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Custom Action Forward in Struts

 
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Hi.

Is there any way we can use a custom forward in struts Action forward?

I have a senario where I am dynamically generating a URL in my action class, I have some logic which is executed in my action class to generate this dynamic URL.

This URL hits a new web address.

I tried to use return new ActionForward(path) but I guess struts puts a forward slash (/) before the path. Since the URL hits completly new web adderss (not related to my web application), I get a JSP error saying it couldn't find the page.

Any suggestions on this issue?
 
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What is the motive behind calling a different application?
Are you trying hit some servlet running on the URL and get the data? or simple forward?

In any case the custom forward will not help you. It will be altogether different solution. Please let us know what you want to achieve by calling an outside application.
 
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I am actually creating some dynamic crystal reports. These reports accept parameters passed through a URL to generate a custom report.

The crystal server is different, and the request URL looks something like this


I found the solution, I had to pass return new ActionForward(path, true)
By default struts redirects with in the application. we need to pass boolean true to redirect to actual path.

Find more about this in Struts API Doc
 
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