>From what Ted said, I am presuming that the subclassed ActionMapping
should implement the property you are interested in, which will be set
when the Digester sucks in the Struts config and that when the Action is
called, we can cast the ActionMapping to our subclass and access the
property. I'm right in the middle of trying it so I'll post back in a
few and let you know :)
On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 21:56, Michael wrote:
> How do I get my properties from the ActionMapping object? I see getParameter
> and getAttribute methods for the ActionConfig object, but they don't take
> parameters. Is there any way, in my Action so say something like:
>
> mapping.getAttribute("layerKey"); ?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Struts Users Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 7:06 AM
> Subject: Re: Actions and set-property
>
>
> > I know this is confusing, but the <action> element does not instantiate
> > an Action object. It creates an ActionMapping object (which acts like a
> > decortate for the Action). This is the object that you need to extend.
> > Then, at runtime, the controller will pass your Action object the
> > mapping, and you can get the custom property from there. (Of course, you
> > will need to typecase the mapping first.)
> >
> > The <set-property> feature is provided by the Digester, so you won't
> > find it in the Struts codebase. It's implemented in the Digester codebase.
> >
> > -Ted.
> >
> >
> > Cliff Rowley wrote:
> >
> > > Greetings, very quick question. From the struts config DTD, I
> > > understand that action classes, like plugins, can be configured via bean
> > > style properties using the <set-property> in an <action> element:
> > >
> > > <quote>
> > > The "set-property" element specifies the method name and initial value
> > > of an additional JavaBean configuration property. When the object
> > > representing the surrounding element is instantiated, the accessor for
> > > the indicated property is called and passed the indicated value. The
> > > "set-property" element is especially useful when a custom subclass is
> > > used with <data-source>, <forward>, <action>, or <plug-in> elements. The
> > > subclass can be passed whatever other properties may be required to
> > > configure the object without changing how the struts-config is parsed.
> > >
> > > property Name of the JavaBeans property whose setter method
> > > will be called.
> > >
> > > value String representation of the value to which this
> > > property will be set, after suitable type conversion
> > > </quote>
> > >
> > > I've just had a stab at this but my property is not being set. The
> > > action configuration is as follows:
> > >
> > > <action path="/test" type="net.onsea.huts.actions.ListAction">
> > > <set-property property="entityType" value="foo"/>
> > > <forward name="success" path="/test.jsp"/>
> > > </action>
> > >
> > > and my action (which is a subclass of a base action, as in Action ->
> > > BaseAction -> ListAction) has a public getter/setter pair for its
> > > entityType property.
> > >
> > > Just wondered if this is a known issue/bug/user_error?
> > >
> > > Its late (early?) and I'm not sure my blurry eyes will be much use
> > > reading through the source code :|
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
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> > co-author, Java Web Development with Struts
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> >
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