NullValueInNestedPathException for Bean[] class binding

Question

Hello I'd like to ask if you can assign arrays of beans as a form

for example i have a form:

 PageForm{
   Group[] groupArray;

   Group[] getGroupArray(){
      return groupArray;
   }

   void setGroupArray( Group[] groupArray ){
      this.groupArray = groupArray;
   }
}

Group{
   boolean isChecked;

   boolean getIsChecked(){
   return isChecked;
  }

   void setIsChecked( boolean ischecked ){
      this.isChecked = ischecked;
    }
}

id like to access this group array in my jsp. can i do that using this:

<spring:form>
  <spring:checkbox path="groupArray[0].isChecked" />
  <spring:checkbox path="groupArray[1].isChecked" />
  <spring:checkbox path="groupArray[2].isChecked" />
</spring:form>

What i get is an exception:

org.springframework.beans.NullValueInNestedPathException: Invalid property 'groupArray[0]' of bean class [PageForm]: Cannot access indexed value of property referenced in indexed property path 'groupArray[0]': returned null

Please help me.

Thanks.

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 23 '13 at 20:26

The problem is that Group[] groupArray has not been initialized, so when it goes to the array and looks for the object Group at position 0 it cannot find the Group object.

If you know in advance the number of objects which there can be in the array you can insert as many Group objects as you need in the array groupArray in the constructor of PageForm.

In case you don't know how many object you'll have in the array (because you'll create them from data coming from a form) you'll need to provide a way to create new Group objects when the object has not been instantiated in that position before. I think the easiest way toget this is to change your Group[] array to a List<Group> and use a lazy list like Spring AutoPopulatingList, Apache Commons Collections LazyList or the one provided by the library Guava.

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 17 '18 at 23:18

-1

try to change your attribute name maybe myChecked and getter/setter as well e.g. getChecked and setChecked

answered Sep 17 '18 at 23:18

asciicode

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The question is more than 7 years old. An answer asking the author of the question to try something is unlikely to lead to a solution for anyone. – remix23 Sep 17 '18 at 23:59

NullValueInNestedPathException for Bean[] class binding

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