I'll reconsider the issue according to your answer. You were right - I'm new to Struts. Now I'm reading "Struts in Action". However, you reminded me that the user-guide published by Apache is also excellent. I've downloaded it.
Anyway I appreciate your advice and answer. Thanks Regards. On 12/7/05, Frank W. Zammetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Allen Charlton wrote: > >>You can use a wildcard mapping for this > > > > Okay, I'll try that out. Actually I just don't know where to set > wildcard > > mappings. > > They get set in struts-config.xml. It's just an action mapping. > > > Yes, here "???" is the query string, and the directory > > "/search/???", obviously, does not exist at all. > > Ok... you won't even need wildcards then. The path you request ends > with the /search part then. The query string gets tacked on, if its a > GET request, and doesn't factor in to the path you will request. > > One thing that might make this all slightly easier to understand, if you > have the choice, is to switch to extension mapping. I think it's fair > to say that most people use extension mapping as opposed to path > mapping. It tends to make things slightly more obvious and I think even > a bit more flexible. Take a look here: > > > http://struts.apache.org/struts-doc-1.2.8/userGuide/configuration.html#dd_config_mapping > > As an aside, I get the feeling you are new to Struts. If that is > correct, that is of course OK (and actually a good thing in terms of > Struts continuing to be relevant!)... there are plenty of people on this > list who will be very willing to help you along, but I think you would > do yourself a service by reading up a bit first. The things we're > talking about here are pretty basic and are the kinds of things you > could probably answer yourself if you spent a little time getting > familiar with Struts. Just skimming through the user guide in 30 > minutes would help a lot I think: > > http://struts.apache.org/struts-doc-1.2.8/userGuide/index.html > > And if my guess was wrong, ignore that entire previous paragraph :) > > Frank > > > Regards. > > > > > > On 12/7/05, Frank W. Zammetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>You can use a wildcard mapping for this: > >> > >> > >> > http://struts.apache.org/struts-doc-1.2.8/userGuide/building_controller.html#action_mapping_wildcards > >> > >>In your case, something like this should work: > >> > >><action path="/search/*" type="your.company.app.SearchAction" /> > >> > >>Note that the servlet mapping remains whatever it is now, I'm guessing > >>something like /* in your case. > >> > >>Also, I'm not entirely sure what you mean when you say "where ??? is the > >>keywords for the search". Do you mean they will be in the form of a > >>query string, or literally part of the URI path you request? I believe > >>a wildcard mapping is the answer either way though, even if the above > >>configuration isn't precisely right for your particular use case. > >> > >>Frank > >> > >>Allen Charlton wrote: > >> > >>>Hi all! I wonder how to manage this. > >>> > >>>Suppose a local site called testsystem, whose index page can be visited > >> > >>as > >> > >>>http://localhost:8080/testsystem. Now I want an Action (named > >> > >>SearchAction) > >> > >>>to process all search requests presented by this uri-pattern: > >>>http://localhost:8080/testsystem/search/???, where ??? is the keywords > >> > >>for > >> > >>>search. You know that if I write "<url-pattern>/search/*</url-pattern>" > >>>properly in web.xml, such search requests will be served by > >> > >>ActionServlet. > >> > >>>But it seems that I cannot specify a certain Action for a url-pattern. > >> > >>The > >> > >>>names of the forwards defined in <global-forwards> is already > constants, > >> > >>not > >> > >>>variables. So how to do this? > >>> > >>>Big thanks! > >>> > >>>-- > >>>See? It is the Eclipse of the Sun! > >>>----------------------- > >>> > >> > >>-- > >>Frank W. Zammetti > >>Founder and Chief Software Architect > >>Omnytex Technologies > >>http://www.omnytex.com > >>AIM: fzammetti > >>Yahoo: fzammetti > >>MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > See? It is the Eclipse of the Sun! > > ----------------------- > > > > -- > Frank W. Zammetti > Founder and Chief Software Architect > Omnytex Technologies > http://www.omnytex.com > AIM: fzammetti > Yahoo: fzammetti > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- See? It is the Eclipse of the Sun! -----------------------
