Default value of form object's field

Question

Hi there,

I have a form where depending on the select state ([checkboxOn/checkboxOff]) a check box should appear or not. When the check box is displayed it should be checked by default.

How to handle that situation, taking into account that

• when select is in 'checkboxOff' state, I would have MyFormObject.isCheckboxOn == false;
• when select is in 'checkboxOn' state, the value should be as in request?

All of this should work also on Validation errors postback, and when new form is shown and on valid form case.

Also, I would like to avoid using JavaScript on client side.

Here is some code, which needed to be extended:

class MyFormObject {
  private String selectValue;
  private boolean isCheckboxOn;
  ...
}

and two Spring controller's method:

@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET)
public ModelAndView showForm() {
  return new ModelAndView('/form.jsp', 'command', new MyFormObject());
}

@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST)
public ModelAndView processSubmit(BindingResult result, MyFormObject command) {
  if (result.hasErrors()) {
    return new ModelAndView('/form', 'command', command);
  }
  ...
  return new ModelAndView('redirect:/success.jsp');
}