David, I believe you're mistaken, these comments relate to the struts-config.xml and not the web.xml and they work for me as described in Struts 1.2.4
<global-forwards type="com.friedsoftware.struts.ActionForwardExample"> <forward name="success" path="/index2.jsp"> <set-property property="property" value="welcome"/> </forward> </global-forwards> Niall ----- Original Message ----- From: "David G. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 6:56 AM Subject: RE: ??? STRUTS 1.2.4 FEEDBACK ??? > Niall, > > While researching (out of curiosity) a recent help request on how to use > custom ActionForwards with set-property, I actually read the > struts_config_1_2.tld and the ActionServlet class (from CVS). I found that > the tld describes how to set various init-params in web.xml for > ActionServlet which don't seem to exist anymore. There are no references as > the tld comments describe in the 1.2.4 userGuide\configuration.xml or the > latest ActionServlet.java code. Maybe no one remembered it was an odd > comment in the 1.2 (v 1.8) tld? Below are the 3 comment sections including > their seemingly obsolete notes on init params: > > <!-- The "global-forwards" element describes a set of ActionForward objects > [org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward] that are available to all > Action > objects as a return value. The individual ActionForwards are configured > through nested <forward> elements. An <action> element may override a > global > forward by defining a local <forward> of the same name. > > type Fully qualified Java class to use when instantiating > ActionForward objects. If specified, the object must > be a > subclass of the default class type. > > WARNING: For Struts 1.0, this value is ignored. You > can set the default implementation class name with the > "forward" initialization parameter to the Struts > controller servlet. > --> > > <!-- The "action-mappings" element describes a set of ActionMapping objects > [org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping] that are available to process > requests matching the url-pattern our ActionServlet registered with the > container. The individual ActionMappings are configured through nested > <action> elements. The following attributes are defined: > > type Fully qualified Java class to use when instantiating > ActionMapping objects. If specified, the object must be > a > subclass of the default class type. > > WARNING: For Struts 1.0, this value is ignored. You > can set the default implementation class name with the > "mapping" initialization parameter to the Struts > controller servlet. > --> > > <!-- The "form-beans" element describes the set of form bean descriptors for > this > module. The following attributes are defined: > > type Fully qualified Java class to use when instantiating > ActionFormBean objects. If specified, the object must > be a > subclass of the default class type. > > WARNING: For Struts 1.0, this value is ignored. You > can set the default implementation class name with the > "formBean" initialization parameter to the Struts > controller servlet. > --> > > Regards, > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: Niall Pemberton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 12:16 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: ??? STRUTS 1.2.4 FEEDBACK ??? > > > Has anyone tried out Struts 1.2.4? > > If so can you feedback - positive or negative. > > Niall > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]