Request Handler

[Alan Amin]

Hi,

I have some doubt..

If i am using Struts as MVC in my application..

so every time a request comes, It will be handled by our ActionServlet that is controller ..

if i have my welcome page as welcome.html, whether requesting for this ..
my request will go to Controller ..

Can you give me basic idea about this ..

[Bear Bibeault]

Please be sure to ask Struts questions in the Struts forum. I have moved this post there for you.

[Jimmy Clark]

If i am using Struts as MVC in my application..

Struts is only used for V and C. It does not handle the M.

The Struts ActionServlet is the main part of the Controller. URLS are mapped to this servlet in the web.xml file. See below for example.

   <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>*.xyz</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

if i have my welcome page as welcome.html, whether requesting for this ..my request will go to Controller ..

Only URLS that match the pattern specified in the web.xml file will be handled by the Controller. For the example above, intro.xyz will be handled by Controller. intro.html will not be handled by Controller.

[Alan Amin]

Thanks for your reply...

I want to know how other files will be handled other then action type..

[Jimmy Clark]

Other files than those mapped to the Controller are handled by the web server directly.

A Java servlet is an extension of a Java-based web server.