Re: Selecting values from a html5 form

Hi Peter,

In the sitemap you have access to request parameters via Jexl:


<map:match pattern="enquiry">
      <map:generate type="someGeneration">
             <map:parameter name="from"
value="{jexl:cocoon.request.parameter.fromname}"/>

          ...


However, it may be far more convenient to use the HttpRequest, as it is
exposed in different ways:

1. if you want to send your user's inputs to a controller to handle them as
in:


 <map:match pattern="enquiry">
            <controller:call controller="rest-controller"
select="some.package.EnquiryController">

            </controller:call>
        </map:match>

The http request is accessible by just declaring it with the annotation
@Inject:

   @Inject
    private HttpServletRequest request;



In your "doPost" method (or even doGet) you can use the request:

String fromName = request.getParameter("fromname");



Instead of sending the input to a controller, it may happen that there is
little to control, and you just want to do a model generation as a response.
In that case:

if you are declaring:
public class SomeViewGenerator extends AbstractSAXGenerator {

You may override the "setup" member :


public void setup(Map<String, Object> parameters) {
try {

    request = HttpContextHelper.getRequest(parameters);


The setup member is just called at pipeline setup, and when this happens in
a web application context, the http request is just one of the parameters.


I hope this little expose helps,
Jos













































On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Peter Sparkes <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I want to use a html5 form to pass values into my sitemap eg
>
>     <form action="enquiry" method="?" >
>         <input type="text" name="fromname"    placeholder="Your Name"
> required=''/>
>
> How do I pass "fromname" into "enquiry"
>
> Regards
>
> Peter
>
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