forwarding to an action w/o an input JSP

[Chuck Chopp]

I'm looking for some good solid examples that show how to configure the JSP 
files, struts-config.xml [global forwards, action mappings, form beans] and 
action classes where a JSP may forward/redirect to an action [may end up 
being a chain of actions] before another JSP is finally displayed.  The 2 
books that I've been using for learning Struts are "The Struts Framework: A 
Practical Guide for Java Programmers" by Sue Spielman and "Programming 
Jakarta Struts" by Chuck Cavaness.  Both of these books seem to be lacking 
solid explanations & examples of the the full range of configurations for 
forwards & actions.  I keep getting the feeling that if I could see one good 
comprehensive working example everything would be clear to me about how this 
is supposed to work.

I have a welcome file named "index.jsp".  I'm questioning if it should be 
forwarding to the JSP file "login.jsp" [which I want to protect from direct 
access from the browser] or should it be forwarding to the action named 
"login" [or would it be "login.do"]?  The action named "login" expects to 
use "login.jsp" as its input, and I'm just not certain now whether 
forwarding to a JSP will invoke the action or if forwarding to the action 
will cause its input form to be displayed.

Also, in my web.xml file, I have a url-pattern of "*.do" set in my 
servlet-mapping.  What I'm not clear on is how/why URLs appear back in the 
browser such as "login.do" and "success.do" when the global forwards that my 
actions are using are called by their configured names of "login" and 
"success".  I'm concerned about the browser backward/forward buttons and the 
reload button being clicked & what this might do to navigation within my webapp.

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