Newbie Question

[Sandeep Awasthi]

Hi All,

I am new to struts and I have come accross a problem.

I have one action class which extends DispatchAction and it used to display list of Emps or Depts depending on actionType parameter.

Now I have one more class DispatchAction Class which I use to either edit or add new Emp depending on value of actionType parameter.

After adding an employee, I want to forward it to ShowList action.


<global-forwards>
<!-- Default forward to "Welcome" action -->
<!-- Demonstrates using index.jsp to forward -->
<forward name="welcome" path="/Welcome.do"/>
<forward name="ShowList" path="/ShowList.do"/>
</global-forwards>


<action path="/ShowList"
type="com.test.action.ShowListAction"
parameter="actionType">

<forward name="ShowEmpList" path="/pages/EmpList.jsp"/>
<forward name="ShowDeptList" path="/pages/DeptList.jsp"/>

</action>

<action path="/EmpEdit"
type="com.test.action.EditEmpAction"
parameter="actionType"
input="/pages/EmpDet.jsp"
name="EmpBean"
scope="session">

<forward name="success" path="/ShowList"/>
</action>



Obviously this will not work because after adding emp, actionType parameter will have value either addEmp or editEmp and showList action expects showEmpList or showDeptList.

Is there a way to set parameter actionType to some value(e.g. showEmpList in this case) in Action class,before I forward action to ShowList


Thanks alot in advance

[Merrill Higginson]

Try this in your action:

forward = mapping.findForward("ShowList");
forward.setPath(forward.getPath()+"?actionType=showEmpList");