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In this chapter,We discussn that how to create forms in plain HTML.All input tags must be nested inside a form <html:form>tag body. Taglib contains tags used to create strts input form .

 You must add the following <%@taglib uri="http://struts.apache.org/tags-html" prefix="html" %> taglib directive to each jsp.

There are following some input form support attributes  that are helpful for input from the form:--
checkboxes
hidden fields
password input fields
radio buttons
reset buttons
cancel buttons
submit buttons
select
option
options 
text input fields
textareas


Directory Structure of TextTagExample 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:text tag example</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Struts html:text tag example</h3>
<html:form action="/textAction">
<bean:message key="label.name"/>:
<html:text property="name" name="textForm"/><br/>
<bean:message key="label.course"/>:
<html:text property="course" name="textForm"/><br/>
<bean:message key="label.college"/>:
<html:text property="college" name="textForm"/><br/>
<bean:message key="label.phone"/>:
<html:text property="phone" name="textForm"/><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="textForm" type="org.r4r.struts.TextForm"/>
  </form-beans>
  <global-exceptions />
  <global-forwards />
  <action-mappings >
  <action path="/text" type="org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction" parameter="/index.jsp"/>
<action path="/textAction" type="org.r4r.struts.TextAction" name="textForm" input="/index.jsp">	
<forward name="success" path="/success.jsp"/>
</action>
  </action-mappings>
  <message-resources parameter="org.r4r.struts.ApplicationResources" />
</struts-config>

TextForm.java

package org.r4r.struts;

import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;

@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class TextForm extends ActionForm {
	private String name;
	private String course;
	private String college;
	private String phone;
	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}
	public void setName(String name) {
		this.name = name;
	}
	public String getCourse() {
		return course;
	}
	public void setCourse(String course) {
		this.course = course;
	}
	public String getCollege() {
		return college;
	}
	public void setCollege(String college) {
		this.college = college;
	}
	public String getPhone() {
		return phone;
	}
	public void setPhone(String phone) {
		this.phone = phone;
	}
}

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

ApplicationResources.properties

# Resources for parameter 'org.r4r.struts.ApplicationResources'
# Project Struts1.3_TextTagExample
#label message
label.name = User Name 
label.course = Course Name
label.college = College Name
label.phone = Phone No
label.submit = Submit
label.reset = Reset

success.jsp

<%@taglib uri="http://struts.apache.org/tags-bean" prefix="bean"%>
<html>
<head>
<title>Struts html:text tag example</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Struts html:text tag Example</h3>
<h4>User Name:-<bean:write name="textForm" property="name" /></h4>
<h4>Course:-<bean:write name="textForm" property="course" /></h4>
<h4>College Name:-<bean:write name="textForm" property="college" /></h4>
<h4>Phone No:-<bean:write name="textForm" property="phone" /></h4>
</body>
</html>

Output





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