Forward attribute vs. ForwardAction

2003-11-05 Thread Phil
Hi, i write my thesis about the struts framework and i have a question about the ForwardAction class. I think the forward attribute in an action-mapping has the same effect as the use of the ForwardAction, so why is there a special class to perform a forward? I think you get the same result if yo

Re: Forward attribute vs. ForwardAction

2003-11-05 Thread Ashish Sinha
erve different purpose. Regards, Ashish. [Provedu do Bezkonechnostiu] - Original Message - From: "Phil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 11:51 AM Subject: Forward attribute vs. ForwardAction > Hi, > > i wri

Re: Forward attribute vs. ForwardAction

2003-11-05 Thread Hubert Rabago
Phil, ForwardAction allows a response to still go through struts processing. Not all of the Struts features will kick in or perform as expected when you use forward="/login.jsp". I don't have a full list of which ones will still work and which ones won't, and it may depend on the complexity of yo

Re: Forward attribute vs. ForwardAction

2003-11-05 Thread Phil
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Re: Forward attribute vs. ForwardAction

2003-11-05 Thread Rick Reumann
Phil wrote: or: So what is the benefit of the ForwardAction class? I'm not positive but I'm pretty sure both are using the ForwardAction class, the second approach above is just a shortcut version so you don't have to type out the FowardAction type = "" stuff. I could be wrong, though, so so

Re: Forward attribute vs. ForwardAction

2003-11-05 Thread Phil
feature does not work with the forward attribute this would be very helpful to me. Phil - Original Message - From: "Hubert Rabago" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 5:39 PM S

Re: Forward attribute vs. ForwardAction

2003-11-05 Thread Hubert Rabago
ork with the forward attribute this would be very > helpful to me. > > Phil > > > - Original Message - > From: "Hubert Rabago" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 5:

Re: Forward attribute vs. ForwardAction

2003-11-05 Thread Phil
st" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 5:56 PM Subject: Re: Forward attribute vs. ForwardAction > Phil wrote: > > > > path="/login" > > type="org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction" > > parameter="