Action Class not displaying

[David Liles <da...@dynamichostings.com>]

I just downloaded v1.1 and have things working..... some-what.
 
I have two simple action mappings that redirect to a jsp....these are working.
 
I'm trying to create an action mapping that refers to a action class and sends the user to the specified jsp.
 
Currently there is no logic in the action class, right now I just want to map out the flow of the site and then add content later. When I test the link from the web page all that is returned is a blank page..... the System.out.println()'s aren't writing anything to the console either.....
 
This is the action class in question and the reference from the struts-config.xml file
 
public final class MessageAction extends Action implements ActionConstants {
  public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping,
                               HttpServletRequest req,
                               HttpServletResponse res) throws Exception {
    System.out.println("here 1");
    ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors();
    // do something
    // forward control to the specified success URI
    System.out.println("here 2");
    return(mapping.findForward(READ_MESSAGE));
  }
}
 
 
<action path="/ReadMessage" type="com.dynamichostings.mailclient.servlet.MessageAction">

<forward name="read_message" path="/message/read_message.jsp" />

</action>

any suggestions?