How to accept <input ... name="myname[]" /> ??

[gerrygerry]

Hi everyone-

I'm just really getting into JSP's... I come from a strong PHP background. I know in PHP you can accept arrays from forms... I wonder if there is a way in Java? Here's an example of the sort of form I'd like to b able to use...

-[myForm.htm]-

...
<form action=&quot;myJSP.jsp&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;>
 <input type=&quot;checkbox&quot; name=&quot;field[]&quot; value=&quot;1&quot; />
 <input type=&quot;checkbox&quot; name=&quot;field[]&quot; value=&quot;2&quot; />
 <input type=&quot;checkbox&quot; name=&quot;field[]&quot; value=&quot;3&quot; />
 <input type=&quot;submit&quot; />
</form>
...

In PHP, $field would be an array... right off the bat. In JSP, is there some sort of type-casting I can do?? Something like

Hashtable myFields = (Hashtable) request.getParameter("field");

??

I'm trying to put together a hotmail style "delete row where checked" interface... but I need to be able to set up my JSP to accept any number of inputs... is that clear? Can someone make some recommendations?

Thanks in advance! -gerrygerry

"I'm doin' a one-nighter for bitin' Ed the mail man... the guy was tryin' to cast a spell on me... like a wizard or something."
"Are you sure about that?"
"I dunno... maybe he was just wavin' ..."

 

[palbano]

java.lang.String[] javax.servlet.ServletRequest.getParameterValues(java.lang.String);

-pete

 

[gerrygerry]

hmmm... I feel like a complete moron now. Thanks pete! -gerrygerry

"I'm doin' a one-nighter for bitin' Ed the mail man... the guy was tryin' to cast a spell on me... like a wizard or something."
"Are you sure about that?"
"I dunno... maybe he was just wavin' ..."

 

[palbano]

>> I feel like a complete moron now.

I usually feel that way!

-pete

 

[gerrygerry]

hmmmm... ok.. i feel even dumber now :'(

could you just show me a quick example of how I would display all the submitted values?? for example, suppose they check the first and the third box (in my original example form).... how would I display the 1 and the 3 ??

thanks for your patience pete :-D -gerrygerry

"I'm doin' a one-nighter for bitin' Ed the mail man... the guy was tryin' to cast a spell on me... like a wizard or something."
"Are you sure about that?"
"I dunno... maybe he was just wavin' ..."

 

[gerrygerry]

as soon as I posted that, I figured it out... first thing tomorrow morning, I'm going out and buying a helmet.

Thanks for you help... :-D -gerrygerry

"I'm doin' a one-nighter for bitin' Ed the mail man... the guy was tryin' to cast a spell on me... like a wizard or something."
"Are you sure about that?"
"I dunno... maybe he was just wavin' ..."