One thing to note, however, is that the internationalization (<bean:message> tags)
won't go to non-default mappings unless you use a *.do extension. I can't remember if
our tests showed that going first to a *.do and then to a *.jsp worked or not...I
don't think so. If you need to make your login screen available (to continue the
example) in several languages, you need to link to the *.do version, and write your
Action class in a way that either won't auto-validate the ActionForm, or won't require
info up front.
Tim Shadel
>>> "Gregor Rayman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/02/01 11:52AM >>>
"Anthony Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In general, however, you can go to actions directly as long as you supply
> the required fields in the url (if any).
>
> In the case of the struts-example, going to logon.do gives a validation
> error because it was expecting the correct query string. For example:
>
> http://localhost/struts-example/logon.do?username=foo&password=bar
>
>
> Anthony
Yes, you can always go directly to the action, as long as you provide
the necessary data. Some actions do not need any input at all. (e. g.
/admin/restart.do)
It wouldn't be very bad to go directly to login.do without any data, since
this would simply report an error and forward to its input (login.jsp)
itself.
--
gR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gregor Rayman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 10:28 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: jsp vs do
>
>
> "Anthony Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> > This is how I understand it. A .do maps to an action then to a .jsp. If
> > you link directly to a .jsp, the action never executes. Actions are
> mapped
> > to a .jsp in the struts-config.xml file.
> >
> > I'm sure there are more clear explanations to follow.
> >
> >
> > Anthony
>
> DO takes you to an action which needs some input from your currently
> displayed from. If you don't have yet the data necessary for the
> action, you cannot go to the action. In such case you can go to
> HTML or JSP, which contains the input fields you can fill out and
> submit to a DO action.
>
> In the example application, the link goes to login.jsp, since it is
> the place where you can enter the credentials. They are then validated
> in a action (DO). You cannot go to the action directly, since you
> do not have the username/password yet.
>
> --
> gR
>
