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<html:select /> Struts 1.3 the following tool are required for run this example

JDK 1.5
MyEclipse IDE
Server Tomcat 6.0
Struts 1.3 jar file

Directory Structure of SelectTagExample 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>html:select tag example</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Struts html:select tag example</h3>
<html:form action="/selectAction">
<html:messages id="errorName" property="error">
<div style="color:red"><bean:write name="errorName" /></div>
</html:messages><br/>
<bean:message key="label.name" />:
<html:select property="name">
    <html:option value="">-- None --</html:option>
	<html:option value="Mukund Singh">Mukund Singh</html:option>
	<html:option value="Sachin Tyagi">Sachin Tyagi</html:option>
	<html:option value="Somaru Ram">Somaru Ram</html:option>
	<html:option value="Rajesh Patel">Rajesh Patel</html:option>
	<html:option value="Rituraj Tyagi">Rituraj Tyagi</html:option>
	<html:option value="Amit Singh">Amit Singh</html:option>
</html:select><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="selectForm" type="org.r4r.struts.SelectTagForm"/>
  </form-beans>
  <action-mappings>
  <action path="/select"
			type="org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction"
			parameter="/index.jsp"/>
		<action path="/selectAction" type="org.r4r.struts.SelectTagAction" 
		name="selectForm" validate="true" input="/index.jsp">	
         <forward name="success" path="/success.jsp"/>
		</action>
  </action-mappings>
  <message-resources parameter="org.r4r.struts.ApplicationResources" />
</struts-config>

SelectTagForm.java

package org.r4r.struts;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionErrors;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessage;
 
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class SelectTagForm extends ActionForm{ 
	String name; 
	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}

	public void setName(String name) {
		this.name = name;
	}

	@Override
	public ActionErrors validate(ActionMapping mapping,
	  HttpServletRequest request) {
 
	    ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors();
 
	    if( getName() == null || ("".equals(getName())))
	    {
	       errors.add("error",new ActionMessage("select.required"));
	    }
 
	    return errors;
	}
 
	@Override
	public void reset(ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest request) {
		// reset properties
		name = "";
	} 
}

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

ApplicationResources.properties

# Resources for parameter 'org.r4r.struts.ApplicationResources'
# Project Struts1.3_SelectTagExample
#error message
select.required = Please select a Name.
 
#label message
label.name = Select a Name 
label.submit = Submit
label.reset = Reset

success.jsp

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

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