Thank you Dave,
feel like have to spend some time reading some books (which I really hate to
do) on struts like struts 2 in action :-(
newton.dave wrote:
>
> It would be much cleaner to put that kind of logic into an interceptor
> rather than in a prepare() method. It would cut down significantly on
> code duplication.
>
> Dave
>
> sagsai wrote:
>> Hello friends,
>> I have very little experience in struts 2 & I have this typical
>> requirement
>> where I feel that I have to redirect form the prepare() method when the
>> user
>> is not logged in (by checking whether some session entries present or
>> not).
>> Actually I am trying to avoid repetitive session checking & redirecting
>> at
>> the beginning of every action method, for example
>> public String listUsers() throes Exception
>> {
>> //if (session.get("userType") != null &&
>> session.get("userType").equals("admin"))
>> //then show the result
>> //otherwise redirect to the login page
>> }
>>
>> public String viewDetails() throes Exception
>> {
>> //again code for the same checking
>> }
>> so I thought that since the prepare() method is being called every time
>> some
>> action is being mapped to a method in this class so why not put the code
>> for
>> checking & redirecting inside of prepare
>> like,
>> public void prepare() throws Exception
>> {
>> //if the user is not logged in
>> //redirect to the login page
>> }
>>
>> But the problem is that I cannot return any string (which I can specify
>> as
>> result of type "redirect-action" in the struts.xml file)since this
>> function
>> has return type void also I could not find any method to redirect
>> forcibly.
>>
>> So, my question is whether it is possible to redirect form any method
>> which
>> has not been mapped as an action at all?
>> if it can be done then how to do it?
>>
>> Any ideas regarding this problem would really help.
>> Thanks in advance
>
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