You can do this by assigning a parameter to the action in the struts-config.xml file :
<action path="/myAction" type="className" parameter="step1" name="filterInput" scope="request"> You can then get hold of this parameter in the validate method of the action form bean : public ActionErrors validate(ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest request) { String parameter = mapping.getParameter(); ..... } You can then validate different things based on the value of the parameter, allowing you to use the same common bean for different actions by having a different parameter per action. Adrian _______________________________________________ MVC-Programmers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netbean.net/mailman/listinfo/mvc-programmers