Load up the debugger. That's what I would do. If your plugin is being initialized twice, put a break point where that occurs and find out how this is occurring. There obviously must be a configuration problem because I've never seen this.
Paul On Jan 3, 2008 12:28 PM, Edward Song <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Paul, > > Thanks for the reply, I understand that plugins apply for the entire > framework. However, I do NOT have the ActionServlet declared twice in my > web.xml nor do I have multiple struts-config files. > > Here is my web xml for the action servlet. > > <servlet> > <description>Struts Action Servlet</description> > <servlet-name>action</servlet-name> > > <servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class> > <init-param> > <param-name>config</param-name> > > <param-value>/WEB-INF/config/struts/struts-config.xml</param-value> > </init-param> > <load-on-startup>0</load-on-startup> > </servlet> > > > Also, my struts-config.xml.... > > <plug-in className="org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn"> > <set-property property="pathnames" > value="/WEB-INF/config/validator/validator-rules.xml > ,/WEB-INF/config/validat > or/validation.xml"/> > </plug-in> > > <plug-in > className="com.blah.blah.blah.plugin.ApplicationInitPlugin"></plug-in> > > <!-- Tiles plugin--> > <plug-in className="org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesPlugin"> > <set-property property="definitions-config" > value="/WEB-INF/config/tiles/tiles-defs.xml" /> > </plug-in> > > > So as far as I know, the ActionServlet.init() method should be called > once. > For me it executes twice. I'm just trying to find out why this is the > case. > > > Edward Song > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Paul Benedict > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 1:15 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: Struts 1.3.8 Plugins initializing twice > > Struts 1.4 contains the fix not to have plug-ins initialized twice. The > fact > is that there is no such thing as module plug-ins. Only plug-ins for the > entire Struts framework. If you're seeing initialization twice, it's > possible you have the plugin defined twice within the model or two modules > with the same configuration. > > Paul > > On Jan 3, 2008 12:09 PM, Edward Song <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks Randy for the feedback. > > > > I looked deeply into it and this is what I found.... > > > > The ActionServlet's init() method is called twice. (I don't know why, I > > guess this is what I'm trying to find out...) > > > > There is a series of method calls in the ActionServlet.init() method... > > > > initModuleMessageResources(moduleConfig); > > initModulePlugIns(moduleConfig); > > initModuleFormBeans(moduleConfig); > > initModuleForwards(moduleConfig); > > initModuleExceptionConfigs(moduleConfig); > > initModuleActions(moduleConfig); > > > > Most of these seem to have a check whether or not the module has already > > been processed. The initModulePlugins method does not seem to have this > > check. > > > > Line 871 > > initModulePlugins(); > > plugIns[i].init(this, config); > > No previous check if processed. > > > > > > Where as for form-beans, in initModulePlugIns method, a > > processFormBeanExtension method is called, which checks if it has > already > > been processed. > > > > Line 948-957 > > if (!beanConfig.isExtensionProcessed()) { > > if (log.isDebugEnabled()) { > > log.debug("Processing extensions for '" > > + beanConfig.getName() + "'"); > > } > > > > beanConfig = processFormBeanConfigClass(beanConfig, moduleConfig); > > beanConfig.processExtends(moduleConfig); > > } > > > > > > So it looks as though, the plugin modules, specifically, are not being > > checked if they have already been processed. > > > > I'm not sure why, but probably there is some reason. > > However, I still do not know why ActionServlet.init() is called twice. > > > > > > Edward Song > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Randy Burgess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:56 AM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: Re: Struts 1.3.8 Plugins initializing twice > > > > This is from a Struts 1.2.8 app of mine. > > > > <servlet> > > <servlet-name>action</servlet-name> > > <servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class> > > <init-param> > > <param-name>config</param-name> > > <param-value>/WEB-INF/struts-config.xml</param-value> > > </init-param> > > <init-param> > > <param-name>debug</param-name> > > <param-value>3</param-value> > > </init-param> > > <init-param> > > <param-name>detail</param-name> > > <param-value>3</param-value> > > </init-param> > > <load-on-startup>0</load-on-startup> > > </servlet> > > > > You don¹t need the debug params but in this case it might not hurt. I > > cannot > > remember why but I believe that load on startup should always be 0 for > > Struts 1. > > > > Regards, > > Randy Burgess > > Sr. Web Applications Developer > > Nuvox Communications > > > > > > > > > > From: Edward Song <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Struts Users Mailing List <user@struts.apache.org> > > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 10:56:40 -0500 > > To: <user@struts.apache.org> > > Subject: Struts 1.3.8 Plugins initializing twice > > > > Hi all, > > > > Struts 1.3.8 > > > > I have a single struts module and it seems as though my plugins are > > getting > > loaded twice. > > This goes for the validator, tiles, and my own written plugins. > > > > I¹ve found out that if in the web.xml I do not specify a value for > > <load-on-startup> then the ActionServlet is not initialized until it is > > requested, and when it is requested it is initialized once. > > > > Web.xml > > <servlet> > > <description>Struts Action Servlet</description> > > <servlet-name>action</servlet-name> > > > > <servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class> > > <init-param> > > <param-name>config</param-name> > > > > <param-value>/WEB-INF/config/struts/struts-config.xml</param-value> > > </init-param> > > <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup> > > </servlet> > > > > However, if I add a value for <load-on-startup> it seems as though > struts > > is > > initialized twice as I can see that the validator and tiles plugins are > > loaded twice. 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