by the way, which package is the @Autowired annotation in? using eclipse and code assist, i can't get it to show up. is it in some other jar file (it's not in the spring-core-x.jar)?
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 5:44 AM, James Cook <james.c...@wecomm.com> wrote: > Hmm. I use the same combo. > > I found at some point I could jsut do > > public class MyAction extends ActionSupport { > > private MyInjectedService service > > etc etc > > But I have started doing: > > public class MyAction extends ActionSupport { > > @Autowired > private MyInjectedService service > > I am not sure if that alters the way Struts2/Spring does it. But it does > make it a bit clearer to read. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jake Vang [mailto:vangj...@googlemail.com] > Sent: 13 May 2010 10:23 > To: user@struts.apache.org > Subject: spring, struts2, convention plugin, how to "wire" an action > class > > i am using struts 2.1.8.1 and the convention plugin. i am also using > spring for dependency injections (DI). my question is if it is > possible to to use struts2 + convention plugin with spring for DI on > my Action classes? i have searched the internet but only seen > examples using struts 1 + spring for DI on Action classes. the > convention plugin makes life simpler (no XML), but also, partially > because of little documentation, makes it uneasy to do certain things. > i wonder if this is part of the reason why DI on Action classes using > spring + struts is not obvious for me. > > Here's a simple code. This is my action class. > > public class SpringWiringAction extends ActionSupport { > private String message = "no dependency injection"; > > �...@action(value="/spring-wiring") > public String springWiring() { > return SUCCESS; > } > > public String getMessage() { return message; } > public void setMessage(String message) { this.message = message; } > } > > My "view" or the JSP page corresponding to the Action is: > /webapp/WEB-INF/content/spring-wiring-success.jsp. > > <%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" > pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%> > <%...@taglib uri="/struts-tags" prefix="s" %> > <html> > <head><title>Test Spring Wiring</title</head> > <body> > <s:property value="message"/> > </body> > </html> > > My web.xml is setup according to > http://struts.apache.org/2.0.14/docs/struts-2-spring-2-jpa-ajax.html. > > My spring XML file (/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml) is defined > as following. > > ... > <bean id="placeholderConfig" > class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfi > gurer"> > <property name="location" > value="WEB-INF/applicationContext.properties"/> > </bean> > ... > <bean name="/spring-wiring" class="com.me.actions.SpringWiringAction"> > <property name="message" value="${message}"/> > </bean> > > My /webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.properties file then has this > content. > > message=dependency inject success > > when i start up tomcat 6, everything starts up correctly and there are > no complaints. however, when i go to > http://localhost/webapp/spring-wiring, the message that gets displayed > is "no dependency injection". > > is there something that i am missing using spring + struts2 (with the > convention plugin) to use DI on Actions? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org