To answer the original question:
> Can someone tell me if there is a way to configure an action to match
> a path regardless of how deep it is in a directory?
No. There is not a way to do this, without changing the way Struts is
programmed to behave.
You could request a feature change in Bugzilla, and bring it up on the
DEV list for discussion.
Jonathan Asbell wrote:
>
> I think you may have misunderstood the problem. ".do" IS triggered, but the
> Struts mapping object registered under the "path" may not be found. In
> other words consider:
>
> "/charts/display.do"
> "/news/display.do
> "/events/outdoors/display.do"
>
> I want ANY occurence of "display.do" in the path to trigger a particular
> mapping
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jonathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 1:29 AM
> Subject: Re: requirements for path triggering actions
>
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Jonathan wrote:
> >
> > > Can someone tell me if there is a way to configure an action to match
> > > a path regardless of how deep it is in a directory? That is, I want
> > > "/display.do" to be triggered in each case below:
> > >
> > > "/charts/display.do"
> > > "/news/display.do
> > > "/events/outdoors/display.do"
> > >
> > > How can I accomplish this?
> > >
> >
> > The Servlet 2.2 (or 2.3) spec defines all the legal forms of
> > <servlet-mapping> patterns, and can be downloaded at:
> >
> > http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/download.html
> >
> > For your purposes, you will find that the "*.do" pattern does indeed match
> > all of the above. The corresponding action paths should be
> > "/charts/display", "/news/display", and "/events/outdoors/display".
> >
> > Craig McClanahan
> >
> >
> >
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