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Struts 2 <s:textfield> example

Struts 2 <s:textfield> example

 
In Struts 2 , you can use the <s:textfield> to create a HTML input textbox. For example, you can declare the €œs:textfield€ with a key attribute or label and name attribute.
 

<s:textfield key="userName" />
//or
<s:textfield label="Username" name="userName" />

 

In Struts 2, the “€œname” will map to the JavaBean property automatically. In this case, on form submit, the textbox value with €œname=”userName”™€ will call the corresponding Action’€™s setUsername(String xx) to set the value

 
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Struts 2 <s:textfield> example

 

1. Properties file

 
Two properties files to store the message.
 
project.properties

project.username = Username
project.submit = Submit

 
LoginAction.properties

username.required = Username Cannot be blank

 

2. Action

 
A simple Action class with a validation to make sure the username is not empty, otherwise return an error message.
 
LoginAction.java
 

package com.simplecode.action;

import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionSupport;

public class LoginAction extends ActionSupport {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 6677091252031583948L;

	// Need to Initiize a morden driven object
	private String userName;
	private String password;

	public String getUserName() {
		return userName;
	}

	public void setUserName(String userName) {
		this.userName = userName;
	}

	public String getPassword() {
		return password;
	}

	public void setPassword(String password) {
		this.password = password;
	}

	public String execute() {

		return SUCCESS;
	}

	public void validate() {
		if (userName.equals("")) {
			addFieldError("userName", getText("username.required"));
		}
	}
}

 

3. View page

 
Result page to use Struts 2 €œs:textfield€ to create a HTML textbox input field.
 
login.jsp
 

<%@taglib uri="/struts-tags" prefix="s"%>
<html>
<head>
<title>Login</title>
</head>
<body>
	<h3>Struts 2  < S:textfield > Textbox Examplee</h3>
	<s:form action="welcome">
		<s:textfield name="userName" key="project.username" />
		<s:submit key="project.submit" name="submit" />
	</s:form>
</body>
</html>

 
success.jsp
 

<%@ taglib prefix="s" uri="/struts-tags"%>
<html>
<head>
<title>Welcome Page</title>
</head>

<body>
	<h3>Struts 2 < S:textfield > Textbox Example</h3>
	<h4>
		Welcome <s:property value="userName" />
	</h4>
</body>
</html>

 

4. struts.xml

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE struts PUBLIC
"-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 2.0//EN"
"http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-2.0.dtd">
<struts>

  <constant name="struts.custom.i18n.resources" value="project" />
	<package name="default" extends="struts-default" namespace="/jsp">
	<action name="Login">
			<result>/jsp/login.jsp</result>
		</action>
		<action name="welcome" class="com.simplecode.action.LoginAction">
			<result name="success">/jsp/success.jsp</result>
			<result name="input">/jsp/login.jsp</result>
		</action>
	</package>
</struts>

 

5. Demo

 

http://localhost:8089/Struts2_textfield/

 
struts textbox
 


 

Reference

 
Struts 2 textfield documentation
 

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