How to get selected value from struts dropdown list?

[SilverStray]

Hi,

I have a bean class called Parameter, which is defined by the following attributes:

public class Parameter implements Serializable
{
private final String name;
private String value;
private List paramOptions;

...constructor and getter and setter...
}

In my form, paramOptions shows as a dropdown list.

<nested:notEmpty name="parameterList" property="paramOptions">
<html:select name="parameterList" property="value" >
<bean:define name="parameterList" property="paramOptions" id="pList"/>
<htmlptions collection="pList" property="paramOptionName" labelProperty="paramOptionLabel" />
</html:select>
</nested:notEmpty>

1)I am passing the bean with the property called value which is empty. But the paramOptions is a List.
However, when i submit the form, i want to pass the value selected in the dropdown list to the property called value. Is it possible to do this?

2)how do i get the item selected from the dropdown list?

Please help.

THanks in advance.