Query on struts html:optionsCollection tag !

Hi,
I've a query on struts <html:optionsCollection tag. I'm trying to render the values of an arraylist using the optionsCollection . The arraylist is stored as a part of form object. But the issue is that each row of arraylist contains a string data. The arraylist is returned by a remote process.Now, when I use the following struts code,
<html:select property="userProxy" size="1" >
<html:optionsCollection property="userProxy" value="" label=""/>
</html:select>
what shud be the value for value and label , as the arraylist contains only one string per row . The userProxy is the arraylist field defined in the form object.
My question, will I be able to use the <html:optionsCollection tag in this scenerio ?
I'll really appreciate if someone can get back to me on this.
Thnx

The html:optionsCollection tag is designed to work with a collection of beans, each with a "label" and "value" attribute.
If you only have a list of strings, then you probably want to use the html:options tag.
Note that your ActionForm should have two attributes
// form bean"
String userProxy; //stores the currently selected userProxy
List userProxyList; //list of userProxies.
// assume appropriate get/set methods
// the jsp page:
<html:select property="userProxy" size="1" >
<html:options property="userProxyList"/>
</html:select>Cheers,
evnafets

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