< html:radio /> html tag

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It render to Html input element with type radio.Radio button are used when you want to let the visitor select one option from a set of alternatives.Example:-

<%@taglib uri="http://struts.apache.org/tags-html" prefix="html"%>

<html:form action="/Radio" >
User Name :<html:text name="LoginForm" property="username" />
<html:radio property="sex" value="male" />
<html:radio property="sex" value="female"/>
<html:textarea property="address" cols="50" rows="50" />  
<html:submit value="submit"/>
</html:form>

There are the following attributes which is mostly used:-
property*  :- This is used to identified a data member of the bean associated with the input element.
value* :- it specifies the value of the input element.This is required attributes.
accesskey :-This attributes is used to immediately move focus to this element.
alt :- This attributes is the alternate text for this element 
onfocus :- This is used receives input focus after that event handler executed 
onmousedown :- This attributes is under the mouse pointer and a mouse button is depressed than event handler executed .
onmousemove :- This attributes is used under the mouse pointer when the pointer is moved than event handler executed .

 The Following are many other attributes which we can use :-
altKey
bundle 
disabled
indexed 
onblur 
onchange
onclick 
ondblclick
onkeydown
onkeypress 
onkeyup
onmouseout
onmouseover
onmouseup
style
styleClass
tabindex
title
titleKey
errorKey
errorStyle
errorStyleId
idname
Directory Structure of RadioTagExample in Struts 1.3 Using MyEclipse IDE



index.jsp

<%@taglib uri="http://struts.apache.org/tags-html" prefix="html"%>
<%@taglib uri="http://struts.apache.org/tags-bean" prefix="bean"%>
<html>
<head>
<title>Struts html:radio tag example</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Struts html:radio tag example</h3>
<html:form action="/radioAction">
<bean:message key="label.name"/>:
<html:text property="name" name="radioForm"/><br/><br/>
<bean:message key="label.gender"/>:<bean:message key="label.male"/>
<html:radio property="gender" value="male" /><bean:message key="label.female"/>
<html:radio property="gender" value="female"/><br/><br/>
<html:submit><bean:message key="label.submit" /></html:submit>
<html:reset><bean:message key="label.reset" /></html:reset>
</html:form>
</body>
</html>

web.xml

<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC
 "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
 "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd" >
 
<web-app>
  <display-name>Maven Struts Examples</display-name> 
  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>
        org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet
    </servlet-class>
    <init-param>
        <param-name>config</param-name>
        <param-value>
         /WEB-INF/struts-config.xml
        </param-value>
    </init-param>
    <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
  </servlet> 
  <servlet-mapping>
       <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
       <url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping> 
</web-app>

struts-config.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC 
"-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 1.3//EN"
"http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-config_1_3.dtd">
<struts-config>
  <form-beans>
    <form-bean name="radioForm" type="org.r4r.struts.RadioForm"/>
  </form-beans>
  <global-exceptions />
  <global-forwards />
  <action-mappings >
    <action path="/radio" type="org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction" parameter="/index.jsp"/>
		<action path="/radioAction" type="org.r4r.struts.RadioAction" name="radioForm" input="/index.jsp">	
         <forward name="success" path="/success.jsp"/>
		</action>
  </action-mappings>
  <message-resources parameter="org.r4r.struts.ApplicationResources" />
</struts-config>

RadioForm.java

package org.r4r.struts;

import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;

@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class RadioForm extends ActionForm {
	private String name;
	private String gender;
	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}
	public void setName(String name) {
		this.name = name;
	}
	public String getGender() {
		return gender;
	}
	public void setGender(String gender) {
		this.gender = gender;
	}
}

RadioAction.java

package org.r4r.struts;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import org.apache.struts.action.Action;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;

public class RadioAction extends Action {
	public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping,ActionForm form,
		HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception{
		@SuppressWarnings("unused")
		RadioForm passwordForm=(RadioForm)form;
		return mapping.findForward("success");
	}
}

ApplicationResources.properties

# Resources for parameter 'org.r4r.struts.ApplicationResources'
# Project Struts1.3_RadioTagExample
#label message
label.name = User Name 
label.gender = Gender 
label.male = Male
label.female = Female
label.submit = Submit
label.reset = Reset

success.jsp

<%@taglib uri="http://struts.apache.org/tags-bean" prefix="bean"%>
 
<html>
<head>
<title>Struts html:radio tag example</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Struts html:radio tag Example</h3>
<h4>Welcome,<bean:write name="radioForm" property="name" /></h4>
<h4>Your gender is,<bean:write name="radioForm" property="gender" /></h4>
</body>
</html>

Output






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