Let me add some more:
If some Action classes want some parameters which
could be fed by custom ActionMapping class, making
ActionServlet to use that custom ActionMapping class
for all occurrances ( by making it an init parameter )
is I dont know...
--- John Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply Craig
>
>
> Could some one tell me -
> When would one want to use a custom ActionMapping
> class? The example given in bluestone.com doesnt
> convince me.
>
> Thanks
> Hunt
>
>
> --- "Craig R. McClanahan"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > John Hunt wrote:
> >
> > > 1. Action class provides getResources() which
> > return
> > > MessageResources. Is the MessageResource always
> > the
> > > one specified in web.xml ( say
> > > ApplicationResources.Properties ) or is it based
> > on
> > > the locale set + the one specified in web.xml (
> > and
> > > thus for locale xx it is
> > > ApplicationResources_XX.Properties )
> >
> > Yah, this can be a little confusing.
> >
> > In web.xml, you configure the location of your
> > message resources (using the
> > default MessageResources implementation, this is a
> > name that looks like a Java
> > class name -- the example app uses
> > "org.apache.struts.example.ApplicationResources").
> >
> > Although there is only one MessageResources
> > instance, it is initialized from
> > *all* of the properties files that have the base
> > name you've identified. The
> > first time you ask for a message with a new
> locale,
> > the corresponding properties
> > file is loaded if necessary, transparent to you.
> >
> > >
> > > 2. In all the *Action.java files in example
> > directory
> > > of struts, I see explicit calls being made to
> > > getLocale() and getResources() but the values
> > returned
> > > arent being used anywhere else in the program.
> Is
> > it
> > > always mandatory for us to explicitly call
> > getLocale
> > > and getResources in our action classes?
> > >
> >
> > No, you can chalk that up to a little bit of
> > over-aggressive cut and paste :-).
> >
> > You need only call these getters if you need to
> use
> > the results.
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks for any advice
> > >
> > > Hunt
> > >
> >
> > Craig McClanahan
> >
> >
>
>
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