Can't you just make a default implementation of execute in the base Action class that calls perform?
-- Tim Moore / Blackboard Inc. / Software Engineer 1899 L Street, NW/ 5th Floor / Washington, DC 20036 Phone 202-463-4860 ext. 258 / Fax 202-463-4863 > -----Original Message----- > From: Dimitri Valdin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 5:29 AM > To: Struts Developers List > Subject: Re: Declarative Exception Handling > > > > >I was thinking that anopther method, like execute() could just throw > >exception and be called by the ActionServlet, and the perform() form > >would not be called at all. So, like, deprecate perform() in favor of > >execute() (or something), if we can get the controller to gracefully > >choose between them. But I'm not sure how that would work ;-) > > what about introducing of additional configuration parameter > for ActionServlet in web.xml like: > > <init-param> > <param-name>perform</param-name> > <param-value>true</param-value> > </init-param> > > which should be set by all legacy applications and would > cause perform() to be executed. Otherwise - execute(). > > Dmitri Valdin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
