If that doesn't work for ya, I have a really hacky way to do it, but it relies on your using an abstract action superclass that all other actions extend. If you have this, then all you need to do in the superclass's perform method is use an Integer request attribute:
check if Integer attrib exists...if so, increment it by 1. if it doesn't, create it and initialize it to 1 In your non-externally-accessible Action, grab this attrib first thing. If it's greater than 1 (meaning you came from another Action, cause you had to go through your superclass' perform method twice or more), proceed. If not, this action must be the first in the request chain, so return a nasty message saying they can't do this (or throw an exception, or do a response.redirect() and set the status code to 404, or whatever). :) Note that this won't work for redirects of course, but neither would anything else.... --joe > -----Original Message----- > From: Karr, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 5:00 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: Internal-only paths > > > Gee, I wonder if specifying a "roles" value of "dummy" (a nonexistent > role name) would do this. I don't know if a non-redirect forward from > an action to an action would go through the RequestProcessor. > I have a > feeling it wouldn't. If this works, I have a feeling it's a fortunate > accident. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Brayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I am trying to find a way to specify that an Action can only be > > accessed as a forward from another action. I want to avoid web > > clients access those actions directly. Does anyone know of a way to > > do this from, say, the "struts-config.xml" file? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
