Setting a selectbox value from spring mvc

Question

How to set a selectbox value in jsp from controller.

Employee employee = new Employee();

I created new object for entity Employee and then set the value of designation with this code..

employee.setEmpDesignation(addEmployeeForm.getEmpDesignation());

Here is the jsp

<form:select path="empDesignation" id="emplDesignation" onchange="showTextBox();" cssClass="textBox">
    <c:forEach var="desig" items="${designation}">
        <option value="${desig.designationDesc}">
              <c:out value="${desig.designationDesc}"/>
        </option>
    </c:forEach>
</form:select>

Basically I am trying to set the values entered by the user,when error occurs.

But it always displays the first value in the selectbox.

In Spring MVC, form tags – <form:select />, <form:option /> or <form:options />, are used to render HTML dropdown box. Check tis to know more mkyong.com/spring-mvc/spring-mvc-dropdown-box-example... — SHANib
– SHANib, Commented Mar 12, 2012 at 9:57

mcfinnigan · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-08 10:32:40Z

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Why are you not using <form:options> ?

E.g:

<form:select path="empDesignation">
    <form:options items="${designation}" itemLabel="designationDesc" itemValue="designationDesc"/>
</form:select>

if your form backing object is bound, SpringMVC should handle all this for you.

answered Mar 8, 2012 at 10:32

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mcfinnigan Over a year ago

You're welcome. I've just recently gone through the pain of learning SpringMVC myself, so I can sympathise! :-)

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