Registering and Logging In - Stripes...and Java Web Development is Fun Again - page 193

Figure 10.3: Registration page to enter email aliases

10.2 Adding Password and Confirm Password Boxes

The registration page includes a text box to enter the password. To
make sure no one who is spying over the user's shoulder can see the
password, the field shows all characters as asterisks (*):

To create such a text box with Stripes, just use <s:password> instead
of <s:text>. Here's a first look at the registration JSP:

Download email_19/web/WEB-INF/jsp/register.jsp
<s:layout-render name="/WEB-INF/jsp/common/layout_main.jsp"
title="Registration">
<s:layout-component name="body">
<p> Register to create an account: </p>
<s:form beanclass="stripesbook.action.RegisterActionBean">
<table class="form">
<!-- s:text fields for first, last and user name... -->
<tr>
<td><s:label for="user.password"/> : </td>
<td><s:password name="user.password"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><s:label for="confirmPassword"/> : </td>
<td><s:password name="confirmPassword"/></td>
</tr>
<!-- rest of the form... -->
</table>
</s:form>
</s:layout-component>
</s:layout-render>