Author: husted
Date: Thu Aug 31 15:11:29 2006
New Revision: 439064
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=439064&view=rev
Log:
WW-1349 Update MailReader tour. Conform properties in blank and starter.
Modified:
struts/struts2/trunk/apps/blank/src/main/resources/struts.properties
struts/struts2/trunk/apps/mailreader/src/main/webapp/pages/tour.html
struts/struts2/trunk/apps/starter/src/main/resources/struts.properties
Modified: struts/struts2/trunk/apps/blank/src/main/resources/struts.properties
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/struts/struts2/trunk/apps/blank/src/main/resources/struts.properties?rev=439064&r1=439063&r2=439064&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- struts/struts2/trunk/apps/blank/src/main/resources/struts.properties
(original)
+++ struts/struts2/trunk/apps/blank/src/main/resources/struts.properties Thu
Aug 31 15:11:29 2006
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-struts.objectFactory = spring
struts.devMode = true
+struts.enable.DynamicMethodInvocation = false
Modified: struts/struts2/trunk/apps/mailreader/src/main/webapp/pages/tour.html
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/struts/struts2/trunk/apps/mailreader/src/main/webapp/pages/tour.html?rev=439064&r1=439063&r2=439064&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- struts/struts2/trunk/apps/mailreader/src/main/webapp/pages/tour.html
(original)
+++ struts/struts2/trunk/apps/mailreader/src/main/webapp/pages/tour.html Thu
Aug 31 15:11:29 2006
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
Of course, the full source code to the MailReader is included in the
distribution.
</i>
-
</p>
<p>
@@ -216,8 +215,20 @@
<hr/>
<p>
- Among other things,
- the web.xml specifies the "Welcome File List" for an application.
+ You might note taht the web.xml configuration does not specify which file
extension
+ to use with actions.
+ The default extension for Struts 2 is ".action",
+ but the extension can be changed in the struts.properties file.
+ For compatability with prior releases, the MailReader uses a .do extension
for actions.
+</p>
+
+<hr/>
+<h5>struts.properties</h5>
+<pre><code>struts.action.extension = <strong>do</strong></code></pre>
+<hr/>
+
+<p>
+ The web.xml does specify a "Welcome File List" for the application.
When a web address refers to a directory rather than an individual file,
the container consults the Welcome File List for the name of a page to
open by default.
@@ -251,6 +262,7 @@
page to a certain action mapping.
</p>
+
<p>
Sites can list zero or more "Welcome" pages in the web.xml.
<a href="http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=721445";>
@@ -1263,7 +1275,8 @@
<hr/>
<p>
- You might notice that the name of the Logon action element is not "Logon"
but "Logon!*".
+ You might notice that the name of the Logon action element is not "Logon"
+ but "Logon<strong>!*</strong>".
The asterisk is a special "wildcard" notation that tells the framework to
match any series
of character at this point.
In the method attribute,
@@ -1274,12 +1287,24 @@
</p>
<p>
+ The "trailing bang" notation was hardwired into WebWork 2.
+ To provide backward compatibility,
+ the notation is supported by Struts 2.0.
+ If you prefer to use wildcards to emulate the same notation,
+ as the Mailreader does,
+ you should disable the old notation in the Struts properties file.
+</p>
+
+<hr/>
+<h5>struts.properties</h5>
+<pre><code>struts.enable.DynamicMethodInvocation = false</code></pre>
+<hr/>
+
+<p>
Using wildcards with a exclamation point (or "bang") is not the only way
we can use
- wilcards.
+ wilcards to invoke methods.
If we wanted to use actions like "inputLogin",
we could move the asterisk and use an action name like "*Logon".
- (Albeit, the trailing bang is a common convention,
- adopted from on a similar WebWork 2 feature.)
</p>
<p>
Modified: struts/struts2/trunk/apps/starter/src/main/resources/struts.properties
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/struts/struts2/trunk/apps/starter/src/main/resources/struts.properties?rev=439064&r1=439063&r2=439064&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- struts/struts2/trunk/apps/starter/src/main/resources/struts.properties
(original)
+++ struts/struts2/trunk/apps/starter/src/main/resources/struts.properties Thu
Aug 31 15:11:29 2006
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-struts.objectFactory = spring
struts.devMode = true
+struts.enable.DynamicMethodInvocation = false
