[STR-2894] The <form-bean> type attribute should be optional

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Affects Version/s: Nightly Build
• Fix Version/s: 1.3.6
• Component/s: Core
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Wendy Smoak
• Created: 26/Jun/06 10:56
• Updated: 04/Jul/07 03:36
• Resolved: 19/Nov/06 19:32

Description

According to the 1.3 DTD, the 'type' attribute of <form-bean> is optional.
http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-config/1_3/

However, omitting it from the form bean definition in struts-config.xml results in an error.

<form-bean
name="inputForm" />

SEVERE: Servlet /my-webapp threw load() exception
javax.servlet.UnavailableException: Missing type value for inputForm form bean
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.handleValueRequiredException(ActionServlet.java:830)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.initModuleFormBeans(ActionServlet.java:926)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.init(ActionServlet.java:357)
at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:211)