Whenever I have done this I have always just passed along what I received in the first Action... same mapping, request, etc. Since I'm using the second Action, in essence, as a helper in the first, the mapping for the first is really what I'm servicing. This of course means that you'll have to be a little careful doing this because if that second Action really depends on something in the mapping, or if it tramples something in session, expects a different ActionForm type, etc., you can run into trouble. These things, in my experience, don't usually come up because I only do this when I have a couple of Actions that perform functions on the same screen. It's not a true helper after all :)
-- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com AIM: fzammetti Yahoo: fzammetti MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, October 5, 2005 10:24 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Thanks! > > As Frank sayes if I can use the action as a normal class then I am > comfortable with writing a method to or using the execute method. If I > use the execute method what would I pass in as my action mapping?? > > For the actionForm I can pass my form which I hold in the session. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Gainty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 October 2005 15:17 > To: Shoukat,F,Faisal,JPGA8Y C > Cc: user@struts.apache.org > Subject: Re: chaining actions i think!! > > I am unsure if you want to chain actions as this would not conform to > Action1->ActionForward1 where the design is meant to handle one action > at a > time > > store it as session variable and access it later > Action... > execute(... > > HttpSession session = request.getSession(); > session.setAttribute("username", username); > test for presence of session.getAttribute("username") and result if not > null > prepopulate your form with the value > > Anyone else ? > Martin- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <user@struts.apache.org> > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 6:47 AM > Subject: chaining actions i think!! > > > Hi, > > Is there a way that I can call another action from within a action > class. Is it as simple as just calling the execute method of the other > action or another method of the action class as is required.? > > My scenario is as follows: A user searches on a client and is returned a > number of results. He then chooses to edit one of the results and goes > to the edit jsp. After editing the user has the option of returning > back to the search results. > > To show the record that has been edited I am making another trip to the > DB as I don't have a cache. To return back to the results the user > clicks on his button and is forwarded to the edit Action class. It is > from this action class that I want to call the search Action class > passing in the search form which is held in the session. This will then > go to the DB and return to the appropriate search jsp. > > Any one any views on this > > Thanks > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
