The Struts 2.0 framework provide select tag to drop down item in the list through the<s:select></s:select> tag.
This tag provide the facility to get drop down element in the list .
The Struts 2 select component provide the following <s:select></s:select> tag:
<s:select label="Day Name" headerKey="-1" headerValue="Select Day" list="selectDayList" name="day"/>
Directory Structure of <s:select> tag Example in Struts 2.0 Using MyEclipse IDE
index.jsp
<%@taglib uri="/struts-tags" prefix="s"%>
<h2>Select tag example in struts2 framework</h2>
<s:form action="select">
<s:select label="Day Name" headerKey="-1" headerValue="Select Day list="selectDayList" name="day"/>
<s:submit></s:submit>
</s:form>
web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="2.5"
xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee
http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">
<filter>
<filter-name>f1</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>f1</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
</web-app>
struts.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE struts PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration
2.1//EN" "http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-2.1.dtd">
<struts>
<package name="demo" extends="struts-default">
<action name="" class="org.r4r.SelectAction" method="display">
<result name="none" type="dispatcher">/index.jsp</result>
</action>
<action name="select" class="org.r4r.SelectAction">
<result name="success">/success.jsp</result>
</action>
</package>
</struts>
SelectAction.java
package org.r4r;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
public class SelectAction {
List<String> selectDayList;
String day;
public SelectAction(){
selectDayList=new ArrayList<String>();
selectDayList.add("Sunday");
selectDayList.add("Monday");
selectDayList.add("Tuesday");
selectDayList.add("Wednesday");
selectDayList.add("Thursday");
selectDayList.add("Friday");
selectDayList.add("Saturday");
}
public String execute(){
return "success";
}
public String display(){
return "none";
}
public List<String> getSelectDayList() {
return selectDayList;
}
public void setSelectDayList(List<String> selectDayList) {
this.selectDayList = selectDayList;
}
public String getDay() {
return day;
}
public void setDay(String day) {
this.day = day;
}
}
success.jsp
<%@taglib uri="/struts-tags" prefix="s"%>
Select Day:-<s:property value="day"/>
Output