I agree, this is a pretty unique situation that doesn't fit the paradigm that ServletDispatcher follows. It doesn't follow the one used by FilterDispatcher either. Your best bet is to write yourself a Filter that works like so:
1) parses the HTTP request location and matches it against the regex 2) pulls out the information from the regexp (the 123 from "123.action") 3) puts that 123 in to the parameters map 4) creates a new ActionInvocation object with the correct action name 5) calls actionInvocation.invoke() -Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Carreira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 7:57 AM Subject: RE: [OS-webwork] a question about actions > Actually, it might be easier / better to use a Filter here which ran the > correct action instead of trying to shoehorn this into the regular > Webwork ServletDispatcher. Don't know if Patrick's FilterDispatcher > would work for this or not. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jason Carreira > > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 10:54 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [OS-webwork] a question about actions > > > > > > As opposed to > > > > http://localhost/cms/document.action?id=12124 > > > > ? > > > > Maybe it's possible... We'd have to use regex or somesuch > > when looking up action configs... Could be a lot of overhead > > (as opposed to a quick map lookup). > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Joseph Ottinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 10:43 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: [OS-webwork] a question about actions > > > > > > > > > Actually, when I saw this, a huge light went off in my head. > > > This would be PERFECT for a CMS-type system: imagine an action like: > > > > > > http://localhost/cms/12124.action > > > > > > ... where "12124" was actually a document key! > > > > > > On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Jason Carreira wrote: > > > > > > > Not currently. What's the case where you'd want to do this? > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 10:40 AM > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Subject: [OS-webwork] a question about actions > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hi all, > > > > > is it possible to use wildcards or something to map actions? > > > > > > > > > > like > > > > > > > > > > [0-9].action=DoSomething > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sincerely > > > > > morten wilken > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > > > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > > > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webw > ork > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Joseph B. Ottinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://enigmastation.com IT Consultant > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > _______________________________________________ > > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Opensymphony-webwork mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork
