Declarative Exception handling question

[Erik Weber]

I am using the Validator plugin to do my form validation, and so with 
the <html:errors/> tag placed at the top of my content area, the form 
validation messages are presented, with the header and footer defined by 
errors.header and errors.footer. In the traditional manner, the form 
validation output looks something like this:

Error
Please correct these errors:
* Username is required
* Password2 must match Password1
Now, I am also presenting non-validation error messages in the same 
location on some pages; These are caused by Exceptions that are 
accounted for declaratively in struts-config.xml. The problem is, I 
don't want these messages to be presented with the header and footer (or 
maybe I want a different header and footer).

A concrete example:
For my login page, if you fail to enter a username or password, I want 
the error message presentation to look like the example above -- with a 
header and a footer (causing a table with a bulleted list to be 
rendered). But, if you enter the *wrong* password, and an 
AuthenticationException is thrown, the user ends up back at the same 
screen, except this time, I want the error message to be unadorned (or 
possibly with a different treatment), like this:

Authentication failed
As I said, AuthenticationException is handled declaratively. What is the 
easiest way to present the message associated with the exception 
*without* the header and footer in this case, while leaving the form 
validation error presentation (with header and footer) intact?

Thanks,
Erik
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