Input Page Enhancement?

["Benedict, Paul C" <pa...@merck.com>]

>From all this discussion, something occurred to me:

I think someone should submit an enhancement for Struts 1.2.8/1.3, so that
we can define the input page as an action forward/redirect:

    <action path="/test" type="com.company.someClass">
        <forward name="input" path="/letsGoHere.do" redirect="true" />
        <forward name="success" path="page.success" />
    </action>

After talking with Michael, this solution would solve one of the
input/output problems that need to be addressed: greater control over the
error page. By having the "input" be a reserved forward, developers could
also say it is a redirect.

Can someone investigate the impact of modifying the getInputForward method?

Thanks,
Paul



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Re: Input Page Enhancement?

[Michael Jouravlev <jm...@gmail.com>]

Actually, you can make it redirect, but this affects the whole
application, since you need to make change in <controller> element:
<controller inputForward="true"/> Then you will need to refer a
<forward> element in your "input" property:
    <action ... input = "itemError">
       ...
       <forward name="itemError" path="/displayError.do" redirect="true"/>
    </action>

Because this involves a regular <forward> element anyway, I think that
"input" in its current state does not make much sense. We can simply
have a designated <forward> for input errors, with predefened mapping
name, like ERROR_INPUT:

    <action>
       ...
       <forward name="ERROR_INPUT" path="/displayError.do" redirect="true"/>
    </action>

This will also allow to have several error handlers, with names
starting on "ERROR_" or something. Just a thought.

Michael.

On 5/11/05, Benedict, Paul C <pa...@merck.com> wrote:
> From all this discussion, something occurred to me:
> 
> I think someone should submit an enhancement for Struts 1.2.8/1.3, so that
> we can define the input page as an action forward/redirect:
> 
>     <action path="/test" type="com.company.someClass">
>         <forward name="input" path="/letsGoHere.do" redirect="true" />
>         <forward name="success" path="page.success" />
>     </action>
> 
> After talking with Michael, this solution would solve one of the
> input/output problems that need to be addressed: greater control over the
> error page. By having the "input" be a reserved forward, developers could
> also say it is a redirect.
> 
> Can someone investigate the impact of modifying the getInputForward method?
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul

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