Creating a Struts form bean
In the previous section, we created the logon action. The logon action is invoked when the customer enters a customer ID (social security number). This information is passed to the action as a Struts form bean.
To create and associate the logonForm form bean to the logon action, do these steps:
| Hover with the mouse over the /logon action, then click the Add Form Bean icon ( ) from the selections presented.
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| In the Form Bean Selection dialog, do these steps:
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Click New.
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In the New Form Bean dialog , type LogonForm as the Form Bean Name.
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Click Form Bean Type to launch the New ActionForm Class dialog.
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In the New ActionForm Class dialog, accept the defaults for package, modifiers, superclass, and method stubs. Accept the generated name LogonForm for the ActionForm class name. Click Next.
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In the Create new fields for your ActionForm class dialog, click Add to create a field named ssn of type String. Click Finish.
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At this time the Form Bean Type field contains the value rad75strutsweb.forms.LogonForm. Accept the values for the New Form-Bean dialog. Click Finish.
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The logonForm bean is added to the Form Bean Selection dialog. Click OK.
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| A LogonForm class is created in the rad75strutsweb.forms package and the Struts configuration file is updated.
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Figure 15-8 Struts components: Adding a Struts form bean