Struts 2 s:textfield is the equivalent of input text box in the HTML. This tutorial shows how to take the input from a JSP file and pass on to the next field using Struts 2 Action class. Lets see the example.
1. Action Class
A simple action class for taking the employee name from user.
package javabeat.net.struts2;
public class Struts2UITagsAction{
private String employeeName;
public String getEmployeeName() {
return employeeName;
}
public void setEmployeeName(String employeeName) {
this.employeeName = employeeName;
}
public String execute(){
return "success";
}
}
2. TextField Tag Example
Input.jsp
<%@ page contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8"%> <%@ taglib prefix="s" uri="/struts-tags"%> <html> <head> </head> <body> <h1>JavaBeat - Struts 2 Text Field Demo</h1> <s:form action="Result"> <s:textfield name="employeeName" label="Employee Name" /> <s:submit /> </s:form> </body> </html>
Result.jsp
<%@ page contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8"%> <%@ taglib prefix="s" uri="/struts-tags"%> <html> <head></head> <body> <h1>JavaBeat - Struts 2 Text Field Demo</h1> <h4> Hello <s:property value="employeeName" /> </h4> </body> </html>
3. 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> <constant name="struts.devMode" value="true" /> <package name="textfielddemo" extends="struts-default"> <action name="Result" class="javabeat.net.struts2.Struts2UITagsAction" > <result name="success">Result.jsp</result> </action> </package> </struts>
4. TextField Demo
If you access the application using URL http://localhost:8080/Struts2App/Input.jsp, you would see the following output.
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