struts-config.xml action forward question

[neetu shri]

I have following snippets:

struts-config.xml:

   
<action path="/customer/schedule/view" parameter="submit">
     <forward name="displaySearchForm" path="/WEB-INF/jsp/Customer/ScheduleAppointment/searchForm.jsp" />
     <forward name="displayAppts" path="/WEB-INF/jsp/Customer/ScheduleAppointment/apptResults.jsp" />
     <forward name="displaySelectedAppts" path="/WEB-INF/jsp/Customer/ScheduleAppointment/apptResults.jsp" />
     <forward name="displayAvailableAppts" path="/WEB-INF/jsp/Customer/ScheduleAppointment/apptResults.jsp" />     
     <forward name="displayAppointmentResults" path="/WEB-INF/jsp/Customer/ScheduleAppointment/apptResults.jsp" />
</action>   
 
<action path="/customer/schedule/appt" >
   <forward name="success" path="/customer/schedule/view.do" redirect="true" />
</action>  

struts-actions.xml:

<bean name="/customer/schedule/view" class="org.xyz.web.portlets.customer.scheduleappointment.DispatchViewAction">
    <property name="apptManager" ref="apptManager"/>
</bean>
 
<bean name="/customer/schedule/appt" class="org.xyz.web.portlets.customer.scheduleappointment.SelectApptAction">
</bean>

When I enter the URL http://localhost/customer/schedule/appt.do?id=1234, the request directly goes to org.xyz.web.portlets.customer.scheduleappointment.DispatchViewAction. Why does not the request go to org.xyz.web.portlets.customer.scheduleappointment.SelectApptAction?

What am I doing wrong? SHoudn't the requests with URI customer/schedule/appt.do go to the action class SelectApptAction.java? My SelectApptAction.java has a mapping.findForward("success"); statement.

Per my understaing any request to customer/schedule/appt is processed by SelectAppAction.java and forwarded to /customer/schedule/view which is handled by DispatchViwAction.
and


thanks

[Michael Ku]

What evidence do you have that it goes directly to where you say it goes?

[neetu shri]

I have inserted some debugging satements to see the flow.

[Michael Ku]

Please post the 2 actions. remember to use code tags

[Brent Sterling]

I am confused by your mappings. You do not have a class specified for your actions (type). I am not sure what the file struts-actions.xml is used for, but you have what look to be Action classes defined as beans. What version of Struts are you using?

- Brent