essentially ActionErrors is a message container more than an exception. i think the name reflects this as well... it is not called ActionException. chris At 04:44 PM 4/26/2001 +1000, Jim Richards wrote: >Because exceptions are slow, and can only handle one error >at a time. The design as it is, allows for multiple action >errors to be returned to a page for display. > >Exceptions should be for catastrophic errors that cause >the system to barf. Having a blank password doesn't really >fit within that framework. > > > The question is: Why doesn't ActionErrors extends > > Throwable? Does it make sense to make a change in the > > framework class org.apache.struts.action.ActionErrors > > and make it throwable?

