Not sure what you mean.
On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 2:58 AM, Mohit Gupta <motgu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ken one more thing can we use action chaining to forward the request to > action which is not struts 2. i know action chaining shoukld be discourged > but just exploring the options. > > On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Ken McWilliams <ken.mcwilli...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > This was already addressed on SO: > > > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15159827/not-setting-instance-member-value-in-destination-action-using-action-chaining > > We explained that chain was a result and that the chaining interceptor > did > > not process additional parameters and so they would not be included, if > you > > want empMode to be true then have it as a property of the action and set > > it's value to true before chaining and the comments also covered it is > > generally best to avoid chain if possible. > > > > What is unclear? > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 1:45 AM, Mohit Gupta <motgu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > This is my struts 2 flow where i am using action chaining > > > > > > JSP--->Action1--->Action2--->ResultJsp > > > > > > With action chaining , my understanding is that request is forwarded > from > > > action1 to action2.So if i pass some parameter from action1 to action 2 > > > it should be set in new action instance variable(/value stack created > for > > > new action).But its not happening > > > > > > Below is my code in action1 > > > > > > > > > @Result(name = "displayEmployee",type = "chain", > > > params = { > > > "namespace", "/employee", > > > "actionName", "Employee-lookup!search", > > > "empMode", "true" > > > > > > }) > > > > > > > > > @Action("display-employee!displayEmployee") > > > public String displayEmployee() { > > > return "displayEmployee"; > > > } > > > > > > Now in Action 2 i.e display-employee , i have boolean property with > name > > > empMode. But i get the value as false though i should get it true > > > because i am passing it as attribute in result annotation. As my > > > understanding in action chaining, all request paramaters are > > > forwarded from action1 to action2. Basically new value stack is created > > for > > > action2 which contains the variables which were present > > > in action1. So why value true is not set for empMode property in action > > 2? > > > > > >