--- Steve Raeburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You're right <action forward=""> is module relative (despite what it > says in > the Javadoc). However, I don't see how it can used with a context > relative > path.
Maybe it needs a contextRelative attribute. > > There is no contextRelative attribute on the action config so you don't > get > to choose (or change) how your forward works. Maybe there should be. Isn't enhancing existing functionality to make it better simpler than adding yet another way of specifying a forward? > > Of the three ways of defining forwards that you identified only one, > <forward>, works flexibly with modules and that's the one that we don't > ship > an action for with Struts. > > SuccessAction works flexibly with modules, it's tool friendly, it's > simple > to understand and its configuration is consistent with almost all other > actions. It may be simple to understand when considered alone but in the context of the variety of other methods of defining forwards it makes things more complex. Maybe we need to revisit the concept of forwards and/or how we define them. David > > Steve > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: August 4, 2003 7:03 AM > > To: Struts Developers List > > Subject: RE: Addition of two new actions > > > > > > Thanks for the link. I'll respond to that message here: > > > > > I'm also throwing an exception if the "success" ActionForward is not > > found to make the configuration problem very clear. > > > > ForwardAction also throws an exception if the path is not found. > > > > > ForwardAction and using 'forward= ' on the ActionMapping both > require a > > > context relative path. > > > > That's not accurate, <forward> and <action forward=""> both default to > > module relative paths. <forward contextRelative="true"> changes the > > default. ForwardAction itself always returns a context relative > > ActionForward but I'd rather see that changed than add a new class. > > > > > In addition, tools vendors may be better able to validate a regular > > > ActionFoward configuration than the ForwardAction where the path is > > > specified via the all-purpose 'parameter'. In order to validate the > path > > as > > > a parameter, you require knowledge of the Action class whereas the > path > > of > > > an ActionForward definition can be more easily validated. (I'm > basing > > this > > > on my experience with WebSphere Studio). > > > > There are many ways of defining forwards: > > <action path="/input.do" forward="/jsp/input.jsp"/> > > > > <forward name="foo" path="/jsp/input.jsp"/> > > > > <action type="o.a.s.actions.ForwardAction" path="/input.do" > > parameter="/jsp/input.jsp"/> > > > > Some of these allow better path validation than others but I don't see > why > > we need yet another Action class when we could just improve upon the > > existing options. > > > > David > > > > > Steve > > > > --- Steve Raeburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: David Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: August 3, 2003 3:02 PM > > > > To: Struts Developers List > > > > Subject: Re: Addition of two new actions > > > ... > > > > I still don't see a need for a SuccessAction in the first place. > Why > > > is > > > > it any better than using a ForwardAction? > > > > > > I did expand on my reasons, but there's been a lot of traffic so > maybe > > > it > > > scrolled by: > > > > > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > arta.apach > > e.org&msgNo=19706 > > > > Erik's message also adds to this. > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
