Cool, I will get that done on Monday, post a note to the dev list and get something working to document shortly after.
Still messing about with the code, not 100% on all angles but getting there. Anyway it's 11pm. Pizza and beer time. David > Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 16:56:48 -0400 > Subject: Re: Problems setting attributes on my Action using > Restful2ActionMapper > From: w...@wantii.com > To: user@struts.apache.org > > You need to apply, you just need to sign it. It is an apache thing. It > lets the foundation know you aren't going to claim copyright on code > or documentation you create for us. Search for cla or icla on the main > apache page. Once you fill it out and send it in make sure you post a > message to d...@struts.apache.org because we won't know to grant you > karma in the wiki otherwise. > > -Wes > > On 5/8/09, David Rocks <rocks_da...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > The documentation was pretty misleading, I wasted a few hours just chasing > > stuff on the web, in the end it came down to just stepping through the code. > > > > > > > > I tried to get the convention plugin working first but could not work out > > how to get that to work with my application although I never looked at the > > code for that. > > > > > > > > I am surprised that the REST stuff is quite low key with struts2, or that is > > the way it seems to me, it really is a make or break for my application/site > > as the URLs will need to get favourably viewed by google for it to work out. > > > > > > > > I am quite happy to knock up a small test app and write a doc on this for > > the WIKI. Can I just apply for a 'CLA'? > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > >> Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 14:13:02 -0400 > >> Subject: Re: Problems setting attributes on my Action using > >> Restful2ActionMapper > >> From: musa...@gmail.com > >> To: user@struts.apache.org > >> > >> That part has always lacked good documentation. I have never used > >> myself so I have no idea how it works. You can submit a CLA and get > >> edit right to the wiki. > >> > >> musachy > >> > >> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 1:00 PM, David Rocks <rocks_da...@hotmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > managed to get this kind of working although I am constrained to callin > >> > in my action the the names of the methods hard coded in the > >> > Restful2ActionMapper class. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Firstly I have to set... > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > struts.mapper.alwaysSelectFullNamespace=false > >> > struts.mapper.idParameterName=entityName <-- the name of the parameter > >> > to be set in the action class > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Also the documentation is wrong, it is not > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > http://HOST/ACTION_NAME/PARAM_NAME1/PARAM_VALUE1/PARAM_NAME2/PARAM_VALUE2 > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > but > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > http://HOST/PARAM_NAME2/PARAM_VALUE2/ACTION_NAME/PARAM_VALUE1 > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > In the ACTION_NAME part I cannot set the action and the method name, i > >> > just have to set the action name and it picks up the view method. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > so it has to be > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > http://127.0.0.1:8080/myApp/region/England -> that goes to view and puts > >> > the value of england into entityName as shown above > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > I cannot force it to go to a get method like > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > http://127.0.0.1:8080/myApp/region/get/England -> which calls get and > >> > sets entityName > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > I would be quite happy to set @action( "region/get" ) on my action > >> > method. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > So the docs could be updated and if someone knows how to set the method > >> > and action name in a rest URL using Restful2ActionMapper then I am all > >> > ears. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Thanks > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > David > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >> From: rocks_da...@hotmail.com > >> >> To: user@struts.apache.org > >> >> Subject: Problems setting attributes on my Action using > >> >> Restful2ActionMapper > >> >> Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 15:40:30 +0000 > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Hi, > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> I am trying to work out how populate attributes on using > >> >> Restful2ActionMapper but I think I am missing something in my > >> >> configuration and wondered if someone could give me some advice. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> My struts file is > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> <struts> > >> >> <constant name="struts.mapper.class" value="restful2" /> > >> >> <constant name="struts.convention.result.path" value="/WEB-INF/jsp" /> > >> >> <constant name="struts.enable.SlashesInActionNames" value="true" /> > >> >> <constant name="struts.convention.package.locators" value="action" /> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> <package name="default" extends="struts-default"> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> <action name="region/*" class="com.action.RegionAction" > > >> >> <param name="name">{0}</param> > >> >> </action> > >> >> </struts> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> My action > >> >> > >> >> package com.action ; > >> >> > >> >> @Results({ > >> >> @Result(name="get", location="region/displayRegion.jsp") > >> >> }) > >> >> public class RegionAction extends ActionSupport { > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> private String name ; > >> >> private int id ; > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> public String get(){ > >> >> ….. > >> >> return "get" ; > >> >> } > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> // name & id getters and setters …... > >> >> } > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> I am trying to get the URL into the state like as the documentation > >> >> claims it can handle > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> http://HOST/ACTION_NAME/PARAM_NAME1/PARAM_VALUE1/PARAM_NAME2/PARAM_VALUE2 > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> So My URL would be like... > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> http://127.0.0.1:8080/region/name/Mexico/id/2 > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> But that is not working out. 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