Lesson 1.3: Create a form bean

In this lesson, you will create a form bean. A form bean is a type of Java™ bean that stores HTML form data from a submitted client request or stores input data from a Struts action link that a user clicked.

1. Hover over the /computeDay action and click the Form bean icon.
   
2. The Form bean selection window opens.
3. Click New. The New Form-Bean wizard opens.
4. In the Form Bean Name field, type dateData, then click Next.
   
5. Click Next to skip the Choose new fields for your ActionForm class panel. This panel allows you to pull in fields, form information that your pages may already contained to create your form-bean. Since this is a new application, the pages in this project does not contain any form information yet. .
6. On the Create new fields for your ActionForm class page, add the following fields using the Add button:

   Option	Description
   Name	Type
   year	int
   month	int
   day	int
   dayOfWeek	String

7. Click Next.
8. On the Create a mapping for your ActionForm class page in the Java package field type com.ibm.dayofweek.
9. Click Finish.
   1. You should have and updated Form Bean Selection window.
10. In the Form Bean Selection window, click the dateData form bean you just created, then click OK.
11. Double click on the /computeDay action drop down character to show that this form bean is associated with the action.
    

At the end of this lesson, the Project Explorer should resemble: