Html:form tag in struts 1.1

[ajay solanki]

I am working on an application which uses Struts 1.1. I have defined a Action class and overridden the execute method. I defined that action into struts-config.xml and set the mapping in web.xml. e.g action path is /newAction.
I used a html:form in jsp page where my action is this action

<html:form name="reportForm" type="com.example.formbean.ReportForm" action="/newAction" >

But when my jsp page renders in browser the action for form tag changes automatic.

<form name="reportForm" method="post" action="/SampleProject">

Here SampleProject is my project name which is deployed on tomcat server. In my jsp I am using Tiles also.

Please help me to find out the issue behind it.

Thanks in advance

[ajay solanki]

Any solution to this behavior. It will be great if someone could respond to this.

Thanks in advance

[Saif Asif]

Hi ,

Try removing the slash "/" from the action name in the html form

Change it to
<html:form name="reportForm" type="com.example.formbean.ReportForm" action="newAction" >

[ajay solanki]

Thank for reply Asif, I have tried that and it is not working in that case also.

Thanks

[Saif Asif]

It still doesn't work. Then I will require some additional information to look into the matter. Kindly provide me your struts-config.xml and your web.xml file. I need to see all mappings.

[ajay solanki]

Hi Asif here are the configurations

Web.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd">
<web-app id="WebApp">
	<display-name>SampleProject</display-name>
	<servlet>
		<servlet-name>ActionServlet</servlet-name>
		<display-name>ActionServlet</display-name>
		<servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class>
		<init-param>
			<param-name>application</param-name>
			<param-value>ApplicationResources</param-value>
		</init-param>
	</servlet>
	<servlet>
		<servlet-name>TestAction</servlet-name>
		<servlet-class>main.TestActionServalet</servlet-class>
	</servlet>
	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>TestAction</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>/Test</url-pattern>
	</servlet-mapping>
	
	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>ActionServlet</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>/newAction</url-pattern>
	</servlet-mapping>
	
	<session-config>
		<session-timeout>60</session-timeout>
	</session-config>
	<mime-mapping>
		<extension>xlsx</extension>
		<mime-type>application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet</mime-type>
	</mime-mapping>
	<welcome-file-list>
		<welcome-file>logon</welcome-file>
	</welcome-file-list>
</web-app>

struts-config.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 1.1//EN"
                               "http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/struts-config_1_1.dtd">
<struts-config>

	<!-- Form Beans -->
	<form-beans>
		<form-bean name="reportForm" type="com.example.formbean.ReportForm" />
	</form-beans>

	<!-- Global Forwards -->
	<global-forwards>
		<forward name="error" path="/jsp/Error.jsp" />
		<forward name="relogin" path="/jsp/ReLogin.jsp" />
	</global-forwards>

	<!-- Action Mappings -->
	<action-mappings>
		<action name="reportForm" scope="request" path="/newAction" type="com.example.report.action.ReportAction">
			<forward name="Success" path="OfficeReport" />
		</action>
	</action-mappings>
	
	 <plug-in className="org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesPlugin" >
        <set-property property="definitions-config" value="/WEB-INF/tiles-defs.xml" />      
        <set-property property="moduleAware" value="true" />
    </plug-in>

</struts-config>

Thanks

[Saif Asif]

I think I found some configuration related issue

In the web.xml you have defined the servlet as follows

<servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>ActionServlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/newAction</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping>

while in the strus-config.xml you have declared the action with the servlet as follows

<action-mappings> <action name="reportForm" scope="request" path="/newAction" type="com.example.report.action.ReportAction"> <forward name="Success" path="OfficeReport" /> </action> </action-mappings>

So , to access the servlet , you have to use the name of the Action , Not the servlet name . Try changing it to this

<html:form name="reportForm" type="com.example.formbean.ReportForm" action="reportForm" >

[ajay solanki]

Hi Asif, correct me if I am wrong,

<action-mappings>    
        <action name="reportForm" scope="request" path="/newAction" type="com.example.report.action.ReportAction">    
            <forward name="Success" path="OfficeReport" />    
        </action>    
    </action-mappings>   

here name is the name of form bean, not the name of action. Action always known by its path. So in that case my form tag seems right.

[ajay solanki]

Please, does someone know the reason behind this issue?

Here I am posting the java file from JSP page.

private boolean _jspx_meth_html_005fform_005f0(PageContext _jspx_page_context)
        throws Throwable
    {
        JspWriter out = _jspx_page_context.getOut();
        FormTag _jspx_th_html_005fform_005f0 = (FormTag)_005fjspx_005ftagPool_005fhtml_005fform_0026_005ftype_005fstyleId_005fstyle_005fonsubmit_005fname_005faction.get(org/apache/struts/taglib/html/FormTag);
        _jspx_th_html_005fform_005f0.setPageContext(_jspx_page_context);
        _jspx_th_html_005fform_005f0.setParent(null);
        _jspx_th_html_005fform_005f0.setStyleId("reportForm");
        _jspx_th_html_005fform_005f0.setName("reportForm");
        _jspx_th_html_005fform_005f0.setType("com.example.report.action.ReportAction");
        _jspx_th_html_005fform_005f0.setStyle("margin:0");
        _jspx_th_html_005fform_005f0.setAction("/newAction");
        int _jspx_eval_html_005fform_005f0 = _jspx_th_html_005fform_005f0.doStartTag();
        int evalDoAfterBody;
        if(_jspx_eval_html_005fform_005f0 != 0)
		....
		....

As you can see my action is being set to the html form, but I have no idea why it show different in my browser.
Please, if someone has encountered this problem or know the solution, help me.

Thanks