[ http://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/STR-2903?page=comments#action_38884 ] George Jempty commented on STR-2903: ------------------------------------
Well considering it's been tagged a major issue and slated to be fixed in version 1.3.6, it would most certainly seem to be a real code defect and not a misunderstanding. > MappingDispatchAction throws an error when mapping.getParameter returns null > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: STR-2903 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/STR-2903 > Project: Struts 1 > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Extras > Affects Versions: 1.2.9 > Environment: Windows/Tomcat > Reporter: George Jempty > Fix For: 1.3.6 > > Attachments: MappingDispatchAction.patch.txt > > > The JavaDoc for MappingDispatchAction states that unspecified() is the > "method which is dispatched to when there is no value for the parameter in > the ActionMapping." When I don't specify "parameter" in the ActionMapping > however, I get the following stack trace: > ERROR [http-8080-Processor24] (BaseCCAction.java:66) - > DispatchMapping[/msalogin] does not define a handler property > javax.servlet.ServletException: DispatchMapping[/msalogin] does not define a > handler property > at > org.apache.struts.actions.DispatchAction.getParameter(DispatchAction.java:325) > at > org.apache.struts.actions.DispatchAction.execute(DispatchAction.java:170) > at > org.apache.struts.actions.MappingDispatchAction.execute(MappingDispatchAction.java:169) > at > com.cypresscare.web.common.actions.BaseCCAction.execute(BaseCCAction.java:60) > at > org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:431) > My investigation shows that this is due to MappingDispatchAction's execute() > method doing nothing except delegating to DispatchAction's execute() method: > public ActionForward execute( > ActionMapping mapping, > ActionForm form, > HttpServletRequest request, > HttpServletResponse response) > throws Exception { > > // Use the overridden getMethodName. > return super.execute(mapping, form, request, response); > } > Furthermore, as evident from my attached stack trace, it is the overridden > getParameter() that actually needs to be used > HTH > George Jempty (ps my manager is Chuck Cavaness!!) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/struts/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
