Nate created WW-4918:
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Summary: buttons with name="method:METHODNAME" sometimes ignore
global-allowed-methods defined in struts.xml
Key: WW-4918
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-4918
Project: Struts 2
Issue Type: Bug
Components: Core Actions
Reporter: Nate
I have the following action (slightly edited to remove identifying info):
<action name="userEdit" class="struts2package.actions.user.UserEditAction">
<interceptor-ref name="defaultStack">
<!-- Exclude the dojo parameters, the displaytag sorting/paging parameters and
the resetSelectedVersion parameter-->
<param
name="params.excludeParams">dojo\..*,struts\..*,d-\d+?-[sop],..*multiselect..*</param>
<param name="authorizationInterceptor.authorizationRole">globalAdmin</param>
</interceptor-ref>
<interceptor-ref name="token">
<param name="excludeMethods">input,back,refresh,cancel,browse</param>
</interceptor-ref>
<interceptor-ref name="struts2ActionErrorInterceptor"/>
<interceptor-ref name="struts1ErrorMessageInterceptor"/>
<result name="input">/jsp/user/userEdit.jsp</result>
<result name="error" type="redirectAction">
<param name="actionName">displayUserEdit.action</param>
</result>
<result name="redirectToUserOverview" type="redirectAction">
<param name="actionName">userOverviewRetained.action</param>
<param name="globalInfo">info.transaction_success</param>
</result>
<result name="success">/jsp/user/userEdit.jsp</result>
<result name="back" type="redirect">${backUrl}</result>
</action>
And the following global allowed methods:
<global-allowed-methods>update,execute</global-allowed-methods>
And these buttons:
<div class="buttonRow">
<%-- The 'Save' button --%>
<input value="Save"
type="submit" class="button" name="method:update" />
<%-- The 'Refresh' button --%>
<input value="Refresh"
type="submit" class="button" name="method:refresh"
id="refreshButton" />
<%-- The 'Back' button --%>
<input value=Back"
type="submit" class="button" name="method:back" />
</div>
As you can see, the update method is defined in the global-allowed-actions
list, but the refresh and back methods aren't. However, what happens is that
the update button with the update method works and updates the user, the
refresh action shows the "method is not allowed" error screen and doesn't
update the user(both as expected since update is defined in the allowed methods
and refresh isn't), but the back button DOES actually work even though it's not
explicitly defined in the global-allowed-methods section.
I'm trying to understand why out of 2 methods both not defined as
allowed-methods, one is correctly blocked as "not allowed" while the other is
still allowed through. If I add ",refresh" to the global-allowed-methods and
restart tomcat, the refresh button ends up working afterwards as expected, and
the back button stays functional. I don't use the plugin that adds the Allowed
Methods annotation, and this same situation also happens when using s:submits
with method="back" defined, even if there is already a method defined on the
action entry in struts.xml.
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