difference between global action forward and local action forward

[saikrishna cinux]

can any one please tell me the difference between global action forward and local action forward in simple words


and when to use both action forward mapppings

thanking you

[Daniel Dalton]

You can use a global ActionForward from any Action class, whereas a local one may only be used from the associated Action class.

You'd use a global ActionForward where it makes sense to do so - in other words, if you need to forward to the same thing from lots of Actions, use a global one.

[Brent Sterling]

For example, you might have a global forward named "error". Then in your action class you could forward to this error every time you encountered an unhandled exception.

- Brent