submitting xforms throw struts

> Jose,
>
>  > Hello all, in my company we are trying to use XForms in our platform
>  > based in struts/jsp.
>  >
>  > In this moment I have an XForm form that I want to submit to our
>  > application in this way:
>  >
>  >  <xforms:submission id="submitIntercambioTareas"
>  > ref="instance('mainForm')" method="get" replace="instance"
>  > instance="mainForms"
>  > action="http://localhost:9000/opencities/testXForms.do"
>  > separator="&amp;" />
>  >
>  > The testXForms.do struts call to an action java class:
>  >
>  > <action path="/testXForms"
>  >
> type="com.andago.opencities.struts.actions.mantenimiento.testXFormsAction"
>  > name="testXFormsForm"
>  > scope="session"
>  > validate="false">
>  > <forward name="success" path="/web/jsp/comun/testXForms.jsp" />
>  > </action>
>  >
>  >
>  > in this class(testXformsAction) I can access to the complete instance
>  > "mainForm" because I have a java form bean(testXFormsForm) with the same
>  > parameters like the XForm:
>  >
>  > form.getFoo();
>  > form.getBar();
>  >
>  > Now the problems:
>  >
>  > - This only works with get method, because the xforms travels in the
>  > url: http://localhost:9000/opencities/testXForms.do?foo=13&bar=123... If
>  > I use a post method I cannot acces to the form with:
>  >   form.getFoo();
>
>  > - Using get method If I modified the values of the form in the action
>  > class:
>  >
>  >     form.setFoo = 567
>  >
>  >   This new values are not refreshed in my XForm instance when the struts
>  > fordward call again my XForm web page.
>
> Right, this will not occur automatically!
>
> First, there is a problem with your submission: it says
> replace="instance", which means that your submission must return an
> XML document. You don't do this, what you do is that you forward the
> result of the JSP page that produces the whole XForms page again.
>
> So either:
>
> o Use replace="all" but then you need to find a way to update the
>    instance data in the new page.
>
> o Use replace="instance", but make sure you return an XML document
>    which contains the instance data to replace.
>
>  > I know that If I use a get method I will lost the XML structure, but
>  > this is not very important for me.
>
> Check the flickr-search JSP example that ships with Orbeon Forms (I
> attach it as well): in just a few lines, it reads a posted XML
> document and extracts values from it. It's really easy ;-)
>
> -Erik
>
> documento de texto sencillo adjunto (service-search.jsp)
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> <%@ page import="java.net.URL"%>
> <%@ page import="org.dom4j.io.SAXReader"%>
> <%@ page import="org.dom4j.Document"%>
> <%@ page import="org.dom4j.Element"%>
> <%@ page import="java.util.Iterator"%>
> <%@ page import="java.net.URLEncoder"%>
> <%
>     response.setContentType("application/xml");
>     SAXReader xmlReader = new SAXReader();
>
>     // Build URL for query to Flickr
>     String flickrURL = "http://www.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=";
>     if ("POST".equals(request.getMethod())) {
>         // We go a query string
>         Document queryDocument = xmlReader.read(request.getInputStream());
>         String query = queryDocument.getRootElement().getStringValue();
>         flickrURL = "http://www.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=flickr.photos.search&text=" + URLEncoder.encode(query, "UTF-8");
>     } else {
>         // No query, return interesting photos
>         flickrURL += "flickr.interestingness.getList";
>     }
>     flickrURL += "&per_page=200&api_key=d0c3b54d6fbc1ed217ecc67feb42568b";
>
>     Document flickrResponse = xmlReader.read(new URL(flickrURL));
>     Element photosElement = flickrResponse.getRootElement().element("photos");
> %>
> <photos>
> <%  for (Iterator photoIterator = photosElement.elementIterator(); photoIterator.hasNext();) {
>         Element photo = (Element) photoIterator.next();
>         String photoURL = "http://static.flickr.com/" + photo.attributeValue("server") + "/" + photo.attributeValue("id")
>             + "_" + photo.attributeValue("secret") + "_s.jpg";
>         String pageURL = "http://flickr.com/photos/" + photo.attributeValue("owner") +"/" + photo.attributeValue("id") + "/";
> %>
>     <photo url="<%=photoURL%>" page="<%=pageURL%>"/>
> <%  } %>
> </photos>
> documento de texto sencillo adjunto (message-footer.txt)
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> Jose,
>
> By JSP action, do you mean Struts action? The JSP file I attached to my
> previous email shows exactly that. You can use the same code in a Struts
> action: you just need to have access to the HttpServletRequest object.
>
> -Erik
>
> Erik Bruchez wrote:
>  > Jose,
>  >
>  >  > Hello all, in my company we are trying to use XForms in our platform
>  >  > based in struts/jsp.
>  >  >
>  >  > In this moment I have an XForm form that I want to submit to our
>  >  > application in this way:
>  >  >
>  >  >  <xforms:submission id="submitIntercambioTareas"
>  >  > ref="instance('mainForm')" method="get" replace="instance"
>  >  > instance="mainForms"
>  >  > action="http://localhost:9000/opencities/testXForms.do"
>  >  > separator="&amp;" />
>  >  >
>  >  > The testXForms.do struts call to an action java class:
>  >  >
>  >  > <action path="/testXForms"
>  >  >
>  >
> type="com.andago.opencities.struts.actions.mantenimiento.testXFormsAction"
>  >  > name="testXFormsForm"
>  >  > scope="session"
>  >  > validate="false">
>  >  > <forward name="success" path="/web/jsp/comun/testXForms.jsp" />
>  >  > </action>
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  > in this class(testXformsAction) I can access to the complete instance
>  >  > "mainForm" because I have a java form bean(testXFormsForm) with
> the same
>  >  > parameters like the XForm:
>  >  >
>  >  > form.getFoo();
>  >  > form.getBar();
>  >  >
>  >  > Now the problems:
>  >  >
>  >  > - This only works with get method, because the xforms travels in the
>  >  > url:
> http://localhost:9000/opencities/testXForms.do?foo=13&bar=123... If
>  >  > I use a post method I cannot acces to the form with:
>  >  >   form.getFoo();
>  >
>  >  > - Using get method If I modified the values of the form in the action
>  >  > class:
>  >  >
>  >  >     form.setFoo = 567
>  >  >
>  >  >   This new values are not refreshed in my XForm instance when the
> struts
>  >  > fordward call again my XForm web page.
>  >
>  > Right, this will not occur automatically!
>  >
>  > First, there is a problem with your submission: it says
>  > replace="instance", which means that your submission must return an
>  > XML document. You don't do this, what you do is that you forward the
>  > result of the JSP page that produces the whole XForms page again.
>  >
>  > So either:
>  >
>  > o Use replace="all" but then you need to find a way to update the
>  >   instance data in the new page.
>  >
>  > o Use replace="instance", but make sure you return an XML document
>  >   which contains the instance data to replace.
>  >
>  >  > I know that If I use a get method I will lost the XML structure, but
>  >  > this is not very important for me.
>  >
>  > Check the flickr-search JSP example that ships with Orbeon Forms (I
>  > attach it as well): in just a few lines, it reads a posted XML
>  > document and extracts values from it. It's really easy ;-)
>  >
>  > -Erik
>  >
>
>
> documento de texto sencillo adjunto (message-footer.txt)
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