Hello Struts Users, I want to create a DispatchAction that uses the request.PathInfo() instead of request parameters to get the relevant method name to call I've called this PathDispatchAction.
So with PathDispatchAction http://myapp/act/customer/update http://myapp/act/customer/add http://myapp/act/customer/delete Instead of with DispatchAction http://myapp/customer.do?method=update http://myapp/customer.do?method=add http://myapp/customer.do?method=delete In both cases there will be a class (action/type) that has methods like public ActionForward delete(ActionMapping ...etc... // work it String forward = ... return (mapping.findForward(forward)); } The problem I have is that requested paths map to action/path using a HashMap this is done in ModuleConfigImpl.findActionConfig(String path) whereas I (thinks!)need to do a regexp against action/path. i.e. '/customer/update' matches '/customer/*' I'm not sure if I should create my own RequestProcessor to change the implementation of processMapping(...) or ModuleConfigImpl to change findActionConfig(...). OR am I on a fools errand?. DispatchAction will work better for for form handling as it can pickup the method name from a request parameter. Where as I think it's more aesthetic to have link urls uncluttered by request parameters and of course grouping methods to their logical types. Questions are therefore. 1. Is there a better way of doing this that already exists. 2. Where to make the changes RequestProcessor/RequestProcessor and how. Any comments. -- Best regards # struts-config.xml <action path="/customer/*" ## NOTICE /* ## # extends PathDispatchAction type="org.apache.struts.webapp.example.MyCustomer" # Prefix to method names parameter="do" scope="request" validate="false"> <forward name="success" path="/shop"/> <forward name="custadded" path="/buyfish"/> <forward name="custdeleted" path="/nextsearch"/> </action> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
