Need help in using hashtable as a property of a form bean

Question

Hi,
Is it possible to use a hashtable as a property of the bean.
Well this is the problem i have
I am using a hashtable as property and i want it to store from(/retrive into} form as ints/strings
I have a
JSP Page
SampleAction --Action
SampleForm --ActionForm
Sample(bean)
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JSP Page
(within the html:form tag)
<html:text property="sample.number" />
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struts-config links to
SampleAction
SampleForm
==============
SampleForm
Sample sample = new Sample();
reset(){ ...impl...}
validate(){.... impl.....}
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Sample.java
private Hashtable prop = new Hashtable();
public int getNumber()
   return ((Integer)prop.get("number")).intValue();
public void setNumber(int number)
   prop.put("number",new Integer(number));
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this setup understandbly gives me a error like this
no getter method for property sample.number
PLEASE DO remember that i have a large number of mixed types in my form that needs to be populated into the bean and i detest using that many variables(in the bean)
I NEED TO A KNOW A SOLN. PLEASE
Thanx in advance
cheers
Ash

Answer 1

Hi,
I think the solution for your problem is
put a form tag in your jsp page.
name it as your form name defined in the struts-config.xml.
in your case
it is 'sample'.
And make changes in the html:text tag like,
<html:text name="sample" property="number" />
Hope it will work.. have fun !!!