--- Joe Germuska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm still a little gun-shy about changing core struts classes.  I 
> think the below is the right thing to do, but I thought I'd see first.
> 
> ModuleConfigImpl.findActionConfig(String path) currently looks for an 
> exact match of the path, and then uses the wild-card matching. 
> However, it does not honor the "unknown" setting of action configs. 
> That "fallback" is implemented in the RequestProcessor.
> 
> I'd propose moving that from the RequestProcessor into the 
> ModuleConfigImpl.  This would then also involve removing a similar 
> fallback that I committed to the struts-chain AbstractSelectAction 
> class yesterday.

How would removing it from RequestProcessor affect backwards
compatibility?  Could subclasses be relying on the fallback being there?

> 
> Does anyone object?  I mentioned this in my posting about 
> struts-chain, but didn't get any responses on this piece.
> 
> Similarly,  I believe that the "findException(Class clazz)" method in 
> ActionMapping should be pushed up into ActionConfig so that its 
> fallback strategy of looking for superclass exception handlers is 
> available.  Is there any controversy to doing this?
> 
> How annoyed would people be if I had just made these changes and 
> committed them rather than asking for opinions?

It's nice to discuss major changes first but most of the time you can just
commit a change and wait for someone to speak up if they disagree.

David


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> 
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> nobody thinks of complaining."
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