I'm just throwng this out there but, is this something that could be solved
a little easier with annotations? I just got my Thinking in Java (4th
ed) recently,
so don't hate on me.
Peace
On 3/24/06, Brantley Hobbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > At runtime I need to get a list of /all/ the actions that are
> defined in
> > > Struts. I'd rather not extract them directly from the conf file(s)
> > > unless it's absolutely necessary, but I don't (readily) see an API
> for
> > > doing this so I might be forced into it.
> > >
> >
> > It seems a bit difficult but... It seems that ModuleConfigImpl has a
> > list of ActionConfig, that is what you need.
> > The problem is that only ActionServlet can access to ModuleConfig. But
> > you have to subclass ModuleConfigImpl to get the actionConfigList
> field,
> > because it seems that there is no getter method.
> > I hope this is a good hint.
> > Ciao
> > Antonio
>
> This hint pointed me in the right direction. In case anyone is
> interested, this is how I did it:
>
> - Subclass ActionServlet
> - Override process()
> - Inside process, add the following code:
>
> if(this.getServletContext().getAttribute("actionList") == null) {
> String actionList = new String();
> ModuleConfig theConfig = this.getModuleConfig(request);
>
> ActionConfig[] actionConfigurations =
> theConfig.findActionConfigs();
>
> for(int i = 0; i < actionConfigurations.length; i++) {
> ActionConfig thisAction = actionConfigurations[i];
> actionList += thisAction.getPath();
> }
> this.getServletContext().setAttribute("actionList", actionList);
> }
> super.process(request, response);
>
> What this does is create a new context parameter called "actionList".
> It's a "/" separated string of the action paths. It's only called if
> the parameter doesn't exist, so if you're already using a parameter by
> that name it won't clobber it, and so that it is only called once (the
> first time any action is called). Of course, you now have to update
> your application descriptor to use your new actionservlet instead of the
> struts one.
>
> This is a quick and dirty proof-of-concept, but it is functional. If
> anyone has a better idea, please share.
>
> Cheers, and thanks Antonio!
> Brantley
>
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