If you want to bend some minds, map the controller to "*.html" instead (only works if you don't have any static html pages, of course). Then be prepared to smile while you answer the inevitable "how'd you do that" question :-).
Craig On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:21:16 -0400, James Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What about *.spankMe ? (Think I might have lost that client) > > > > > -- > James Mitchell > Software Engineer / Open Source Evangelist > EdgeTech, Inc. > 678.910.8017 > AIM: jmitchtx > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dakota Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 11:14 AM > Subject: [OT] Re: Hiding .do > > >I forgot this about Struts 1.2.4, James. Good point. > > > > I think your thing with the marketing people is funny. While I am > > certain it was not so funny for you at that time, I would have liked > > to be a potted plant in the room for that discussion. > > > > You can expect, I think, marketing people to have this problem, since > > programming engineers have the same problem constantly. The idea of a > > URL as an "address" rather than a code or a protocol to be read is > > constantly causing difficulty. You should have changed the .do to > > .HANKY_PANKY to avoid the seeming connection to extensions for files > > at all. LOL > > > > Jack > > > > > > On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 10:45:20 -0400, James Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> Yes, as of Struts 1.1, you only had to hard code the '.do' in a few tags. > >> As of Struts 1.2.4, every struts tag (that needs to) will let you specify > >> action="/myAction" thereby eliminating any hard coded '.do'. > >> > >> Unless you are doing anything funky, you should be able to change to any > >> extension....and if you are _not_ using Struts Modules, you can go back > >> and > >> forth between extension (*.do) and path (/myapp/foo/myaction) mapping by > >> simply changing the web.xml file. > >> > >> I did this on a previous project, and it didn't go over as I had hoped > >> during a meeting with a few Marketing people. I spent the next few weeks > >> explaining that the app was NOT writing in .Net. A few people were smart > >> enough to notice the '.aspx' in the address bar and relate it to ASP.NET, > >> but not smart enough to really understand the relationship between the > >> URL > >> and the technology behind it.....GEEEEEZ!! > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> James Mitchell > >> Software Engineer / Open Source Evangelist > >> EdgeTech, Inc. > >> 678.910.8017 > >> AIM: jmitchtx > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Chaikin, Yaakov Y." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 10:32 AM > >> Subject: RE: Hiding .do > >> > >> > James, > >> > > >> > Is that really true? > >> > > >> > Are you saying that Struts custom tags automatically pick up their > >> > extension > >> > from the controller servlet mapping in web.xml? > >> > > >> > Hmm... I was under the impression that it was the other way around. > >> > Struts > >> > tags produced "*.do" and you need to map it in web.xml in order for the > >> > controller to kick in for handling those requests. > >> > > >> > What about <html:form>? This tag automatically sticks ".do" at the end. > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > Yaakov. > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: James Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 10:14 AM > >> > To: Struts Users Mailing List > >> > Subject: Re: Hiding .do > >> > > >> > If you've coded your app without hard references to ".do", then you > >> > only > >> > need to change the web.xml file and all links/forms will be changed. > >> > > >> > For some fun, try changing to *.aspx and give a demo to your boss!! > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > James Mitchell > >> > Software Engineer / Open Source Evangelist > >> > EdgeTech, Inc. > >> > 678.910.8017 > >> > AIM: jmitchtx > >> > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: "Chaikin, Yaakov Y." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > To: "StrutsUser (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 10:06 AM > >> > Subject: Hiding .do > >> > > >> > > >> >> Hi, > >> >> > >> >> Could someone either explain the steps or point me to a web page that > >> >> explains how to develop/deploy a Struts based app without the user > >> >> having > >> >> to > >> >> see the ".do" in the URLs but still take advantage of the Struts > >> >> custom > >> >> tags? > >> >> > >> >> Thanks, > >> >> Yaakov. > >> >> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> 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] > >> > > >> > > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > "You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep." > > > > ~Native Proverb~ > > > > "Each man is good in His sight. 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