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Struts 2 Form Bind Parameters To Collection Without Using Index

Struts Version: 2.3.16.3
Is there a way to populate a list of objects without having to specify the index? Currently I have to reference the collection like so:
<input name="myCollection[0].myProperty" value="some value" />
I really want to be able to do something like this:
<input name="myCollection[].myProperty" value="some value" />
I am dynamically adding and removing elements on the page with JavaScript and it has been a pain to get the indexing right with the JavaScript. Rather just have the backend add to the end of the collection in the order the elements come across from the form. Similar to how PHP processes it.
The docs for the parameters interceptor say that it is really just a ognl expression that the input name is binding to. I went to the ognl docs and it says you can reference array's like this:
array["length"]
which would be the next element in the array. The parameter interceptor is spitting out a message that it is rejecting this parameter name. I would really like to find a way to make this happen, even if it means extending the parameters interceptor.

Well, since
you are manipulating the page with Javascript
you are having troubles detecting / updating the index of elements when adding / removing them
the simplest solution is:
use the syntax you prefer when manipulating them, for example myCollection[].myProperty, and
convert them into the form desired by Struts in a pre-submit function.
This way you don't have to bother with the indexes while manipulating the elements, but only once, at the end, when you can simply loop them by name or something, and change their name with javascript by assigning the right index.
A kick-off example with jQuery:
$(function() {
$('#myform').submit(function() {
$('[name^="myCollection[]"]').each(function(index) {
var oldV = this.name;
var newV = oldV.replace("myCollection[]", "myCollection[" + index + "]");
console.log("was: " + oldV + " - now is: " + newV);
this.name = newV;
});
return false;
});
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form id="myform">
Open Javascript Console, then press submit, then inspect input elements
<br>
<input name="myCollection[].myProperty" />
<br>
<input name="myCollection[].myProperty" />
<br>
<input name="myCollection[].myProperty" />
<br>
<input name="myCollection[].myProperty" />
<br>
<input name="myCollection[].myProperty" />
<br>
<button>submit</button>
</form>

You need somehow to identify which object some property belongs to. Indexes are simplest way to do that, so you cannot just remove them.
There are many ways to achieve what you want. Look at Andrea's answer for one possible solution using javascript.
You can also pull object properties to simple lists and later set them to object.
E.g.
private List<String> myProperty;
can be referenced in JSP w/o indexes:
<input name="myProperty" value="first value" />
<input name="myProperty" value="second value" />
Of course you if you have many properties you need to somehow sync them in JSP in such way that order and size of the properties in list is consistent for every property.

Grab value from input field on SHAREPOINT INFOPATH browser enabled form

I'm trying to get the value of a textbox into a JavaScript variable. ultimately I'm trying to hide or show different webparts depending on the value in the textbox. I'm piecing the code together to test for input first. Below is the code for the textbox in question that I pulled from Firebug:
<input onfocus="return (TextBox.OnFocus(this, event));" onblur="return (TextBox.OnBlur(this, event));" oninput="return (TextBox.OnInput(this, event));" id="ctl00_m_g_ff1af521_db80_4f46_9a65_42671828173f_FormControl0_V1_I1_T82" scriptclass="TextBox" class="z_VYBB68eomwymAKXW_0 c5_VYBB68eomwymAKXW_0 ef_VYBB68eomwymAKXW_0" wrapped="true" direction="ltr" viewdatanode="83" formid="ctl00_m_g_ff1af521_db80_4f46_9a65_42671828173f_FormControl0" originalid="V1_I1_T82" tabindex="0" title="" value="Visible" style="position: relative;" type="text">
If I use the code below I get an "Undefined" error message(popup). As you can clearly see though, the value of the textbox = "Visible" as the code above tells us.
$(document).ready(function()
{
var HideWeb = $("#ctl00_m_g_ff1af521_db80_4f46_9a65_42671828173f_FormControl0_V1_I1_T82").val();
alert(HideWeb);
});
I've also tried the following with no success (popup returns empty).
var HideWeb = document.getElementById("#ctl00_m_g_ff1af521_db80_4f46_9a65_42671828173f_FormControl0_V1_I1_T82").value;
alert(HideWeb);
I've also tried using the other ID numbers in hopes that one of them would work in the JavaScript\Jquery code above. If someone could pick this apart and help me determine what the problem is I would appreciate it.Thank you.
This correspondes to a question I asked here.......
https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/113969/showing-hiding-webparts-conditionally

you may try..
$("input:text[originalid='V1_I1_T82']").val()
This will return you the value..

try removing "#"
var HideWeb = $("ctl00_m_g_ff1af521_db80_4f46_9a65_42671828173f_FormControl0_V1_I1_T82").val();

Javascript select element with complicated ID

need some help! am trying to get the value of the below input id "j_id0:j_id2:j_id4:j_id54:0:j_id59:0:j_id63" and have tried jquery and javascript such as: document.getElementById("j_id0:j_id2:j_id4:j_id54:0:j_id59:3:j_id63") but keep getting a null result. ID can't be changed either, any help appreciated
<td class="sf42_cell_bottom_light"><span id="j_id0:j_id2:j_id4:j_id54:0:j_id59:0:j_id61"><input id="j_id0:j_id2:j_id4:j_id54:0:j_id59:0:j_id63" maxlength="200" name="j_id0:j_id2:j_id4:j_id54:0:j_id59:0:j_id63" size="20" type="text" value="717474417"></span></td>

Use this:
$("[id='j_id0:j_id2:j_id4:j_id54:0:j_id59:0:j_id61']")
By the way, since you are apperently using JSF, this is a good practice to set id to each component to avoid such horrible ids (who can changes if you add/remove components).
See more information in this thread:
Handling colon in element ID with jQuery

Do you have any control of the element? Can you add a class to it?
var val= document.getElementsByClassName("TheClassName");
Or you can get the TD with class sf42_cell_bottom_light (if it is unique) then get its INPUT elements by:
var theTd= document.getElementsByClassName("sf42_cell_bottom_light");
var val = theTD.getElementsByTagName("INPUT");
I need to see more of the HTML to give you an better answer.

You may need to escape colon in your id .So
try this
function RemoveInvalidCharacter(myid) {
return '#' + myid.replace(/(:|\.|\[|\])/g, "\\$1");
}
And call like this
$(RemoveInvalidCharacter('j_id0:j_id2:j_id4:j_id54:0:j_id59:0:j_id61'));
Have a look at How do I select an element by an ID that has characters used in CSS notation

I have tested this code:
<td class="sf42_cell_bottom_light">
<span id="j_id0:j_id2:j_id4:j_id54:0:j_id59:0:j_id61">
<input id="j_id0:j_id2:j_id4:j_id54:0:j_id59:0:j_id63" maxlength="200" name="j_id0:j_id2:j_id4:j_id54:0:j_id59:0:j_id63" size="20" type="text" value="717474417">
</span>
</td>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.write(document.getElementById("j_id0:j_id2:j_id4:j_id54:0:j_id59:0:j_id63").value);
</script>
in FF, IE, Chrome (the latest versions)... and seems to work ok... ar you sure it is about this id?
Replace:
document.getElementById("j_id0:j_id2:j_id4:j_id54:0:j_id59:3:j_id63")
with
document.getElementById("j_id0:j_id2:j_id4:j_id54:0:j_id59:0:j_id63")
The id is different.
http://jsfiddle.net/wNePW/

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set property 'value' of null

I'm trying to pass the entered text to the controller using an ajax request. But i'm getting athe error "Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set property 'value' of null " when I tried to execute JS file..
Here is the HTMLcode:
<form action="">
<input type="text" class="searchbox1" name="search" placeholder="Search for Brand, Store or an Item..." value="text" />
<input type="button" class="searchbox_submit1" name="submit" value="text" onClick="javascript:getSearchText();">
</form>
Here is the JS code:
function getSearchText() {
var searchText = document.getElementByName("search").value;
h_url=document.getElementById("u").value;
var theURL = h_url+'search_all/' + deptid + '/' + searchText + '/1';
$.ajax({
url : theURL,
fail: function(){
},
success : function() {
},
error:function(){
}
});
}
Please help me to fix this.

You don't have an element with the id u.That's why the error occurs.
Note that you are trying to get the value of the input element with the name 'u' and it's not defined in your code.

The problem may where the code is being executed. If you are in the head of a document executing JavaScript, even when you have an element with id="u" in your web page, the code gets executed before the DOM is finished loading, and so none of the HTML really exists yet... You can fix this by moving your code to the end of the page just above the closing html tag. This is one good reason to use jQuery.

In case anyone landed on this page for a similar issue, I found that this error can happen if your JavaScript is running in the HEAD before your form is ready. Moving your JavaScript to the bottom of the page fixed it for my situation.

The problem is that you haven't got any element with the id u so that you are calling something that doesn't exist.
To fix that you have to add an id to the element.
<input id="u" type="text" class="searchbox1" name="search" placeholder="Search for Brand, Store or an Item..." value="text" />
And I've seen too you have added a value for the input, so it means the input is not empty and it will contain text. As result placeholder won't be displayed.
Finally there is a warning that W3Validator will say because of the "/" in the end. :
For the current document, the validator interprets strings like according to legacy rules that break the expectations of most authors and thus cause confusing warnings and error messages from the validator. This interpretation is triggered by HTML 4 documents or other SGML-based HTML documents. To avoid the messages, simply remove the "/" character in such contexts. NB: If you expect <FOO /> to be interpreted as an XML-compatible "self-closing" tag, then you need to use XHTML or HTML5.
In conclusion it says you have to remove the slash. Simply write this:
<input id="u" type="text" class="searchbox1" name="search" placeholder="Search for Brand, Store or an Item...">

I knew that i am too late for this answer, but i hope this will help to other who are facing and who will face.
As you have written h_url is global var like var = h_url; so you can use that variable anywhere in your file.
h_url=document.getElementById("u").value;
Here h_url contain value of your search box text value whatever user has typed.
document.getElementById("u");
This is the identifier of your form field with some specific ID.
Your Search Field without id
<input type="text" class="searchbox1" name="search" placeholder="Search for Brand, Store or an Item..." value="text" />
Alter Search Field with id
<input id="u" type="text" class="searchbox1" name="search" placeholder="Search for Brand, Store or an Item..." value="text" />
When you click on submit that will try to fetch value from document.getElementById("u").value; which is syntactically right but you haven't define id so that will return null.
So, Just make sure while you use form fields first define that ID and do other task letter.
I hope this helps you and never get Cannot set property 'value' of null Error.

guys This error because of Element Id not Visible from js Try to inspect element from UI and paste it on javascript file:
before :
document.getElementById('form:salesoverviewform:ticketstatusid').value =topping;
After :
document.getElementById('form:salesoverviewform:j_idt190:ticketstatusid').value =topping;
Credits to Divya Akka .... :)

It seems to be this function
h_url=document.getElementById("u").value;
You can help yourself using some 'console.log' to see what object is Null.

h_url=document.getElementById("u") is null here
There is no element exist with id as u

Add defer to your script tag, if it's in header. It will allow your script to execute after the DOM is loaded.
<script src="script.js type="text/javascript"></script>
It should look like this:
<script src="script.js type="text/javascript" defer></script>

Accessing an array of HTML input text boxes using jQuery or plain Javascript

I'm looking to create a form which contains a dynamic number of input text boxes. I would like each text box to form part of an array (this would in theory make it easier for me to loop through them, especially as I won't know the number of text fields that will eventually exist). The HTML code would like something like:
<p>Field 1: <input type="text" name="field[1]" id="field[1]"></p>
<p>Field 2: <input type="text" name="field[2]" id="field[2]"></p>
<p>Field 3: <input type="text" name="field[3]" id="field[3]"></p>
<p>Field 4: <input type="text" name="field[4]" id="field[4]"></p>
<p>Field 5: <input type="text" name="field[5]" id="field[5]"></p>
This data would then be sent to a PHP script and would be represented as an array - or at least, that's the theory.
So my first question is, is this achievable using HTML? Are forms designed to work that way?
If the answer to that is "yes", how would I then go about accessing each of those using jQuery or failing that, plain old JavaScript?
I've attempted to achieve this using the following jQuery code:
someval = $('#field[1]').val();
and
someval = $('#field')[1].val();
and the following JavaScript:
someval = document.getElementById('related_link_url')[1].value;
But I've not had any luck.
Thanks in advance.
Edit:
I should note that from a Javascript point of view, I've had it working where the ID of each element is something like field_1, field_2 etc. However, I feel that if I can achieve it by placing each text box into an array, it would make for tidier and easier to manage code.

Give each element a class and access the group using jQuery:
<p>Field 1: <input type="text" name="field[1]" class="fields"></p>
<p>Field 2: <input type="text" name="field[2]" class="fields"></p>
<!-- etc... -->
jQuery:
$("input.fields").each(function (index)
{
// Your code here
});
This will run the anonymous function on each input element with a classname of "fields", with the this keyword pointing to the current element. See http://api.jquery.com/each/ for more info.

First of all, id attribute cannot contains [ or ] character.
There is lots of ways to get jQuery/plain JavaScript references to these elements. You can use descendant selector:
<fieldset id="list-of-fields">
<!-- your inputs here -->
</fieldset>
$("#list-of-fields input");
document.getElementById("list....").getElementsByTagName("input");
You can also use attribute selector:
$("input[name^=field]");
I'm not sure whether that's the only way but I think in plain JavaScript you'll have to fetch all input elements (document.getElementsByTagName) and then loop through array of these elements and check each element (whether it has name attribute which value starts with field).