Struts Application: Binding TextArea to Checkbox. Please Help!!!

Question

Hi
I am working on a Struts Application, where I have to do the following function
There is a JSP Page which i have created. The JSP page has these elements. It is basically a page with which a user can specify what problem he/she has and can use the checkbox to check off the problem. The user also has a textarea, using which he/she can write their own version of the problem and submit the page. The page contains many textareas and checkboxes. I am using Struts and was reading about the Multibox usage in Struts. Can you please tell me how I can apply it in this area to bind a particular checkbox to a textarea.
Here is some of the JSP Code
<form name="re1ActionItems" method="post" action="req1ActionRegEntry.do">
  <table width="907" height="667" border="1">
    <tr>
      <th width="578" scope="col">Nature of the Problem </th>
      <th width="432" scope="col">Check</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td height="53">There is no Firewall Configuration Standard OR There is an improperly drafted Firewall Configuration Standard </td>
      <td><textarea name="fwConfig" cols="30" rows="4"><bean:message key="ate.fwConfig"/></textarea>
      <input name="noFwConfig" type="checkbox" value="yes"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>There is no DMZ which has been established for housing Public Facing Servers </td>
      <td><textarea name="noDmzTxt" cols="30" rows="4"><bean:message key="ate.noDmz"/></textarea>
      <input name="noDmz" type="checkbox" value="yes"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Firewall rules contains Any-Any rules, or there are no IP and Port Specific Rules which have been configured on the Firewall(s)</td>
      <td><textarea name="anyAnyFwTxt" cols="30" rows="4"><bean:message key="ate.anyAnyFw"/></textarea>
      <input name="anyAnyFw" type="checkbox" value="yes"></td>Can you please help me out with this issue.
P.S. I would not like to use Client Side Scripting to sort out this problem, please try and give me something which I can use Server side.

Answer 1

I presume your form is being stored in session scope?
It is for this purpose that struts has a "reset()" method.
Have the reset method set the boolean to false every time.
It will be set to true if the checkbox is checked, otherwise it will be left as false.