Struts 1.X Basic Example .Introducing ACTION class

                                                     STRUTS BASIC EXAMPLE

This is the first Example in developing a web application using STRUTS framework.

Objective: Struts basic example .
                     
User Enters enters name as input and the same is to be produced as Output .

Prerequisites : Java 1.6 , Apache Server 6.0 ,Struts Framework

Things you need to aware of :   ACTION class
Application Structure  :
                                           

 Project Name      :            BasicStruts

index.jsp        

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// This is the welcome page loaded on browser when the application is executed

<form action="/BasicStruts/login.do">
<input type="text" name="name">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
</form>

Here When index.jsp is submitted to server then  request is handled by specific action class  which is referred by  " /BasicStruts/login.do ".

So the path   /login.do    is referred in    struts-config.xml  .

WelcomeStruts.jsp           

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// This jsp page presents the output to the user as specified by action class. 

  <%String username= (String) session.getAttribute("username"); %>

Hello <%= username%>..... Welcome to Struts ..

web.xml

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<web-app>
 <servlet>
         <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
           <servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet </servlet-class>
 </servlet>
 <servlet-mapping>
       <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
            <url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>
      </servlet-mapping>
 <welcome-file-list>
        <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
      </welcome-file-list>
</web-app>

web.xml is configured such that every request will come to same servlet   org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet  . 

ActionServlet  serves as FrontController .  

ActionServlet   routes all the requests to the  RequestProcessors

struts-config.xml

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<struts-config>
 <action-mappings>
           <action path="/login" type="org.kmr.struts.MyAction ">
           < forward name="showname" path="/WelcomeStruts.jsp"/>
           </action>
 </action-mappings>
</struts-config>

/login------> It is  the request URL as specified in the jsp file index.jsp

org.kmr.struts.MyAction  ----> It is the Action Class which handles any reuest of the form /login.do

Action Class  ( MyAction.java )

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package org.kmr.struts;

import  org.apache .struts.action.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;

public class MyAction extends Action
{

 public ActionForward execute( ActionMapping am, ActionForm af, HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res)  throws Exception
 {

         String name=req.getParameter("name");
          HttpSession session= req.getSession();
          session.setAttribute("username",name);
          return am.findForward("showname");

 }

}

When the  line  return am.findForward("showname");  is encounterd then  struts-config.xml   is referred 

 at the line   < forward name="showname" path="/WelcomeStruts.jsp"/> ,  so WelcomeStruts.jsp is sent as a response to the browser .