Struts2 datetimepicker example

<s:datetimepicker>:

The <s:datetimepicker> tag is a dojo ajax tag and create a text box with a calendar icon. When calendar icon is clicked it will open the date time picker component.

Syntax: <sx:datetimepicker name=”fieldName” label=”fieldLabel” displayFormat=”dateFormat”/> Note: Add <sx:head /> in the head element of your jsp.

Example:

test.jsp

<%@ taglib uri="/struts-tags" prefix="s"%>
<%@ taglib uri="/struts-dojo-tags" prefix="sx"%>
<html>
	<head>
		<title>Struts 2 sx:datetimepicker UI tags example</title>
		<sx:head />
	</head>
	<body>
		<h3>This is a sx:datetimepicker UI tags example.</h3>
 
		<s:form action="test">
		 <sx:datetimepicker name="selectedDate" 
                   label="Select Date"
	           displayFormat="dd-MMM-yyyy" />
		 <s:submit value="Submit" align="center"/>
		</s:form>
 
	</body>
</html>

web.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="2.5" 
	xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" 
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee 
	http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">
 
 
 	<filter>
	  <filter-name>struts2</filter-name>
	  <filter-class>
        	org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.
        	filter.StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter
          </filter-class>
	</filter>
 
	<filter-mapping>
		<filter-name>struts2</filter-name>
		<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
	</filter-mapping>
 
	<welcome-file-list>
	  <welcome-file>test.jsp</welcome-file>
	</welcome-file-list>
 
</web-app>

struts.xml

<!DOCTYPE struts PUBLIC
"-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 2.0//EN"
"http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-2.0.dtd">
 
<struts>
 
	<package name="default" extends="struts-default">
		<action name="test" class="com.w3spoint.action.Test">
			<result name="success">/welcome.jsp</result>
		</action>
	</package>
 
</struts>

Test.java

import java.util.Date;
import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionSupport;
 
/**
 * This class is used as an action class.
 * @author w3spoint
 */
public class Test extends ActionSupport{
	//data members
	private Date selectedDate;
 
	//business logic
	public String execute(){
		return SUCCESS;	
	}
 
	//getter setters
	public Date getSelectedDate() {
		return selectedDate;
	}
 
	public void setSelectedDate(Date selectedDate) {
		this.selectedDate = selectedDate;
	}
 
}

welcome.jsp

<%@ taglib uri="/struts-tags" prefix="s"%>
<html>
	<head>
		<title>Struts 2 sx:datetimepicker UI tags example</title>
	</head>
	<body>
		<h3>This is a sx:datetimepicker UI tags example.</h3>
 
		Selected Date: <s:property value="selectedDate" /> 
 
	</body>
</html>