Hi, Thanks for your response. Yes, I think the interceptor will do. However, it just feels a bit clumsy to write 6 lines of XML in order to get functionality that Struts 1 provided in one. It may be a great solution for cases where your action messages have to survive multiple redirects but in 99.99% of my cases it is just one...and I am using quite a few of those in my apps. Thus, I miss the Struts 1 solution :-)
Regards, Gunnar Al Sutton-3 wrote: > > Hi Gunnar, > > I've been through the same thing, so I can help you out :). > > If your actions extend com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionSupport you can then > call the method; > > addActionMessage("string") > > Or > > addActionError("string"); > > Please note, "string" is the literal message, not a key into a properties > file. > > If you want to use a properties file for multi-language systems you need > to > do the following; > > addActionMessage(getText("key")) > > Or > > addActionError(getText("key")) > > And create a file called package.properties in your action package (or at > some point above in the package hierarchy) which has the translations. > > You will need to use the message store interceptor where you are using a > redirect (i.e. you will need it in the redirect to the get), you should > note > though, at the moment there appears to be a bug in that if you use > addActionError, the message store interceptor, and you have the validation > interceptor enabled you will get redirected to the input result of the > action after the redirect :(. > > Hope this helps, > > Al. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gunnar Hillert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 04 June 2007 05:52 > To: user@struts.apache.org > Subject: [S2] ActionMessages and redirects > > > Hi, > > Still learning but I am really going to like Struts 2. An area where I > find > it a bit lacking though (Compared to Struts 1) is the support for action > messages to survive redirects. > > I really like to follow the 'Post/Redirect/Get pattern' for most of my > actions. > (See also > http://www.theserverside.com/patterns/thread.tss?thread_id=20936) > > Therefore in most of my actions I have the requirement that my success > messages survive the next redirect. > > In Struts 1 I can do: > > messages.add(ActionMessages.GLOBAL_MESSAGE, > new ActionMessage("user.added")); > saveMessages(request.getSession(), messages); > > But there is nothing like this in Struts 2. > > I did not find too much information about this requirement in Struts 2. > There are 2 open issues in Jira that touch the issue: > > https://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/WW-1623 > https://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/WW-1572 > > On of the issues mentions the MessageStore interceptor but that looks a > bit > like overkill to me. (See also > http://cwiki.apache.org/WW/message-store-interceptor.html) > > Thus, for right now I am using Appfuse's solution of using a custom > filter. > (See > https://appfuse-light.dev.java.net/source/browse/appfuse-light/trunk/src/mai > n/java/org/appfuse/web/MessageFilter.java) > > This works great but somehow feels like a 'hack' (Had to do the same for > my > Spring MVC projects.) > > * * * > > In a perfect world I would like to see a feature similar to Ruby on Rails' > Flash which allows you to not only store messages but any object in a > Flash, > and hence those objects survive the next redirect. > > See also http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionController/Flash.html > > But for the time being I would be already quite happy if there was a > simple > and standardized way to have my actionMessages survive redirects. > > What is the status on that? Is this something that will be added to one of > the next Struts 2 releases? > > Thanks a lot! > > Regards, > > Gunnar Hillert > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/-S2--ActionMessages-and-redirects-tf3863054.html#a1094 > 3759 > Sent from the Struts - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/-S2--ActionMessages-and-redirects-tf3863054.html#a10967300 Sent from the Struts - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]