package com.strutsrecipes; 

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; 
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionError; 
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionErrors; 
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm; 
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping; 

public final class CheckboxTestForm 
extends ActionForm { 

// Instance Variables 

/*Mountains "pre-selected"...*/ 
private String[] 
selectedMountains 
= 
{"Everest","K2","Lhotse"}; 

/*the ten tallest Mountains to iterate through*/ 
private String[] 
mountains 
= 
{"Everest","K2","Kangchenjunga","Lhotse", 
"Makalu","Kangchenjunga South", 
"Lhotse Middle","Kangchenjunga West", 
"Lhotse Shar","Cho Oyu"}; 

/*Getter for selectedMountains*/ 
public String[] getSelectedMountains() { 
return this.selectedMountains; 
} 

/*Setter for selectedMountains*/ 
public void setSelectedMountains(String[] selectedMountains) { 
this.selectedMountains = selectedMountains; 
} 

/*Getter for the mountains*/ 
public String[] getMountains() { 
return this.mountains; 
} 

/*Setter for the mountains*/ 
public void setMountains(String[] mountains) { 
this.mountains = mountains; 
} 
} 

 
£¼%@taglib uri="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/tags-html" prefix="html"%£¾ 
£¼%@taglib uri="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/tags-bean" prefix="bean"%£¾ 
£¼%@taglib uri="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/tags-logic" prefix="logic"%£¾ 

£¼%-- html code, etc... --£¾ 

£¼html:form 
action="/FormAction"  
name="testForm" 
type="com.strutsrecipes.CheckboxTestForm"£¾ 

£¼h4£¾£¼bean:message key="testForm.instruction"/£¾£¼/h4£¾ 

£¼logic:iterate name="testForm"  
property="mountains"  
id="mountain"£¾ 

£¼%-- create the checkbox and selected attribute --£¾ 
£¼html:multibox property="selectedMountains"£¾ 
£¼bean:write name="mountain"/£¾ 
£¼/html:multibox£¾ 

£¼%-- create the label, note that "br" tag will format it vertically --£¾ 
£¼bean:write name="mountain"/£¾£¼br/£¾ 

£¼/logic:iterate£¾ 

£¼br/£¾ 
£¼html:submit/£¾£¼html:reset/£¾ 

£¼/html:form£¾ 

£¼%-- some more html code, etc... --£¾ 

 
import org.apache.struts.action.Action; 
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm; 
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward; 
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping; 

import javax.servlet.ServletException; 
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; 
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse; 
import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession; 

/** 
* A simple Action for Checkbox test. 
* 
* @author Danilo Gurovich 
*/ 
public final class CheckboxTestAction 
extends Action { 
// -------------------------- OTHER METHODS -------------------------- 

/** 
* The execute method 
* 
* @param mapping ActionMapping 
* @param form CheckboxTestForm 
* @param request HttpServletRequest 
* @param response HttpServletRespons 
* @return success to the confirmation page 
* @throws ServletException not thrown, but could be! 
* @throws Exception ditto. 
*/ 
public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping, 
ActionForm form, 
HttpServletRequest request, 
HttpServletResponse response) 
throws ServletException, Exception { 

// Extract attributes needed 
String[] selectedMountains = 
((CheckboxTestForm) form).getSelectedMountains() 
; 

System.out.println("htmlString RETURNED*\n" + 
selectedMountains.toString()); 

//Save the htmlString in the session for later... 
HttpSession session = request.getSession(); 
session.setAttribute(CheckboxConstants.MOUNTAINS, selectedMountains); 

return (mapping.findForward("success")); 
} 
} 

 
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£¼%@taglib uri="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/tags-bean" prefix="bean"%£¾ 
£¼%@taglib uri="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/tags-logic" prefix="logic"%£¾ 

£¼%-- html code, etc... --£¾ 

£¼logic:iterate id="mountain" property="mountains" name="testForm"£¾ 
£¼bean:write name="mountain"/£¾£¼br/£¾ 
£¼/logic:iterate£¾ 
£¼hr size=5 color="black"/£¾ 

£¼%-- some more html code, etc... --£¾ 

 
£¼html:form action="/FormAction"  
name="testForm" 
type=" com.strutsrecipes.CheckboxTestForm"£¾ 

 
£¼logic:iterate id="mountain" 
property="mountains"  
name="testForm"£¾ 

 
£¼html:multibox property="selectedMountains"£¾ 
£¼bean:write name="mountain"/£¾ 
£¼/html:multibox£¾ 
£¼bean:write name="mountain"/£¾£¼br/£¾ 

 
£¼logic:iterate id="mountainlb"  
property="mountainslb"  
name="testForm"£¾ 

£¼bean:define id="mountainbean"  
name="mountainlb 
"type="org.apache.struts.util.LabelValueBean"/£¾ 

£¼html:multibox property="selectedMountains"£¾ 
£¼bean:write name="mountainbean"  
property="value"/£¾ 
£¼/html:multibox£¾ 
£¼bean:write name="mountainbean"  
property="label"/£¾£¼br/£¾ 

£¼/logic:iterate£¾