I am using Strust2 for the presentation layer.I have struts form with drop down which binds with the java object(Application) list.
Drop down displays application object list, user can select one Application and submit.When retrieve the user input value in the Action class, receiving value type is "String", Can't we retrieve objects directly from the struts drop down,In my case "Application" objects

```
   private List<Application> applicaionList = new ArrayList<Application>();
   @Autowired
   private ApplicationService applicationService;
   private Application application;

   public void loadTheForm(){
       applicationList = applicationService.findAll();
   }

   public void submitForm(){
       Document doc = new Document();
       doc.setApplication(application);

   }
   //Getter Setters...

```

}

application.jsp

```
<s:form action ="submitForm">
    <s:select list ="applicationList" headerValue="---Select---" headerKey="-1" name="application"/>
</s:form>

```

struts.xml

```
   <action name="submitForm" class="com.ActionSupport" method="submitForm">
            <result name="success" type="tiles">/newAdminDocumentRequired.tiles</result>
   </action>

```

When user select the value from the drop down and submit, the submitted value is string,
Can't we take the object directly in Struts, if we can't how we can get the object of the selected value?

Thank you,
Udeshika