The servlet dispatcher can only forward to local servlets and jsps, so it's not really an option.
Anyway, usually it's not a good idea flowing unsecure parameters from http to https, you could try to pass via javascript (through jquery [1]), but it's always a security risk. [1] http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.post/ On 21 June 2011 09:41, Roger Varley <roger.var...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 20:44 -0500, John Himpel wrote: >> Good evening, >> >> I have an S2 application the needs to: >> 1) Verify some input parameters (I know how to do this) >> 2) Retrieve some additional data based upon the input parameters (I >> know >> how to do this). >> 3) Then format a "post" type http request with hidden fields >> containing >> data from #1 and #2 above to be sent via https to an outside vendor >> provided web based application running in the outside vendor's domain. >> 4) The vendor app will then process the application to completion. >> >> I believe I know how to do this as a "get" http request by defining >> the >> "redirect" result in struts.xml. However, I'm at a loss on how do >> this >> via a "post" request. Any advise would be greatly appreciated. > > To facilitate HTTP comms between your action and a third party web-app > you may wish to look at the client portion of Apache HTTPComponenents > http://hc.apache.org/ (which I've never used although I've used it in > it's previous incarnation as HttpClient) or HttpUnit > (http://httpunit.sourceforge.net/) which is heavier and emulates a > browser in it's own right. Originally designed for unit-testing web > pages, it works well when used to scrape third-party web-apps, form-fill > etc etc. > > Regards > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > > -- Maurizio Cucchiara --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
