I believe by default, Struts will load multiple struts.xml files on the classpath, so creating jars, each with their own struts.xml, should work. As mentioned, JSP's won't work, but you could put the in the usual places, leaving the jars for config and Java code.
Don On 8/9/07, Ian Roughley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looks like you are talking about creating a plugin. I think the issue > is that struts.xml needs to be renamed to the plugin specific name. > > WiltOnTilt wrote: > > We have several projects that will have many common actions and links to > > common JSP names. For example, all of our projects will have a Welcome > > action and a related welcome.jsp. > > > > I'd like to be able to create a common-actions.jar that would essentially > > contain all of the source code needed for each common action to run (Action > > classes, beans, DAOs, Entity objects, etc). The hope would be that I could > > put the struts.xml in the jar as well as .properties files and then override > > them as necessary under each project's src folder. > > > > So here's what I've done so far, my directory structure looks like this: > > > > src > > > >> arson/ > >> > >>> action/ > >>> biz/ > >>> model/ > >>> > >> META-INF/ > >> arson.properties > >> log4j.properties > >> struts.xml > >> > > > > I tried jarring up everything under src. > > > > Then in eclipse, I added the external jar to the project, and put it at the > > very top of my buildpath. > > > > When I try to access my Welcome action, it couldn't find it, giving me this > > error: > > > > "There is no Action mapped for namespace / and action name Welcome. - > > [unknown location]" > > > > Any idea if what I want to do is even possible, or what I could be doing > > wrong? > > > > Thanks! > > Aaron > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
