Hi
I just found out that unspecified() is called, but the parameter you
specified on struts-config must exist, so if you access something like
http://mysite/MyAction.do?action=
it will call unspecified(), because that action does not exist.
Interesting uh ?
On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 23:38, Jason Lea wrote:
> Well, LookUpDispatchAction doesn't call the unspecified action when it
> is no parameter is supplied.
> One way would be to override the method that does the lookup and when no
> action parameter is supplied, call the unspecified() parameter.
>
> Another way is to make your initial call to the action provide the
> parameter. I have done this in some cases by defining some
> <global-forwards> eg
> <forward name="rolelist" path="/admin/RoleAdmin.do?dispatch=list"/>
>
> The other thing that needs to be looked at here is that 'list' will not
> be localised. So in my default ApplicationResources.properties file I
> have a global.list=list, and have map.put("global.list","list"); entry
> in the keyMethodMap. Then make sure you don't localise the global.list
> in the other properties files. I might have a localised list button eg
> map.put("button.list","list"); too, so that the list button appears in
> the correct language. There is no problem with more than 1 name linking
> to the list method.
>
> Guilherme Barile wrote:
>
> >Hi
> > I have the following DispatchAction working here
> >
> >public MyDispatchAction extends DispatchAction {
> > public unspecified(...) {
> > read_data_from_database();
> > populate_form();
> > return(mapping.findForward("renderForm");
> > }
> >}
> >
> >renderForm renders the form (I don't access the jsp directly, just the
> >action, this way it calls unspecified, which reads data from a database
> >and populates the form).
> >I tried converting this to a LookupDispatchAction, making
> >MyDispatchAction extend LookupDispatchAction and adding
> >
> >protected Map getKeyMethodMap() {
> > Map map = new HashMap();
> > map.put("button.save", "save");
> > return map;
> >}
> >
> >To the code ... the parameter is called "action" it exists on
> >struts-config, the message "button.save" exists on
> >ApplicationResources.properties but everytime I run it, I get the error
> >Request[/myform] does not contain handler parameter named action
> >
> >I *guess* it happens because the first time I accessed this form no
> >buttons were pressed, so "action" really doesn't exist (yet) ... problem
> >is this must happen this way, otherwise I won't be able to read data
> >from the database to populate the form.
> >
> >With an ordinary DispatchAction it works fine, but I can't localize my
> >buttons. Any ideas ?
> >
> >Thanks in advance
> >
> >gui
> >
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