RE: Struts/filters

2004-03-22 Thread Pady Srinivasan
We do this in our web app. We have a config xml with all our functional categories defined. All these categories are accessed from the webapp using a menu. We have a second config file that defines all the users/roles. Each role is assigned to one or more functional categories. When user logs in,

RE: Struts/filters

2004-03-22 Thread Pady Srinivasan
, 2004 10:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Struts/filters Pady, thats great...May I have a look at the samples if possible...That would help me a lot with the initial learning curve. Thanks! Pady Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We do this in our web app. We have a conf

RE: complex forwarding logic?

2004-03-22 Thread Pady Srinivasan
You can try something like the Interceptor pattern. For a specific request, register a series of command classes with a Manager. The Manager calls each interceptor in the order specified. This way you can add commands ( steps ) without changing existing code. Almost like Struts Action forwarding..

RE: How can I refresh my jsp

2004-03-23 Thread Pady Srinivasan
In sample1.jsp: Instead of pointing to action1.do, point to a javascript function which will do a win.open("action1.do?"). Then do a refresh on current page. Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Mu Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 9:

RE: HELP: applet-to-action anomaly

2004-03-23 Thread Pady Srinivasan
For me, clicking on "Standard Area Page: took me to the page with "SoA site - Standard area...". It seems to work ok. Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: w i l l i a m b o y d [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 12:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECT

RE: Questions about debug and info messages

2004-03-23 Thread Pady Srinivasan
If you are using JDK 1.4 and not using log4j, then look in JAVA_HOME/jre/lib for a file called logging.properties. Set the .level to OFF. The levels in descending order are: SEVERE (highest value) WARNING INFO CONFIG FINE FINER FINEST (lowest value) In addition there is a level OFF that can be u

RE: [OT] JSTL : test the first char of a String

2004-03-23 Thread Pady Srinivasan
Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: nicolas De Loof [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 11:12 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: [OT] JSTL : test the first char of a String Hello, I'm using JSTL and Struts-EL. I would like to test

RE: how to find a value in a list

2004-03-23 Thread Pady Srinivasan
Assuming you can get a Collection of roles, using jstl, Do something... Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: sean jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 12:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: how to find a value in a list I have a

RE: What page or action am I on?

2004-03-23 Thread Pady Srinivasan
Can you set a hidden field when a tab is chosen ? If not, you can do a ActionMapping.getPath() and get the path. Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Skip Hollowell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 9:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

RE: Questions about debug and info messages

2004-03-23 Thread Pady Srinivasan
hod, but surely there's a configuration setting (like a parameter to the Action servlet?) that will set the message level. -----Original Message- From: Pady Srinivasan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 8:21 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: Questions

RE: [OT] How to get file creation date

2004-03-23 Thread Pady Srinivasan
I think u cant find it - atleast on most UNIX systems there is no direct method, like a system command, to find out. If you have created the file, then you can save the time of creation. Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Chiming Huang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: EL Tag Libraries

2004-03-24 Thread Pady Srinivasan
Why not use instead of ??? This works for me: - Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Pat Quinn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 7:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: EL Tag Libraries Hi Guys, I have an action form with a g

RE: generating a text file

2004-03-24 Thread Pady Srinivasan
This is what we did in our Action: // generate the file File file = generate(); // download response.setContentType("text/plain"); response.addHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=" + file.getName()); return new ActionForward("/logs/" + file.getName()); Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PRO

RE: Automatically detecting struts-config changes and reload app.

2004-03-24 Thread Pady Srinivasan
Anybody have an example of this ? I searched in the user/developer guides and Google and couldn't find much. Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Geeta Ramani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 8:32 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subjec

RE: Using Tomcat declarative security for my app

2004-03-24 Thread Pady Srinivasan
1. Make sure you define a security-role element for 'administrator' in web.xml. Also the auth-constraint has role-name as 'administrador'. Maybe a spelling error ? 2. And the role should be defined in tomcat-users.xml also. And the users in this role would alone be allowed access. Thanks -- pa

RE: blocking bookmarked actions

2004-03-24 Thread Pady Srinivasan
Use only HTTP POST and send a hidden parameter which identifies the request origin. So if this is not set, redirect to some default page. Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Mark Shifman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 1:17 PM To: Stru

RE: Submit Once, Validate Twice -- but how ?

2004-03-24 Thread Pady Srinivasan
I don't have sample code but are you looking for something like this: // in Action execute... ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors(); // add errors... ... // set in request request.setAttribute("org.apache.struts.action.ERROR", errors); // forward to same page... Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTE

RE: Automatically detecting struts-config changes and reload app.

2004-03-25 Thread Pady Srinivasan
I spent a few hours trying it out yesterday. There is a Tiles ReloadAction which I tried to set in the struts-config and tried to call it. But it didn't help. Finally I went with the Tomcat manager ( app reload ). If Tomcat recognizes class changes ( WEB-INF/classes ), maybe there is a way to mak

RE: Automatically detecting struts-config changes and reload app.

2004-03-25 Thread Pady Srinivasan
I used your code ( Thanks ) and I finally got it to work with a Filter. We have a login filter in our app. So I added a method which runs only in development mode. * Set the DEVELOPMENT_MODE system property during development. * Add the WEB-INF directory to the classpath. ( does Tomcat include t

RE: Automatically detecting struts-config changes and reload app.

2004-03-25 Thread Pady Srinivasan
The parseModuleConfigFile method in ActionServlet ( called by init() ) seems to get the resource and reparse the information. Unless there is a screw up somewhere there, I don't know why the re-read should fail. I will see if that can be reproduced. Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Or

RE: Automatically detecting struts-config changes and reload app.

2004-03-25 Thread Pady Srinivasan
} catch (Exception ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } } } Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message- From: Pady Srinivasan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 9:37 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: Automatically detecting st

RE: How does ActionForm data pass through container called form b ased login page?

2004-03-26 Thread Pady Srinivasan
This is the only solution I can think of: public class RedirectServletRequest extends HttpServletRequest { public RedirectServletRequest(HttpServletRequest req) { this.request = req; } public String getParameter(String name) { if ( request.

RE: How does ActionForm data pass through container called form b ased login page?

2004-03-26 Thread Pady Srinivasan
ta pass through container called form based login page? Paddy, Looks like you've been here before!! :-) It'll take me a bit of time to digest this, but I'll have a look. Does this actually work for you? Thanks Martin -----Original Message- From: Pady Srinivasan [mailto:[EMAIL PROT

RE: HAPPY DIWALI!

2003-10-23 Thread Pady Srinivasan
That is the biggest piece of bull sh$t I have heard. They are not replacing because of talent, but pure economics combined with greed. A basic course in MacroEconomics will help. Speaking of talent, there are plenty of "real" smart guys in the States... BTW, I am from India and a US citizen now.

RE: HAPPY DIWALI!

2003-10-23 Thread Pady Srinivasan
That is the only ( somewhat ) convincing argument that has kept my hopes up in this country...hoping that the "rich" put this money to good use in some other field and generate jobs. Which BTW is happening in the healthcare industry. They have around 2 million jobs there and they are recruiting he

using tiles...

2003-08-25 Thread Pady Srinivasan
Since I couldn't find a separate mailing list for Tiles, I am posting here. I started using Tiles recently ( bundled with Struts 1.1 ). I am having problem using "definitions". I get this error: javax.servlet.ServletException: Can't get definitions factory from context. at o

RE: using tiles...

2003-08-26 Thread Pady Srinivasan
From: Pady Srinivasan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 3:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: using tiles... Since I couldn't find a separate mailing list for Tiles, I am posting here. I started using Tiles recently ( bundled with Struts 1.1 ). I am having pro

RE: using tiles...

2003-08-26 Thread Pady Srinivasan
I figured it out. I had defined the "definitions" wrongly and was getting an error during webapp loading itself. Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message----- From: Pady Srinivasan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 8:15 AM To: Struts Users Ma

RE: login test in a jsp page - any suggestions

2003-08-26 Thread Pady Srinivasan
Why not use a servlet filter ? Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: David Thielen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 4:16 PM To: Struts-Users Subject: login test in a jsp page - any suggestions Hi; I want to put a test in every jsp page t

RE: login test in a jsp page - any suggestions

2003-08-27 Thread Pady Srinivasan
I would do this using Servlet Filters. Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: David Thielen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 11:03 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: login test in a jsp page - any suggestions How can I set thing

RE: tile definition name in the action class

2003-08-27 Thread Pady Srinivasan
I think you can do this with TilesServlet instead of ActionServlet as your front controller. Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 9:30 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: tile de

RE: Forwarding to existing Servlet

2003-08-27 Thread Pady Srinivasan
You can do a ActionMapping.setForward to any URI to forward to. Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Hue Holleran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 10:52 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: Forwarding to existing Servlet Neve

RE: filesystem path

2003-08-27 Thread Pady Srinivasan
getServletContext().getResource(path) --> returns an URL or getServletContext().getRealPath(relativePath) --> returns a String Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Cameron Hickey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 3:25 PM To: 'S

RE: one page, multiple forward to's - how do I do that?

2003-08-27 Thread Pady Srinivasan
Request to Main.jsp --> call login.jsp ( pass the url to forward as a parameter ) --> getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher(url).forward(request, response) Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: David Thielen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 2

basic struts question...

2003-09-02 Thread Pady Srinivasan
If I have an action-mapping defined as When I access http://myserver/taglib/jsp/submit.do I get an error Invalid path "/jsp/submit" was requested. My web.xml does have *.do mapped to ActionServlet. What am I doing wrong ? Thanks -- pady [EMA

RE: basic struts question...

2003-09-02 Thread Pady Srinivasan
You need to append the ".do" extension to your request URL. > -Original Message- > From: Pady Srinivasan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 3:35 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: basic struts question... > > &g

RE: basic struts question...

2003-09-03 Thread Pady Srinivasan
heroix.firenze.webui.actions.TabChangeAction"> > > > > Regards, David -Original Message- From: Pady Srinivasan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 4:59 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: basic struts question... I tried all the

RE: basic struts question...

2003-09-03 Thread Pady Srinivasan
of your link in your web page, or the "action" attribute of your form tag. Secondly, you've got to be kidding me about not creating an Action class and then asking the list why your stuff isn't working when the documentation answers your question. Come on. > -Original M

RE: basic struts question...

2003-09-03 Thread Pady Srinivasan
rrectly). Regards, David -Original Message----- From: Pady Srinivasan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 11:21 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: basic struts question... As I said, I was NOT getting an error mentioning "missing action class&quo

submit form values from a hyperlink...

2003-09-03 Thread Pady Srinivasan
I have a html form that has 2 hyperlinks which when clicked, I have to submit the form field values. Is there any way of achieving this besides using javascript to get the form values and building a URL ? ( like a GET method ) Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED]

form and html:form work differently when using javascript...???

2003-09-04 Thread Pady Srinivasan
  I have defined a custom tag that emulates "tabs". This will help splitting a form across multiple tab pane. Each tab is a hyperlink that sets a hidden form variable and submits the current form ( so that the data is saved ). When I define a form and specify normal html elements, the tab

basic struts question....

2003-09-04 Thread Pady Srinivasan
I am writing my first struts app. If I have a jsp page ( with a html form ) that has a corresponding ActionForm and the Action points back to the same jsp page, shouldn't the form now be reloaded with the values entered ? I see that in the Action.execute method, the ActionForm is loaded with all

form value not loaded...

2003-09-04 Thread Pady Srinivasan
I have a simple form that is associated with an Action that points back to the same form. When I submit the form with some values for the fields, when redisplaying the form after the Action, the value are not loaded. I did a bean:write on the fields before displaying the form and the values are wr

RE: basic struts question....

2003-09-04 Thread Pady Srinivasan
he forward element in your action mapping is set to false. This, however, will work regardless of the redirect attribute setting if your form is in session scope. robert > -Original Message- > From: Pady Srinivasan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 4:36 P

debug level of struts...

2003-09-05 Thread Pady Srinivasan
Is there a way to make Struts print out more messages to standard out ? Like when it loads the form-bean and resets form values into the jsp ? Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fo

RE: form value not loaded...

2003-09-05 Thread Pady Srinivasan
You might be better off changing your action's name="Resume" to, perhaps, name="resumeInformation". Regards, David -Original Message- From: Pady Srinivasan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 5:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: form v

RE: Avoid Validate After Submit

2003-09-05 Thread Pady Srinivasan
I don't know if this works in 1.01 but I tried in 1.1. You can use the HttpServletRequest passed into the validate method to find out which button was pressed ( getParameter("Button2") ), and return an empty ActionErrors. Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: An

OT: JBuilder and Web apps ?

2003-09-05 Thread Pady Srinivasan
JBuilder seems to translate/compile every jsp in current project everytime you run the project ( it uses Tomcat for running the web app ). I couldn't find a setting to make JB only translate/compile JSP pages that have changed since the last build. It gets real slow when there are many JSP pages.

RE: debug level of struts...

2003-09-05 Thread Pady Srinivasan
g List Subject: Re: debug level of struts... Hi Pady, You might try adding this to your action servlet in web.xml: debug 99 Let me know if this works for you, Peter -- Peter Smith Software Engineer InfoNow Corporation > From: Pady Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To

Combining struts and JSTL tags...

2003-09-05 Thread Pady Srinivasan
I am using the "html" library from struts, otherwise use JSTL libraries for my other requirements. I was curious if anybody uses both these tag libraries together ? If so, which ones do you use from which library and why ? Also, is there any document/article comparing the 2 tag libraries ? T

RE: Combining struts and JSTL tags...

2003-09-05 Thread Pady Srinivasan
: RE: Combining struts and JSTL tags... pady this has been discussed many many times before in this list. please search the archives. -Original Message----- From: Pady Srinivasan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 1:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Combining strut

RE: Combining struts and JSTL tags...

2003-09-05 Thread Pady Srinivasan
That was the answer I was looking for. Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Slattery, Tim - BLS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 1:58 PM To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' Subject: RE: Combining struts and JSTL tags... > I am using the "

closing tag for html tags...

2003-09-05 Thread Pady Srinivasan
I was wondering why Struts doesn't put closing tags on the html generated. Like Generates Where is the /> or ? Is there a reason for not generating this ? Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

RE: can somebody explain this to me?

2003-09-10 Thread Pady Srinivasan
Is the pageName attribute defined with rtexprvalue set to true in the tld ? Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Robert Upshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 2:16 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: can somebody explain this

RE: How can I place a parameter back on the URL

2003-09-11 Thread Pady Srinivasan
Why not have a hidden variable whose value is set by the jsp ? If you have to change the hidden field value from the html page, then use javascript code. Thanks -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: John Habbouche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11,