Difference between ForwardAction and ActionForward

[Sultan Khadar]

Hi,
Can any body please explain the difference between org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction and org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward classes?

Thanks in Advance,
Sultan.

[Brent Sterling]

Have you looked at the API for these two classes? Their names might share the same words but they are quite different. ForwardAction is a type of action where ActionForward is the object that you return from your execute method.

From the 1.1 documentation (at http://struts.apache.org/1.1/api/index.html):

ActionForward: An ActionForward represents a destination to which the controller servlet, ActionServlet, might be directed...as a result of processing activities of an Action class.

ForwardAction: An Action that forwards to the context-relative URI specified by the parameter property of our associated ActionMapping.

- Brent

[Sultan Khadar]

Thanks Brent for the clarification.

Regards,
Sultan.