--- Steve Raeburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'd like to add two new actions to org.apache.struts.actions that I find
> particularly useful.
>
> 1. SuccessAction - A simple action that forwards control to an
> ActionFoward
> named "success".
>
> This is a very simple action, but I find it exceptionally useful,
> particularly in the early stages of development when it can act as a
> placeholder for as-yet undeveloped actions.
>
> public ActionForward execute(
> ActionMapping mapping,
> ActionForm form,
> HttpServletRequest request,
> HttpServletResponse response)
> throws Exception {
>
> ActionForward forward = mapping.findForward("success");
> if (forward == null) {
> String message =
> messages.getMessage("success.required", mapping.getPath());
> log.error(message);
> throw new ServletException(message);
> }
> return forward;
> }
I'm not a big fan of Struts hardcoding things like forward names or
message keys in the standard distro. We shouldn't be dictating that type
of thing. Why can't you use a ForwardAction to acheive this type of
functionality?
>
> 2. ParameterDispatchAction - A DispatchAction that selects a handler
> method
> using the value of the ActionMapping parameter.
>
> This is as per the suggestion by Anthony Kay via Bugzilla
> <http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17117>, except I
> prefer
> the name ParameterDispatchAction to his suggestion of
> ConfigDispatchAction
> as I think it's more descriptive of what the class actually does. Other
> than
> the name change, I've just tidied up the Javadoc and changed the
> 'unspecified' method to throw an Exception (as in DispatchAction) rather
> than return an Http error code.
I have no problems with this one. I don't currently use DispatchAction
but is there a way the proposed behavior could be included with that class
instead of a new one?
David
>
> If no one has any problems with adding these two, I'll put them in
> tomorrow.
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
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