Accessing VM variables from the action class

Jira Development
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I’ve implemented a custom WebWork action. In my action class, I have defined a private variable called ‘selectedStatus’ with its getter and setter methods. And in my velocity template I have a drop down list of status from which I choose one and submit it. I am trying to access the selected status (from the drop down) from my action class, but the getter method is always returning null. I have even tried to use javascript to change the value of $selectedStatus on the onChange event, but still the getter returned null. Does anyone know how to do it ? Thank you :slight_smile:
VM file and action class:

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2

It seems that you can get the value of $jiraStatusList, right?

Can you explain how the action class StatusCounterConfigurationAction is called?

3

Yes I can access the value of **jiraStatusList** since it's a private variable with setter and getter methods in the action class. I have added the values to this list in the action class and here I am just retrieving them, however for selectedStatus, I need to set its value in the VM file and then get it right?
In my atlassian-plugin.xml, I call the action class StatusCounterConfigurationAction from the action tag. That’s my code and the atlassian-plugin.xml

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4

Have you tried to retrieve the selectedStatus while submitting the form?

<input id="add_submit" class="button_submit" type="submit" onclick="abc()">
<script>
 function abc(){
   var selectedStatus=document.getElementById("jiraStatusList").value;
   document.getElementById("hiddenInput").value=selectedStatus;
}
</script>
<input type="hidden" id="hiddenInput" name="selectedStatus">
5

Yeah I have just tried, I get null as well. Are there other methods to retrieve the selectedStatus while submitting the form ?? Thank you

6

Change the name of select to selectedStatus, just the same with the private variable in the action class. The selected option value will be submitted within the form.
<select id=“jiraStatusList” name=“selectedStatus”>

7

Never mind, this worked when I changed the type of selectedStatus to string. thank you !:slight_smile: