Struts - multiple actions for same checkboxes

[GuyBrush Treepwood]

I'm using Struts to build a webapplication. Below is a snippet of code
from one of my jsp pages displays the folders of a user. In front of each
folder is a checkbox, so that all checked folders can be deleted at once.
I'm wondering, is it possible to have more than 1 submit button,
performing different actions on the same checkboxes. Like having a delete
button and an edit button.

<html:form action="/service/deleteFolders" method="POST">
<fieldset>
<ul id="folders">
<logic:iterate id="folder" name="folderList" >
<li>
<html:multibox name="treeLevelBean" property="checkedFolders" >
<bean:write name="folder" property="folderId" />
</html:multibox>

<html:link page="/service/showTreeLevel.do"
paramId="currentFolderId" paramName="folder"
paramProperty="folderId">
<bean:write name="folder" property="foldername"/>
</html:link>
</li>
</logic:iterate>
</ul>

<html:submit value="Delete" />
</fieldset>
</html:form>

 

[Wendy Smoak]

I'm wondering, is it possible to have more than 1 submit button,
performing different actions on the same checkboxes. Like having a delete
button and an edit button.

Sure. A submit button is just another form element. While HTML purists
will say that a form should have at most one submit button, that's not the
way things turn out in the real world. One of the flavors of
DispatchAction might be useful here.