I had the old method to change locale (implementing a custom Action subclass and calling setLocale(request, locale); It worked fine.

What's wrong ?

Notes:
- .homeLayout is a Tile definition.
- using struts 1.3.8 w/MyEclipse

[Amandeep Singh]

to get to know the exact issue. it would be always best to paste the stack error from logs.

now i can guess based upon the information provided by you.

<action path="/toEnglish" name="English"
    type="org.apache.struts.actions.LocaleAction">
  <forward name="success" path=".homeLayout" />
</action>
<action path="/toSpanish" name="Spanish"
    type="org.apache.struts.actions.LocaleAction">
  <forward name="success" path=".homeLayout" />
</action>

change it to

<action path="/toEnglish" name="English"
    type="org.apache.struts.actions.LocaleAction">
  <forward name="success" path="/homeLayout" />
</action>
<action path="/toSpanish" name="Spanish"
    type="org.apache.struts.actions.LocaleAction">
  <forward name="success" path="/homeLayout" />
</action>

[David Newton]

That won't solve the bean name issue. The forward values are likely Tiles definitions, as it's a typical naming convention.

[Ed McMillan]

Where it is supposed to logs be stored ?

in D:\MyWorkspace\.metadata\.me_tcat\logs\ there are no logs

[David Newton]

If you're running under Eclipse the log output will appear in the console tab.

[Ed McMillan]

Thats the problem, my console tab does not shows any related error regarding this problem, here you have last run:

25-may-2009 20:47:43 org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: The Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin;D:\_Databank\Development\Java\Eclipse\plugins\com.genuitec.eclipse.easie.tomcat.myeclipse_7.1.0.zmyeclipse7102009030516\tomcat\bin
25-may-2009 20:47:43 org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol init
INFO: Inicializando Coyote HTTP/1.1 en puerto http-8080
25-may-2009 20:47:43 org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 447 ms
25-may-2009 20:47:43 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start
INFO: Arrancando servicio Catalina
25-may-2009 20:47:43 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/6.0.13
log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.apache.struts.util.PropertyMessageResources).
log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.
25-may-2009 20:47:47 org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol start
INFO: Arrancando Coyote HTTP/1.1 en puerto http-8080
25-may-2009 20:47:48 org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket init
INFO: JK: ajp13 listening on /0.0.0.0:8009
25-may-2009 20:47:48 org.apache.jk.server.JkMain start
INFO: Jk running ID=0 time=0/31 config=null
25-may-2009 20:47:48 org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 4700 ms

When I click on the links to change language, nothing happens, except that it goes to .homeLayout (I've tried to go to another e.g. loginLayout and works)
It simply ignores locale changing.

[David Newton]

Have you increased the logging levels?

[Ed McMillan]

How to do that ?

[Ed McMillan]

Problem solved, in the DynaActionForm declaration, is mandatory to put java.lang.String instead of just String:

<form-bean name="LoginForm" type="org.apache.struts.action.DynaActionForm">
<form-property name="email" type="java.lang.String" initial="Enter your email" />
<form-property name="password" type="java.lang.String" />
</form-bean>