No Way to Put the init() Method Inside the ActionForward Execute() Method

[JiaPei Jen]

We cannot put a method inside another method.

When using the Struts, we start with:

public final class MyClass extends Action
{
    public ActionForward execute( ActionMapping mapping,
            ActionForm form,
            HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response )
        throws java.lang.Exception
    {
 
        .......
        .......
 
    }
}

I have a void init( ...) { ... } method shown below. Of course, I cannot put this init( ... ) inside the ActionForward Execute( ... ) { ... }

What am I supposed to do? Do I put this void init( ... ) { ... } method before the ActionForward Execute( ... ) { ... } begins?

       String smtpServer;
  
       public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException
       {
          super.init(config);
          smtpServer = config.getInitParameter("smtpServer");
       }

[Marc Peabody]

Why are you trying to do this???