I see. You're just selecting which JSP to display with the action forward, not changing the flow of the application. Is that right?
In that case, I can see some advantage over using Tiles. > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Benedict [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Paul Benedict > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 4:43 PM > To: Struts Developers List > Subject: Re: Private Actions Mappings? > > > George, the action can choose which forward to return. You > were asking > if it, for example, always goes to "success"? No, it doesn't > have to; it > can choose the view via the forward. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Right, in that context including an action as a block is very much > > like including a tile with an associated tile controller. > The action > > then just puts data into scope for the JSP to display. > > > > What I didn't understand was, "It can also decide the flow > of display > > by selecting the appropriate forward." > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Michael Jouravlev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 4:04 PM > >> To: Struts Developers List > >> Subject: Re: Private Actions Mappings? > >> > >> > >> This topic NOT about chaining (Paul, I am very sorry to bring > >> the chaining up). > >> > >> What Paul talks about is including an action URL into a JSP > >> page. Consider a Model 1 application, JSP page can > >> dynamically include other resources with <jsp:include> or > >> with <c:import>. Now consider that a JSP page includes a > >> Struts action instead of JSP file. Included Struts action > >> forwards to a JSP file, the latter renders a fragment of a > >> composite page. There is no disagreement. > >> > >> On 9/13/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> If you're chaining actions for different blocks of the > >> display, how do > >>> you handle disagreements between the appropriate forward of > >> one block > >>> vs. another? This seems problematic, to me. > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Paul Benedict [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> On Behalf > >>>> Of Paul Benedict > >>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 3:07 PM > >>>> To: Dinwiddie, George > >>>> Cc: dev@struts.apache.org > >>>> Subject: Re: Private Actions Mappings? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> By performing an "action", it is getting data from a > >> service. It can > >>>> also decide the flow of display by selecting the appropriate > >>>> forward. > >>>> > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>>>> Coming in very late, here, but I just wanted clarification. > >>>> It sounds > >>>>> to me as if you're using actions like a tile > >> controller. In other > >>>>> words, it's not performing any "action" or deciding the flow of > >>>>> display, but merely gathering data and putting it into > >> scope for > >>>>> display. Is that a correct description? > >>>>> > >>>>> - George > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
