Hi Michael, First thanks for the response.... I had thought that would work as well, but the unspecified method executes only when the parameter is not present.
http://localhost:8080/myapp/UserOrders.do So this would execute, unspecified(Action blahblahblah), however DispatchAction throws a NoSuchMethodException when the parameter specifies a method that does not exist. http://localhost:8080/myapp/UserOrders.do?export=amethodnamethatdoesnotexist So that's the issue, I'm having. It seems that the unspecified method is not a catch-all, method. Edward Song -----Original Message----- From: Griffith, Michael * [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 4:15 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: DispatchAction nonexisting method Hi Edward, Create a method for handling "all the rest" or unspecified actions, and delegate to your view: protected ActionForward unspecified(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception { return getView(mapping, form, request, response); } MG ________________________________ From: Edward Song [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 3:04 PM To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' Subject: DispatchAction nonexisting method Hi all, First, this is not a Struts 2 question.... And thanks to anyone who reads below... I was wondering how other's handled this problem with the org.apache.struts.actions.DispatchAction in Struts 1.3.9. I have an action that calls a data service that is to be presented to the user in numerous formats by using DispatchAction. * View * XLS * PDF As they all utilizes a common data service, I thought that this would be an excellent candidate for DispatchAction to centralize the call into one action. Say the parameter used was named "export", so my action mapping looks like, <action path="/UserOrders" type="com.nuhorizons.web.shop.actions.UserOrders" scope="request" parameter="export"> <forward name="success" path="/WEB-INF/jsps/pages/userOrders.jsp"/> </action> UserOrders extends DispatchAction and all this is working fine. I implement the following methods. public ActionForward unspecified(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception public ActionForward excel(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception public ActionForward pdf(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception All is well, until....... http://localhost:8080/myapp/UserOrders.do?export=unnamedmethod When DispatchAction attempts to find the unnamedmethod, it throws a NoSuchMethodException prior to calling any method. Our app is configured to show a 500 page, and I know that I could use the <global-exceptions> and create an exception handler but the NoSuchMethodException is such a generic exception. Wrapping the exception is not really an option as it is thrown by DispatchAction. Has anyone thought of a good way for DispatchAction to handle an unnamed method?? Ed The information contained in this e-mail is legally privileged and confidential information intended only for use by the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination or distribution hereof is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please delete the material from your computer and immediately notify us at 631-396-5000. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]