using logic:iterate index with html:multibox

[Rauhl Roy]

hi all,

Can I use logic:iterate's indexId to give a index number to the all values we are using in html:multibox .

in other words, the senario is like this.

   
<logic:iterate indexId="index" id="mediaOrder" name="orderList" property="mediaOrderItemList">
 
<html:multibox property="selectedItems"> 
<bean:write name="mediaOrder" property="orderid" />
<bean:write name="mediaOrder" property="publication" />
        <bean:write name="mediaOrder" property="edition" />
</html:multibox>
        <bean:write name="mediaOrder" property="orderid" />
<bean:write name="mediaOrder" property="publication" />
        <bean:write name="mediaOrder" property="edition" />

 

where selectedItems is declared as a String array in form bean.
As code say orderid,publication and edition comming from back end of mediaorder class.

now the problem is i want to print the selected values through checkboxes in some other jsps.

please help me.

regards,
rahul

[Merrill Higginson]

Here's one possible solution: Change the JSP so that only orderid is used as the value of the multibox, provided orderid will uniquely identify the order. When the form is submitted, you will then have a String array containing order Ids. At that point, you can query the database to get the rest of the information for each order, populate an order POJO for each, and create an ArrayList of order POJOs that can be used in other JSPs.

Yes, I know you already queried the database to get this information before, but if you've coded your model layer efficiently and are using a well-tuned database, re-getting the information from the database will be fast and will not significantly affect your response time.

[Rauhl Roy]

Mr. Merrill Higginson,

Using String array I can print the selected values in different pages.
But after putting into string array how can we retrive them as we put them into it. in other words, if i want to print coloumns like orderid publication, edition then this string array can not solve this problems, i guess. And if we want add the data in the back end for the selectd values, then it would become very difficult to solve it.

So is there any solution for this.

regards,
rahul

Originally posted by Merrill Higginson:
Here's one possible solution: Change the JSP so that only orderid is used as the value of the multibox, provided orderid will uniquely identify the order. When the form is submitted, you will then have a String array containing order Ids. At that point, you can query the database to get the rest of the information for each order, populate an order POJO for each, and create an ArrayList of order POJOs that can be used in other JSPs.

Yes, I know you already queried the database to get this information before, but if you've coded your model layer efficiently and are using a well-tuned database, re-getting the information from the database will be fast and will not significantly affect your response time.

[Merrill Higginson]

Originally posted by Rauhl Roy:
Using String array I can print the selected values in different pages.
But after putting into string array how can we retrive them as we put them into it.

If the values are of a fixed length, you can use the String class's substring method to separate the values from a single string into multiple strings. If the values are not of a fixed length, you could put some sort of separator character between each value. Then when it's time to display the values separately, use the separator character to tell where one value ends and the other begins.

Originally posted by Rauhl Roy:
And if we want add the data in the back end for the selectd values, then it would become very difficult to solve it.

I'm not suggesting you add any data in the back end. I'm simply suggesting that you retrieve the data that's already there in the back end again, rather than trying to pass it through a composite string.

While parsing through this composite string will work, it seems really awkward and "kludgy" to me, and I wouldn't call it very good Object Oriented design.