Global Forward with parameter not giving expected results

[asif . jiwani]

Hi,

I am trying to use global forwards as suggested in the struts patterns on
husted dot com but I am not seeing the request parameter (type) in the
Action class. Here are the relevant pieces from different files.

JSP Code

<html:link page="/display.do">HW</html:link>

struts-config

        <global-forwards>
                <forward name="display" path="/selectItem.do?type=2"/>

        </global-forwards>

        ...

                <action name="itemBean" path="/display" scope="request"
type="SelectItemAction" >
                <forward name="failure" path="/falure.jsp">
                </forward>
                <forward name="success" path="/success.jsp">
                </forward>
        </action>

I get null for request parameter 'type' in the Action class
SelectItemAction. What am I doing wrong here? Is my path defined properly in
the forward and in the action? Any pointers will be appreciated.

Thanks

AJ