distinguishing between actions at runtime

[Stu Johns]

Hi,
I have 2 actions
a1 and a2 that map the the same struts action,
In the execute method i need to be able to determine which action has been selected, how can i do this?
(the action has no form.)

thanks

Stu

[Sagar Rohankar]

If you define two action mapping url to the same action class, in that case, the first mapping in struts-config.xml will executes !!

Like,

<action path="/FirstAction" class="package.MyAction" .... />

<action path="/SecondAction" class="package.MyAction" .... />

Here, "MyAction" gets executed from URL /FirstAction.do..

To check from which URL its coming from, use HttpServletRequest#getRequestURI().

[David Newton]

@Sagar: it'll also get executed if you visit /SecondAction.do, right?

[Sagar Rohankar]

David Newton wrote:@Sagar: it'll also get executed if you visit /SecondAction.do, right?

Ohh, Yes David, you are right.. I don't whats going through my mind when I posted such an idiot reply.. :banghead:

Actually I interpret question wrong , I thought poster ask like, If same action path mapped to two different Action class, then which action class get executed ?

I'm sorry.

[David Newton]

The rest of your answer was right ;)

[Stu Johns]

thanks, I can get info i need off the request, great.