THIS IS A TEST INSTANCE. ALL YOUR CHANGES WILL BE LOST!!!!
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This work-flow can cause a problem if one of or more of the form fields or some other data displayed depends on a dynamic lookup look-up that that is accomplished in the Aciton Action class's input method. Since the Action class's input method is not re-executed when validation fails, the view page may no longer has have access to the correct information to create the form or other display information.
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When you run the example application, look in the look log to see when the prepare method is called in relation to the input and execute methods. Running the example application and examining the log should help you understand the impact of implementing the Preparable Interface and the prepare method.
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