The Action class:
public class SomeAction extends DispatchAction {
public ActionForward someRequest(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form,HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws Exception {
SomeForm someForm = ( SomeForm) form;
List<SomeDTO> someList = populateDto();
someForm.setSomeList(someList);
return mapping.findForward("someAction");
}
The Form class:
public class SomeForm extends ActionForm{
List<SomeDTO> someList;
//getter and setters for someList
}
StrutsConfig:
<form-beans>
<form-bean name="someForm" type="my.forms.SomeForm" />
</form-beans>
<action path="/someRequest"
type="my.actions.SomeAction"
name="someForm" scope="request" >
<forward name="someAction" path="goesSomeWhere" />
</action>
View:
<c:forEach items="${someForm.someList}" var="someThing" varStatus="someCounter">
<c:out value="${someThing.foo}" /> <!-- assuming foo is a member in SomeThing DTO -->
</c:forEach>
