Modified: websites/production/struts/content/getting-started/themes.html ============================================================================== --- websites/production/struts/content/getting-started/themes.html (original) +++ websites/production/struts/content/getting-started/themes.html Sun Apr 2 09:12:56 2017 @@ -125,35 +125,17 @@ <p>The example code for this tutorial, themes, is available for checkout at <a href="https://github.com/apache/struts-examples";>https://github.com/apache/struts-examples</a></p> -<blockquote> - -</blockquote> - -<p>#####Introduction#####</p> +<p><strong>Introduction</strong></p> <p>When you use a Struts 2 tag such as s:select in your web page, the Struts 2 framework generates HTML that styles the appearance and controls the layout of the select control. The style and layout is determined by which Struts 2 theme is set for the tag. Struts 2 comes with three built-in themes: simple, xhtml, and css_xhtml. If you donât specify a theme, then Struts 2 will use the xhtml theme by default.</p> -<table> - <tbody> - <tr> - <td>The <a href="http://struts.apache.org/mail.html";>Struts 2 user mailing list</a>^[http://struts.apache.org/mail.html] is an excellent place to get help. If you are having a problem getting the tutorial example applications to work search the Struts 2 mailing list. If you donât find an answer to your problem, post a question on the mailing list.</td> - </tr> - </tbody> -</table> - -<table> - <tbody> - <tr> - </tr> - </tbody> -</table> +<p>The <a href="http://struts.apache.org/mail.html";>Struts 2 user mailing list</a> is an excellent place to get help. If you are having a problem getting the tutorial example applications to work search the Struts 2 mailing list. If you donât find an answer to your problem, post a question on the mailing list.</p> <p>For example, this Struts 2 select tag:</p> <p><strong>Struts 2 Select Tag</strong></p> -<div class="highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><s:select key="personBean.sport" list="sports" /> - +<div class="highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="nt"><s:select</span> <span class="na">key=</span><span class="s">"personBean.sport"</span> <span class="na">list=</span><span class="s">"sports"</span> <span class="nt">/></span> </code></pre> </div> @@ -161,27 +143,26 @@ <p><strong>HTML Created By Struts 2 Select Tag</strong></p> -<div class="highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><tr> -<td class="tdLabel"> -<label for="save_personBean_sport" class="label">Favorite sport:</label> -</td> -<td> -<select name="personBean.sport" id="save_personBean_sport"> - <option value="football">football</option> - <option value="baseball">baseball</option> - <option value="basketball" selected="selected">basketball</option> -</select> -</td> -</tr> - +<div class="highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="nt"><tr></span> +<span class="nt"><td</span> <span class="na">class=</span><span class="s">"tdLabel"</span><span class="nt">></span> +<span class="nt"><label</span> <span class="na">for=</span><span class="s">"save_personBean_sport"</span> <span class="na">class=</span><span class="s">"label"</span><span class="nt">></span>Favorite sport:<span class="nt"></label></span> +<span class="nt"></td></span> +<span class="nt"><td></span> +<span class="nt"><select</span> <span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"personBean.sport"</span> <span class="na">id=</span><span class="s">"save_personBean_sport"</span><span class="nt">></span> + <span class="nt"><option</span> <span class="na">value=</span><span class="s">"football"</span><span class="nt">></span>football<span class="nt"></option></span> + <span class="nt"><option</span> <span class="na">value=</span><span class="s">"baseball"</span><span class="nt">></span>baseball<span class="nt"></option></span> + <span class="nt"><option</span> <span class="na">value=</span><span class="s">"basketball"</span> <span class="na">selected=</span><span class="s">"selected"</span><span class="nt">></span>basketball<span class="nt"></option></span> +<span class="nt"></select></span> +<span class="nt"></td></span> +<span class="nt"></tr></span> </code></pre> </div> <p>Notice how the HTML generated uses table tags to control the layout of the label and select HTML. There is also a class, tdLabel, applied to the table column where the label tag is rendered. Since no theme was specified for the Struts 2 select tag the default xhmtl theme was used.</p> -<p>#####Specifying The Theme Struts 2 Should Use#####</p> +<p><strong>Specifying The Theme Struts 2 Should Use</strong></p> -<p>The Struts 2 tags have a theme attribute you can use to specify which Struts 2 theme should be used when creating the HTML for that tag. The values for the theme attribute are simple, xhtml, css_xhtml, and ajax. To learn more about these themes visit <em>Themes and Templates Documentation</em> . This tutorial will review the xhtml, css_xhtml, and the simple themes. The ajax theme is a special theme used for ajax operations (see <em>Ajax Theme in the documentation</em> ).</p> +<p>The Struts 2 tags have a theme attribute you can use to specify which Struts 2 theme should be used when creating the HTML for that tag. The values for the theme attribute are simple, xhtml, css_xhtml, and ajax. To learn more about these themes visit <a href="//struts.apache.org/docs/themes-and-templates.html">Themes and Templates Documentation</a> . This tutorial will review the xhtml, css_xhtml, and the simple themes. The ajax theme is a special theme used for ajax operations (see <a href="http://struts.apache.org/docs/ajax-theme.html";>Ajax Theme in the documentation</a> ).</p> <p>You can specify the theme on a per Struts 2 tag basis or you can use one of the following methods to specify what theme Struts 2 should use:</p> @@ -205,11 +186,11 @@ <p>The application-scoped attribute named âthemeâ</p> </li> <li> - <p>The struts.ui.theme property in struts.properties (defaults to xhtml)</p> + <p>The <code class="highlighter-rouge">struts.ui.theme</code> property in <code class="highlighter-rouge">struts.properties</code> (defaults to xhtml)</p> </li> </ol> -<p>Consult <em>Selecting Themes</em> for how to set the theme using the above approaches.</p> +<p>Consult <a href="//struts.apache.org/docs/selecting-themes.html">Selecting Themes</a> for how to set the theme using the above approaches.</p> <p>In the example application, examine edit.jsp. The theme attribute of the form tag is set to xhtml. Run the application (see the readme.txt file) and view the source for edit.jsp after it is rendered in your browser. You should see the form HTML tags layout controlled by table tags.</p> @@ -217,41 +198,39 @@ <p>Change the theme to css_xhtml for the formâs theme attribute and redeploy the application. Examine the source for edit.jsp after it is rendered in the browser. The layout of the form tags is now controlled by div tags and the label tags are back.</p> -<p>#####Specifying The CSS Used By The Struts 2 Tag#####</p> +<p><strong>Specifying The CSS Used By The Struts 2 Tag</strong></p> -<p>Change the theme attribute for the form tag back to xhtml. Notice when you view the source of edit.jsp after it is rendered in the browser that there is a class named tdLabel applied to the table column that contains the label. This CSS class controls the position of the label in the table column. The tdLabel style is defined in /themes/struts/xhtml/styles.css. The link to this style sheet was included in edit.jspâs head section when you add the s:head tag to edit.jsp.</p> +<p>Change the theme attribute for the form tag back to xhtml. Notice when you view the source of edit.jsp after it is rendered in the browser that there is a class named tdLabel applied to the table column that contains the label. This CSS class controls the position of the label in the table column. The tdLabel style is defined in /themes/struts/xhtml/styles.css. The link to this style sheet was included in edit.jspâs head section when you add the <code class="highlighter-rouge">s:head</code> tag to <code class="highlighter-rouge">edit.jsp</code>.</p> <p>Load this style sheet in your browser (in the example application the link is <a href="http://localhost:8080/themes/struts/xhtml/styles.css";>http://localhost:8080/themes/struts/xhtml/styles.css</a> if your Servlet container is running on localhost, port 8080). Youâll see the following:</p> <p><strong>styles.css</strong></p> -<div class="highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code>.label {font-style:italic; } -.errorLabel {font-style:italic; color:red; } -.errorMessage {font-weight:bold; color:red; } -.checkboxLabel {} -.checkboxErrorLabel {color:red; } -.required {color:red;} -.tdLabel {text-align:right; vertical-align:top; } - +<div class="highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="nc">.label</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">font-style</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">italic</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span> +<span class="nc">.errorLabel</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">font-style</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">italic</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nl">color</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="no">red</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span> +<span class="nc">.errorMessage</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">font-weight</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">bold</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nl">color</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="no">red</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span> +<span class="nc">.checkboxLabel</span> <span class="p">{}</span> +<span class="nc">.checkboxErrorLabel</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">color</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="no">red</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span> +<span class="nc">.required</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">color</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="no">red</span><span class="p">;}</span> +<span class="nc">.tdLabel</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">text-align</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">right</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nl">vertical-align</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">top</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span> </code></pre> </div> <p>So the .label selector renders the label tagâs text in italic. The .tdLabel tag specifies that the text should align to the right and top of the table column.</p> -<p>You can override the above selectors by including the same selectors in your pageâs head section. For example add the following to the head section of edit.jsp.</p> +<p>You can override the above selectors by including the same selectors in your pageâs head section. For example add the following to the head section of <code class="highlighter-rouge">edit.jsp</code>.</p> <p><strong>Override Label Style</strong></p> -<div class="highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><style type="text/css"> - .label {color:blue; font-style:normal; font-weight:bold} -</style> - +<div class="highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="nt"><style </span><span class="na">type=</span><span class="s">"text/css"</span><span class="nt">></span> + <span class="nc">.label</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">color</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="no">blue</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nl">font-style</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">normal</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nl">font-weight</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">bold</span><span class="p">}</span> +<span class="nt"></style></span> </code></pre> </div> <p>Now the label tag will render the text in blue, bold, normal (not italics) style.</p> -<p>#####Creating And Applying Your Own Themes For Struts 2 Tags#####</p> +<p><strong>Creating And Applying Your Own Themes For Struts 2 Tags</strong></p> <p>The theme templates (simple, xhtml, css_xhtml) can be found in the Struts 2 core jar file. If you expand (extract the files) the Struts 2 core jar file youâll find folders named template.css_xhtml, template.simple, and template.xhtml. Those folders contain the templates for the three default Struts 2 themes. In each folder is a file for each Struts 2 tag. For example if you expand the template.xhtml folder youâll see the select.ftl file.</p> @@ -261,55 +240,38 @@ <p>Letâs say we wanted to create our own theme that will change how the Struts 2 checkboxlist tag displays the checkboxes and their labels.</p> -<p>In the example application Iâve extended the default XHMTL theme (see file theme.properties under src/main/resources/template/KUTheme).  The checkboxlist.ftl theme that is part of the XHTML theme only includes a space between each label and the next checkbox (see checkboxlist.ftl in the template/simple folder in Struts 2 core). That is why all the checkboxes are displayed across the width of the browser window. For my custom checkboxlist theme I want to have a break tag after each label tag so that each checkbox and its label will be on their own line.</p> +<p>In the example application Iâve extended the default XHMTL theme (see file <code class="highlighter-rouge">theme.properties</code> under src/main/resources/template/KUTheme).  The checkboxlist.ftl theme that is part of the XHTML theme only includes a space between each label and the next checkbox (see checkboxlist.ftl in the template/simple folder in Struts 2 core). That is why all the checkboxes are displayed across the width of the browser window. For my custom checkboxlist theme I want to have a break tag after each label tag so that each checkbox and its label will be on their own line.</p> <p>In the example application there is a folder named src/main/resources/template/KUTheme. In that folder is a checkboxlist.ftl, the contents of which I originally copied from the checkboxlist.ftl that is in the templates.xhtml folder from the struts 2 core jar.</p> -<p>I then modified the checkboxlist.ftl in the KUTheme folder to be:</p> +<p>I then modified the <code class="highlighter-rouge">checkboxlist.ftl</code> in the KUTheme folder to be:</p> <p><strong>Modified checkboxlist.ftl</strong></p> -<div class="highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/${parameters.expandTheme}/controlheader.ftl" /> +<pre><code class="language-ftl"><#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/${parameters.expandTheme}/controlheader.ftl" /> <#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/KUTheme_simple/checkboxlist.ftl" /> <#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/${parameters.expandTheme}/controlfooter.ftl" /><#nt/> - </code></pre> -</div> <p>Be sure to note the change to the second lineâusing KUTheme_simple in the path.</p> -<p>Then in the example application I created a KUTheme_simple folder under</p> - -<div class="highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code>src/main/resources/template -</code></pre> -</div> -<p>(optionally you can place it under</p> - -<div class="highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code>webapp -</code></pre> -</div> -<p>, e.g.</p> - -<div class="highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code>src/main/webapp/template -</code></pre> -</div> -<p>). In that folder I created checkboxlist.ftl and copied the contents from template.simple checkboxlist.ftl (again found in the Struts 2 core jar). After copying the contents to checkboxlist.ftl that is in KUTheme_simple folder, I modified checkboxlist.ftl so that the label tag has a style of red bold text and I added a break tag after each label so that each check box and label will be on its own line.</p> +<p>Then in the example application I created a KUTheme_simple folder under <code class="highlighter-rouge">src/main/resources/template</code> (optionally you can place it under <code class="highlighter-rouge">webapp</code>, e.g. <code class="highlighter-rouge">src/main/webapp/template</code> ). In that folder I created checkboxlist.ftl and copied the contents from <code class="highlighter-rouge">template.simple</code> <code class="highlighter-rouge">checkboxlist.ftl</code> (again found in the Struts 2 core jar). After copying the contents to checkboxlist.ftl that is in KUTheme_simple folder, I modified checkboxlist.ftl so that the label tag has a style of red bold text and I added a break tag after each label so that each check box and label will be on its own line.</p> -<p>Since the XHTML theme is the default theme and I have a theme.properties file defined with parent = xhtml, the KUTheme will inherit all the themes from xhmtl exempt for the theme for the checkboxlist tag since my KUTheme includes a definition for that tagâs layout.  In the struts.xml file (src/main/resources) you will see that the Iâve specified the default theme to be KUTheme.</p> +<p>Since the XHTML theme is the default theme and I have a theme.properties file defined with parent = xhtml, the KUTheme will inherit all the themes from xhmtl exempt for the theme for the checkboxlist tag since my KUTheme includes a definition for that tagâs layout.  In the <code class="highlighter-rouge">struts.xml</code> file (src/main/resources) you will see that the Iâve specified the default theme to be KUTheme.</p> -<p>In the deployed web application, Struts 2 will first look for a tagâs template on the applicationâs class path and if it doesnât find the template there it will use the default template that is part of the Struts 2 core jar. Since weâve added a template folder to the applicationâs web root, now when Struts 2 creates the HTML to display the checkboxlist tag it will use the template that is in the KUTheme folder (which tells it to use the checkboxlist.ftl file that is in the KUTheme_simple folder instead of the one in the template.simple folder that is part of the Struts 2 core Jar).</p> +<p>In the deployed web application, Struts 2 will first look for a tagâs template on the applicationâs class path and if it doesnât find the template there it will use the default template that is part of the Struts 2 core jar. Since weâve added a template folder to the applicationâs web root, now when Struts 2 creates the HTML to display the checkboxlist tag it will use the template that is in the KUTheme folder (which tells it to use the <code class="highlighter-rouge">checkboxlist.ftl</code> file that is in the KUTheme_simple folder instead of the one in the <code class="highlighter-rouge">template.simple</code> folder that is part of the Struts 2 core Jar).</p> <p>After redeploying the application the check boxes for the Car Models Owned should appear like:</p> <p><img src="attachments/att23527657_Screen shot 2010-09-11 at 12.37.12 PM.png" alt="Screen shot 2010-09-11 at 12.37.12 PM.png" /></p> -<p>#####Summary#####</p> +<p><strong>Summary</strong></p> -<p>You can easily override the default theme used by Struts 2 to control the appearance and layout of a Struts 2 tag. Each Struts 2 tag has an associated template file (e.g. select.ftl) that is in a folder named after the theme (e.g. xhtml). By default the Struts framework will look in the Struts 2 core Jar file for the theme folder and templates. However, if you include your own theme folder (e.g. KUTheme) under webapp/template (or WebContent/template in the Ant version) and specify that folder name (e.g. KUTheme) as the value for the theme attribute, then the Struts 2 framework will look in that theme folder for the tagâs template.</p> +<p>You can easily override the default theme used by Struts 2 to control the appearance and layout of a Struts 2 tag. Each Struts 2 tag has an associated template file (e.g. <code class="highlighter-rouge">select.ftl</code>) that is in a folder named after the theme (e.g. xhtml). By default the Struts framework will look in the Struts 2 core Jar file for the theme folder and templates. However, if you include your own theme folder (e.g. KUTheme) under webapp/template (or WebContent/template in the Ant version) and specify that folder name (e.g. KUTheme) as the value for the theme attribute, then the Struts 2 framework will look in that theme folder for the tagâs template.</p> -<p>To learn more about how to use the Struts 2 themes and how you can override them, visit <em>Themes and Templates Documentation</em> .</p> +<p>To learn more about how to use the Struts 2 themes and how you can override them, visit <a href="//struts.apache.org/docs/themes-and-templates.html">Themes and Templates Documentation</a> .</p> </section> </article>
Modified: websites/production/struts/content/getting-started/wildcard-method-selection.html ============================================================================== --- websites/production/struts/content/getting-started/wildcard-method-selection.html (original) +++ websites/production/struts/content/getting-started/wildcard-method-selection.html Sun Apr 2 09:12:56 2017 @@ -125,71 +125,50 @@ <p>The example code for this tutorial, wildcard_method_selection, is available for checkout at <a href="https://github.com/apache/struts-examples";>https://github.com/apache/struts-examples</a></p> -<blockquote> - -</blockquote> - -<p>#####Introduction#####</p> +<p><strong>Introduction</strong></p> <p>In this tutorial weâll cover how to configure an action node in the struts.xml configuration file so that one action node can be used to relate several different Action URLs to specific methods of the Action class. This will reduce the number of action nodes we must write in the struts.xml configuration file.</p> -<table> - <tbody> - <tr> - <td>The <a href="http://struts.apache.org/mail.html";>Struts 2 user mailing list</a>^[http://struts.apache.org/mail.html] is an excellent place to get help. If you are having a problem getting the tutorial example applications to work search the Struts 2 mailing list. If you donât find an answer to your problem, post a question on the mailing list.</td> - </tr> - </tbody> -</table> - -<table> - <tbody> - <tr> - </tr> - </tbody> -</table> +<p>The <a href="http://struts.apache.org/mail.html";>Struts 2 user mailing list</a> is an excellent place to get help. If you are having a problem getting the tutorial example applications to work search the Struts 2 mailing list. If you donât find an answer to your problem, post a question on the mailing list.</p> -<p>#####Example Application#####</p> +<p><strong>Example Application</strong></p> <p><img src="attachments/att21921805_Screen shot 2010-05-30 at 8.51.40 AM.png" alt="Screen shot 2010-05-30 at 8.51.40 AM.png" /></p> -<p>The example application that supports this tutorial shows how to use Struts 2âs wildcard method selection methodology. The example application is just a simple one that lists some people and lets you edit them, delete them, and add a new person to the list. Everything that the application needs to do with a Person (the model class) is controlled by the Struts 2 ActionSupport class PersonAction. The PersonAction class has several different methods (e.g. create, edit, delete) that are called depending on what the user wants to do.</p> +<p>The example application that supports this tutorial shows how to use Struts 2âs wildcard method selection methodology. The example application is just a simple one that lists some people and lets you edit them, delete them, and add a new person to the list. Everything that the application needs to do with a <code class="highlighter-rouge">Person</code> (the model class) is controlled by the Struts 2 <code class="highlighter-rouge">ActionSupport</code> class <code class="highlighter-rouge">PersonAction</code>. The <code class="highlighter-rouge">PersonAction</code> class has several different methods (e.g. create, edit, delete) that are called depending on what the user wants to do.</p> -<p>#####Wildcard Method Selection#####</p> +<p><strong>Wildcard Method Selection</strong></p> <p>Without using the wildcard method selection technique, Iâd have to write an action mapping node in the Struts 2 configuration file for each separate action Iâd want to call. For example:</p> <p><strong>Struts.xml Action Configuration</strong></p> -<div class="highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><action name="createPerson" class="org.apache.struts.tutorials.wildcardmethod.action.PersonAction" method="create"> - <result name="input">input.jsp</result> - <result name="success">view.jsp</result> -</action> - -<action name="editPerson" class="org.apache.struts.tutorials.wildcardmethod.action.PersonAction" method="edit"> - <result name="input">input.jsp</result> - <result name="success">view.jsp</result> -</action> - - +<div class="highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="nt"><action</span> <span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"createPerson"</span> <span class="na">class=</span><span class="s">"org.apache.struts.tutorials.wildcardmethod.action.PersonAction"</span> <span class="na">method=</span><span class="s">"create"</span><span class="nt">></span> + <span class="nt"><result</span> <span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"input"</span><span class="nt">></span>input.jsp<span class="nt"></result></span> + <span class="nt"><result</span> <span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"success"</span><span class="nt">></span>view.jsp<span class="nt"></result></span> +<span class="nt"></action></span> + +<span class="nt"><action</span> <span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"editPerson"</span> <span class="na">class=</span><span class="s">"org.apache.struts.tutorials.wildcardmethod.action.PersonAction"</span> <span class="na">method=</span><span class="s">"edit"</span><span class="nt">></span> + <span class="nt"><result</span> <span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"input"</span><span class="nt">></span>input.jsp<span class="nt"></result></span> + <span class="nt"><result</span> <span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"success"</span><span class="nt">></span>view.jsp<span class="nt"></result></span> +<span class="nt"></action></span> </code></pre> </div> <p>So even for this simple application, Iâd have to write four separate action mapping nodes (create, edit, delete, saveOrUpdate) in the configuration file. So you can easily see that a more complex application can have dozens of action mapping nodes.</p> -<p>To implement the wildcard method selection technique to enable the Struts 2 framework to dynamically select the correct method to call at runtime you just need to use the wildcard character, *, in your name value and an attribute value place holder ( {1} ) for the method value. For example:</p> +<p>To implement the wildcard method selection technique to enable the Struts 2 framework to dynamically select the correct method to call at runtime you just need to use the wildcard character, *, in your name value and an attribute value place holder ( <code class="highlighter-rouge"><span class="p">{</span><span class="err">1</span><span class="p">}</span></code> ) for the method value. For example:</p> <p><strong>Struts.xml Action Configuration Using Wildcard Method Selection</strong></p> -<div class="highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><action name="*Person" class="org.apache.struts.tutorials.wildcardmethod.action.PersonAction" method="{1}"> - <result name="success">view.jsp</result> - <result name="input">input.jsp</result> -</action> - - +<div class="highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="nt"><action</span> <span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"*Person"</span> <span class="na">class=</span><span class="s">"org.apache.struts.tutorials.wildcardmethod.action.PersonAction"</span> <span class="na">method=</span><span class="s">"{1}"</span><span class="nt">></span> + <span class="nt"><result</span> <span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"success"</span><span class="nt">></span>view.jsp<span class="nt"></result></span> + <span class="nt"><result</span> <span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"input"</span><span class="nt">></span>input.jsp<span class="nt"></result></span> +<span class="nt"></action></span> </code></pre> </div> -<p>The * is the wildcard character. Any action name values that end in âPersonâ will be handled by this action mapping. Whatever value is before âPersonâ will be the value used for the method attribute (the {1} place holder will be replaced with that value). For example this URL:</p> +<p>The <code class="highlighter-rouge">*</code> is the wildcard character. Any action name values that end in âPersonâ will be handled by this action mapping. Whatever value is before âPersonâ will be the value used for the method attribute (the <code class="highlighter-rouge"><span class="p">{</span><span class="err">1</span><span class="p">}</span></code> place holder will be replaced with that value). For example this URL:</p> <p><a href="http://localhost:8080/wildcard-method-selection/createPerson.action";>http://localhost:8080/wildcard-method-selection/createPerson.action</a></p> @@ -197,21 +176,21 @@ <p><a href="http://localhost:8080/wildcard-method-selection/deletePerson.action";>http://localhost:8080/wildcard-method-selection/deletePerson.action</a></p> -<p>will cause the delete method of class PersonAction to be called.</p> +<p>will cause the delete method of class <code class="highlighter-rouge">PersonAction</code> to be called.</p> <p>What happens if we have a URL with nothing in front of Person? For example:</p> <p><a href="http://localhost:8080/wildcard-method-selection/Person.action";>http://localhost:8080/wildcard-method-selection/Person.action</a></p> -<p>If there is no value in front of Person, then the Struts 2 framework will call the execute method of the class PersonAction.</p> +<p>If there is no value in front of Person, then the Struts 2 framework will call the execute method of the class <code class="highlighter-rouge">PersonAction</code>.</p> -<p>#####Dynamic Method Invocation#####</p> +<p><strong>Dynamic Method Invocation</strong></p> -<p>The wildcard method selection technique explained above should not be confused with the âDynamic Method Invocationâ technique. The Struts 2 documentation explains this technique (which uses the bang, !, operator in the action name) and recommends against using the âDynamic Method Invocationâ technique due to security and other reasons related to how this technique is implemented internally.</p> +<p>The wildcard method selection technique explained above should not be confused with the âDynamic Method Invocationâ technique. The Struts 2 documentation explains this technique (which uses the bang, <code class="highlighter-rouge">!</code>, operator in the action name) and recommends against using the âDynamic Method Invocationâ technique due to security and other reasons related to how this technique is implemented internally.</p> -<p>The Struts 2 documentation also recommends turning off the option to use the dynamic method invocation by setting struts.enable.DynamicMethodInvocation to FALSE in the Struts configuration.</p> +<p>The Struts 2 documentation also recommends turning off the option to use the dynamic method invocation by setting <code class="highlighter-rouge">struts.enable.DynamicMethodInvocation</code> to <code class="highlighter-rouge">FALSE</code> in the Struts configuration.</p> -<p>#####Summary#####</p> +<p><strong>Summary</strong></p> <p>By using the wildcard method selection technique explained above, you can significantly reduce the number of action mapping nodes you need to write and manage in the Struts 2 XML configuration file.</p>
