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Author: ASF GitHub Bot
Created on: 23/Jul/26 18:52
Start Date: 23/Jul/26 18:52
Worklog Time Spent: 10m
Work Description: lukaszlenart opened a new pull request, #541:
URL: https://github.com/apache/struts-examples/pull/541
## Summary
Fixes [WW-5416](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-5416): the
**helloworld** example returns a 404 when following the documented instructions
(`http://localhost:8080/helloworld/index.action`).
The root cause is a `struts.action.extension` override that *removes* the
`.action` extension from the allowed set. The framework default is `action,,`
(accepts both `.action` and extensionless URLs); overriding it to `,` (or `""`)
drops `.action`, so the documented URLs 404. In-app navigation uses Struts
URL/form tags that respect the configured extension, which is why the bug is
invisible until a user types the documented `.action` URL directly.
The fix deletes the one overriding `<constant>` line, restoring the default.
This is strictly additive — extensionless URLs keep working, and `.action` URLs
now resolve.
## Changes
Removed the `struts.action.extension` override in three modules that shared
this latent bug:
- `helloworld/src/main/resources/struts.xml` — was `,` (the reported ticket)
- `text-provider/src/main/resources/struts.xml` — was `,`
- `sitemesh3/src/main/resources/struts.xml` — was `""` (unmapped `.action`
requests silently fell through to the index action via `default-action-ref`)
**Intentionally left untouched:** `rest-angular` (`,,xml,json,action`) and
`mailreader2` (`do`) — those overrides are part of what each example
demonstrates.
## Verification
- Full reactor `./mvnw clean package` (with tests) → BUILD SUCCESS.
- Each of the three modules verified via `mvn jetty:run` + curl: `.action`
URLs return 200 post-fix, and extensionless URLs still return 200. For
sitemesh3, confirmed `hello.action` now routes to `HelloAction` (not the index
fallback) with SiteMesh decoration intact.
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> Hello World example does not match documentation and returns a 404
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>
> Key: WW-5416
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-5416
> Project: Struts 2
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Example Applications
> Affects Versions: examples-1.1
> Environment: Recreated on the following OS's
> * Windows 11 Home Version 23H2 OS Build 22631.3447
> * WSL 2 on an Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS (focal)
> Reporter: Tim Mousaw
> Priority: Major
> Fix For: 7.3.0
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> Using the [struts-examples|https://github.com/tmousaw/struts-examples],
> navigate to the helloworld example and execute {{{}mvn jetty:run{}}}.
> Navigate to the URL [http://localhost:8080/helloworld/index.action] and you
> will get:
> h2. HTTP ERROR 404 Not Found
> ||URI:|/helloworld/index.action|
> ||STATUS:|404|
> ||MESSAGE:|Not Found|
> ||SERVLET:|default|
> ----
> [Powered by Jetty:// 9.4.46.v20220331|https://eclipse.org/jetty]
> This appears to be due to {{struts.action.extension}} constant value in
> {{{}struts.xml{}}}. Removing this and falling back to the default value in
> [https://github.com/apache/struts/blob/master/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/struts2/default.properties#L87]
> allows the example to succeed.
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