Re: Is JavaBeans able to store an array?

From:
Lew <noone@lewscanon.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Wed, 25 May 2011 09:15:47 -0400
Message-ID:
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On 05/24/2011 09:15 PM, byhesed wrote:

Can I handle array values using JavaBeans?
I could'n find the way to pass an array to JavaBeans.

Below is my situation.

There are four checkboxes.
I want to handle those values in JavaBeans.

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1. TestBeanForm.jsp
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<form action="TestBean.jsp" method="post">
     <input type="checkbox" name="books"> Java for Student<br>
     <input type="checkbox" name="books"> Compiler Construction<br>
     <input type="checkbox" name="books"> Software Engineering<br>
     <input type="checkbox" name="books"> Core Servlet and JSP<br>
     <p>
     <input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
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Here, I use JavaBeans.
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2. TestBean.jsp
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<%@page import="test.TestBean"%>

<jsp:useBean id="testBean" class="test.TestBean">
    <jsp:setProperty name="testBean" property="*"/>
</jsp:useBean>
<jsp:getProperty name="testBean" property="books"/>
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When dealing with thoes values using JavaBeans,
Only the first books element is passed to JavaBeans.
Here is my javaBean [sic].

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3. TestBean.java
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package test;

public class TestBean {
    private String books;

    public void setBooks(String books) { this.books = books; }
    public String getBooks() { return books; }
}
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Where's the array in your bean?

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