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<html:options /> Tag Example in 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 OptionsTagExample 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:options tag example</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Struts html:options tag example</h3>
<html:form action="/optionsAction">
<bean:message key="label.name" />:
<html:select property="name">
    <html:option value="">----None----</html:option>
	<html:options property="nameList" name="optionsForm"/>
</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="optionsForm" type="org.r4r.struts.OptionsTagForm"/>
  </form-beans>
  <action-mappings>
  <action path="/options" type="org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction" parameter="/index.jsp"/>
  <action path="/optionsAction" type="org.r4r.struts.OptionsTagAction" name="optionsForm" input="/index.jsp">	
  <forward name="success" path="/success.jsp"/>
  </action>
  </action-mappings>
  <message-resources parameter="org.r4r.struts.ApplicationResources" />
</struts-config>

OptionsTagForm.java

package org.r4r.struts;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;
 
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class OptionsTagForm extends ActionForm{ 
	String name;
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	ArrayList nameList;
	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}
	public void setName(String name) {
		this.name = name;
	}
	
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public ArrayList getNameList() {
		ArrayList list=new ArrayList();
		list.add("Mukund Singh");
		list.add("Amit Singh");
		list.add("Prabhat Singh");
		list.add("Praveen Singh");
		list.add("Kunal Singh");
		list.add("Gautam Singh");
		list.add("Dipu Singh");
		return list;
	}
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public void setNameList(ArrayList nameList) {
		this.nameList = nameList;
	}
	public OptionsTagForm() {
		super();
		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
	}
	public void reset(ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest request) {
		name="";
	}
 }

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

ApplicationResources.properties

# Resources for parameter 'org.r4r.struts.ApplicationResources'
# Project Struts1.3_OptionsTagExample
#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:options tag example</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Struts html:options tag Example</h3>
<h4>Your selected Name is :
<bean:write name="optionsForm" property="name" />
</h4>
</body>
</html>

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