I have set up a basic struts project, but my action forwarding is not working. When the submit button is pressed on the submit.jsp page (all code is below) ablank page appears under the submit.do url - it should be forwarding to the same page with the new javabean info. Any ideas anyone?
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submit.jsp
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<%@ page language="java" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld" prefix="bean" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld" prefix="html" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld" prefix="logic" %>
<html>
<head><title>Submit example</title></head>
<body>
<h3>Example Submit Page</h3>
<html:errors/>
<html:form action="submit.do">
Last Name: <html:text property="lastName"/><br>
Address: <html:textarea property="address"/><br>
Sex: <html:radio property="sex" value="M"/>Male
<html:radio property="sex" value="F"/>Female<br>
Married: <html:checkbox property="married"/><br>
Age: <html:select property="age">
<html
ption value="a">0-19</htmlption>
<htmlption value="b">20-49</htmlption>
<htmlption value="c">50-</htmlption>
</html:select><br>
<html:submit/>
</html:form>
</body>
</html>
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struts-config.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC
"-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 1.2//EN"
"<struts-config>
<!-- ============================================ Data Source Configuration -->
<!-- ================================================ Form Bean Definitions -->
<form-beans>
<form-bean name="submitForm"
type="showcase.SubmitForm"/>
</form-beans>
<!-- ========================================= Global Exception Definitions -->
<global-exceptions>
</global-exceptions>
<!-- =========================================== Global Forward Definitions -->
<global-forwards>
<!-- Default forward to "Welcome" action -->
<!-- Demonstrates using index.jsp to forward -->
<forward
name="welcome"
path="/Welcome.do"/>
</global-forwards>
<!-- =========================================== Action Mapping Definitions -->
<action-mappings>
<!-- Default "Welcome" action -->
<!-- Forwards to Welcome.jsp -->
<action
path="/Welcome"
forward="/Welcome.jsp"/>
<action path="/submit"
type="showcase.SubmitAction"
name="submitForm"
input="/submit.jsp"
scope="request">
<forward name="success" path="/submit.jsp"/>
<forward name="failure" path="/submit.jsp"/>
</action>
</action-mappings>
<!-- ============================================= Controller Configuration -->
<controller
processorClass="org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesRequestProcessor"/>
<!-- ======================================== Message Resources Definitions -->
<message-resources parameter="MessageResources" />
<!-- =============================================== Plug Ins Configuration -->
<!-- ======================================================= Tiles plugin -->
<plug-in className="org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesPlugin" >
<!-- Path to XML definition file -->
<set-property property="definitions-config"
value="/WEB-INF/tiles-defs.xml" />
<!-- Set Module-awareness to true -->
<set-property property="moduleAware" value="true" />
</plug-in>
<!-- =================================================== Validator plugin -->
<plug-in className="org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn">
<set-property
property="pathnames"
value="/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml,/WEB-INF/validation.xml"/>
</plug-in>
</struts-config>
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SubmitAction.java
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package showcase;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import org.apache.struts.action.*;
public final class SubmitAction extends Action {
public ActionForward perform(ActionMapping mapping,
ActionForm form,
HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response) {
SubmitForm f = (SubmitForm) form; // get the form bean
// and take the last name value
String lastName = f.getLastName();
// Translate the name to upper case
//and save it in the request object
request.setAttribute("lastName", lastName.toUpperCase());
// Forward control to the specified success target
return (mapping.findForward("success"));
}
}
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SubmitAction.java
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package showcase;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import org.apache.struts.action.*;
public final class SubmitForm extends ActionForm {
/* Last Name */
private String lastName = "Alfresco"; // default value
public String getLastName() {
return (this.lastName);
}
public void setLastName(String lastName) {
this.lastName = lastName;
}
/* Address */
private String address = null;
public String getAddress() {
return (this.address);
}
public void setAddress(String address) {
this.address = address;
}
/* Sex */
private String sex = null;
public String getSex() {
return (this.sex);
}
public void setSex(String sex) {
this.sex = sex;
}
/* Married status */
private String married = null;
public String getMarried() {
return (this.married);
}
public void setMarried(String married) {
this.married = married;
}
/* Age */
private String age = null;
public String getAge() {
return (this.age);
}
public void setAge(String age) {
this.age = age;
}
}
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submit.jsp
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<%@ page language="java" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld" prefix="bean" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld" prefix="html" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld" prefix="logic" %>
<html>
<head><title>Submit example</title></head>
<body>
<h3>Example Submit Page</h3>
<html:errors/>
<html:form action="submit.do">
Last Name: <html:text property="lastName"/><br>
Address: <html:textarea property="address"/><br>
Sex: <html:radio property="sex" value="M"/>Male
<html:radio property="sex" value="F"/>Female<br>
Married: <html:checkbox property="married"/><br>
Age: <html:select property="age">
<html
ption value="a">0-19</htmlption><html
ption value="b">20-49</htmlption><html
ption value="c">50-</htmlption></html:select><br>
<html:submit/>
</html:form>
</body>
</html>
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struts-config.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC
"-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 1.2//EN"
"<struts-config>
<!-- ============================================ Data Source Configuration -->
<!-- ================================================ Form Bean Definitions -->
<form-beans>
<form-bean name="submitForm"
type="showcase.SubmitForm"/>
</form-beans>
<!-- ========================================= Global Exception Definitions -->
<global-exceptions>
</global-exceptions>
<!-- =========================================== Global Forward Definitions -->
<global-forwards>
<!-- Default forward to "Welcome" action -->
<!-- Demonstrates using index.jsp to forward -->
<forward
name="welcome"
path="/Welcome.do"/>
</global-forwards>
<!-- =========================================== Action Mapping Definitions -->
<action-mappings>
<!-- Default "Welcome" action -->
<!-- Forwards to Welcome.jsp -->
<action
path="/Welcome"
forward="/Welcome.jsp"/>
<action path="/submit"
type="showcase.SubmitAction"
name="submitForm"
input="/submit.jsp"
scope="request">
<forward name="success" path="/submit.jsp"/>
<forward name="failure" path="/submit.jsp"/>
</action>
</action-mappings>
<!-- ============================================= Controller Configuration -->
<controller
processorClass="org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesRequestProcessor"/>
<!-- ======================================== Message Resources Definitions -->
<message-resources parameter="MessageResources" />
<!-- =============================================== Plug Ins Configuration -->
<!-- ======================================================= Tiles plugin -->
<plug-in className="org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesPlugin" >
<!-- Path to XML definition file -->
<set-property property="definitions-config"
value="/WEB-INF/tiles-defs.xml" />
<!-- Set Module-awareness to true -->
<set-property property="moduleAware" value="true" />
</plug-in>
<!-- =================================================== Validator plugin -->
<plug-in className="org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn">
<set-property
property="pathnames"
value="/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml,/WEB-INF/validation.xml"/>
</plug-in>
</struts-config>
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SubmitAction.java
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package showcase;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import org.apache.struts.action.*;
public final class SubmitAction extends Action {
public ActionForward perform(ActionMapping mapping,
ActionForm form,
HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response) {
SubmitForm f = (SubmitForm) form; // get the form bean
// and take the last name value
String lastName = f.getLastName();
// Translate the name to upper case
//and save it in the request object
request.setAttribute("lastName", lastName.toUpperCase());
// Forward control to the specified success target
return (mapping.findForward("success"));
}
}
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SubmitAction.java
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package showcase;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import org.apache.struts.action.*;
public final class SubmitForm extends ActionForm {
/* Last Name */
private String lastName = "Alfresco"; // default value
public String getLastName() {
return (this.lastName);
}
public void setLastName(String lastName) {
this.lastName = lastName;
}
/* Address */
private String address = null;
public String getAddress() {
return (this.address);
}
public void setAddress(String address) {
this.address = address;
}
/* Sex */
private String sex = null;
public String getSex() {
return (this.sex);
}
public void setSex(String sex) {
this.sex = sex;
}
/* Married status */
private String married = null;
public String getMarried() {
return (this.married);
}
public void setMarried(String married) {
this.married = married;
}
/* Age */
private String age = null;
public String getAge() {
return (this.age);
}
public void setAge(String age) {
this.age = age;
}
}