I am trying to create a form using thymeleaf that contains a series of checkboxes. The object source that I am passing through to the thymeleaf template contains a String and a List.
package com.controller;
import java.util.List;
public class Source {
private String sourceName;
private List<String> testList;
public String getSourceName()
{
return sourceName;
}
public void setSourceName(String name)
{
this.sourceName = name;
}
public List<String> getTestList()
{
return testList;
}
public void setTestList(List<String> list)
{
this.testList = list;
}
}
I pass an object of type source into the template using this MVC controller.
package com.controller;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.ui.Model;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.View;
import org.thymeleaf.spring4.view.ThymeleafViewResolver;
import com.web_application.AllEnvironmentsFromFile;
import com.web_application.AllTestsAndPaths;
import com.web_application.RunDao;
import com.web_application.TestAndPath;
@RestController
public class ManualTestController {
@Autowired
private ThymeleafViewResolver resolver;
@Autowired
RunDao rDao;
@Autowired
AllEnvironmentsFromFile environments;
@RequestMapping(value="/manualTest", method=RequestMethod.GET)
public View greetingForm(Model model) throws Exception {
AllTestsAndPaths a = new AllTestsAndPaths();
List<TestAndPath> testList = a.testsAndPaths();
String[] environmentList = new String[environments.getEnvironments().size()];
for(int i = 0; i < environments.getEnvironments().size(); i++)
{
environmentList[i] = environments.getEnvironments().get(i).getName();
}
model.addAttribute("testList", testList);
model.addAttribute("source", new Source());
model.addAttribute("environmentList", environmentList);
return resolver.resolveViewName("manualTest", Locale.US); }
@RequestMapping(value="/manualTest", method=RequestMethod.POST)
public String greetingSubmit(@ModelAttribute Source source, Model model) {
System.out.println(source.getSourceName());
for(String hello : source.getTestList())
{
System.out.println(hello);
}
model.addAttribute("source", source);
return "result";
}
}
The manualTest template looks like this
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Insert title here</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
</head>
<body>
<form action="#" th:action="@{/manualTest}" th:object="${source}" method="post">
<p>Source: <input type="text" th:field="*{sourceName}" /></p>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>Test Name</td>
<td th:each="environment : ${environmentList}"
th:text="${environment}">Tests</td>
</tr>
<th:block th:each="test : ${testList}">
<tr>
<td th:text="${test.name}">A Test'</td>
<th:block th:each="enviro : ${environmentList}">
<td><input type="checkbox" path="${testList}" value="hello" /></td>
</th:block>
</tr>
</th:block>
</table>
<p><input type="submit" value="Submit" /> <input type="reset" value="Reset" /></p>
</form>
</body>
</html>
My problem is that the values of the checkbox are not being stored in the array. When i run this code and click submit i get a null pointer exception because the list in the source object is empty. The sourceName works perfectly but the checkboxes are not actually adding anything.