I'm trying to use extra path info as a way to pass parameters to my actions.
I changed the mapping from the default *.do to something like /execute/*.
This works fine except that if I add extra information and try to submit, I
get a 400 error telling me that I have submitted an invalid path.
For example, I had a mapping called show.do which has now been changed to
/execute/show. Now, if I try to submit /execute/show/user, expecting to have
"user" passed to the show servlet as part of the extra path info accessed by
request.getPathInfo(), I get the invalid path error. It works if I add
another action mapping in the struts-config.xml that looks like this
<action path="/show/user" type="com.mypackage.ShowAction">
<forward name="/show/user" path="/WEB-INF/jsp/user.jsp"/>
</action>
This means that I have to have a separate action mapping for each different
thing that I'd like an action to perform even though they're using the same
action.
I was expecting to be able to have something like this in the
struts-config.xml:
<action path="/show" type="com.mypackage.ShowAction">
<forward name="/show/user" path="/WEB-INF/jsp/user.jsp"/>
<forward name="/show/group" path="/WEB-INF/jsp/group.jsp"/>
</action>
Instead, I have to do this:
<action path="/show/user" type="com.mypackage.ShowAction">
<forward name="/show/user" path="/WEB-INF/jsp/user.jsp"/>
</action>
<action path="/show/group" type="com.mypackage.ShowAction">
<forward name="/show/group" path="/WEB-INF/jsp/group.jsp"/>
</action>
The idea behind this is that I can have one action that basically just
passes through the extra path info and forwards to the correct page based on
that info.
Is there another way to set this up so that you don't have to have an action
mapping that matches the extra path info?
Thanks.
Tim
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Tim Trentham
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