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3.4. Creating a form with an action

The next step is to create a form. Type: seam new-form 
Buildfile: C:\Projects\jboss-seam\seam-gen\build.xml

validate-workspace:

validate-project:

action-input:
    [input] Enter the Seam component name
hello
    [input] Enter the local interface name [Hello]

    [input] Enter the bean class name [HelloBean]

    [input] Enter the action method name [hello]

    [input] Enter the page name [hello]


setup-filters:

new-form:
     [echo] Creating a new stateful session bean component with an action method
     [copy] Copying 1 file to C:\Projects\hello\src\hot\com\hello
     [copy] Copying 1 file to C:\Projects\hello\src\hot\com\hello
     [copy] Copying 1 file to C:\Projects\hello\src\hot\com\hello\test
     [copy] Copying 1 file to C:\Projects\hello\view
     [copy] Copying 1 file to C:\Projects\hello\src\hot\com\hello\test
     [echo] Type 'seam restart' and go to http://localhost:8080/hello/hello.seam

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 5 seconds
C:\Projects\jboss-seam>
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Restart the application again, and go to http://localhost:8080/helloworld/hello.seam. Look at the generated code. Run the test. Experiment with adding new fields to the form and Seam component. (Remember to restart the deployment each time you alter the Java code.)
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