DispatchAction not working as desired

[Amandeep Singh]

dispatchUserSubmit.jsp

 <html:form action="/dispatchingUserSubmit">
            <html:select property="method" size="2">
                <html:option value="save">save</html:option>
                <html:option value="remove">remove</html:option>
            </html:select>
            <html:submit/><html:cancel/>
        </html:form>

struts-config.xml

        
        <form-bean name="dispatchuserform" type="DispatchAction.DispatchUserForm" />
<action path="/dispatchingUserSubmit" type="DispatchAction.UserDispatchAction" parameter="method" input="/dispatchUserSubmit.jsp"
        name="dispatchuserform" scope="request" validate="true">
            <forward name="success" path="/success.jsp"/>
        </action>

UserDispatchAction.java

package DispatchAction;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import org.apache.struts.action.Action;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;

public class UserDispatchAction extends Action {

    public ActionForward remove(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) {
        System.out.println("Remove User");
        return mapping.findForward("success");
    }

    public ActionForward save(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) {
        System.out.println("Save User");
        return mapping.findForward("success");
    }
}

DispatchUserForm.java

package DispatchAction;

import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;

/**
 *
 * @author rocky
 */
public class DispatchUserForm extends ActionForm {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    String method = null;

    public DispatchUserForm() {
    }

    public String getMethod() {
        System.out.println("getMethod " + method);
        return method;
    }

    public void setMethod(String method) {
        System.out.println("setMethod " + method);
        this.method = method;
    }
}

Mappings for ActionServlet are present in web.xml

I am able to see the jsp page and able to submit, but when the request goes to the servlet nothing happens.

I expect success.jsp to be executed. Can you let me know what i am doing wrong ?

[Balu Sadhasivam]

Amandeep,

Your Action class should be of type "org.apache.struts.actions.DispatchAction" for DispatchAction to work.

[Amandeep Singh]

thanks Balu, it worked.


can anyone just describe the flow of struts here, i read in book, it was not enough for me to understand.

[Balu Sadhasivam]

You are welcome.

Well if the book doesn't help , this sure does.