com.mockrunner.struts
Class ActionTestModule

java.lang.Object
  com.mockrunner.base.WebTestModule
      com.mockrunner.base.HTMLOutputModule
          com.mockrunner.struts.ActionTestModule

public class ActionTestModule
extends HTMLOutputModule

Module for Struts action tests. Simulates Struts without reading the struts-config.xml file. Per default this class does everything like Struts when calling an action but you can change the behaviour (e.g. disable form population). Please note: If your action throws an exception and an exception handler is registered (use addExceptionHandler(com.mockrunner.struts.ExceptionHandlerConfig)), the handler will be called to handle the exception. Otherwise the exception will be rethrown as NestedApplicationException.

Constructor Summary

ActionTestModule(ActionMockObjectFactory mockFactory)

Method Summary

org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward	actionPerform(org.apache.struts.action.Action action) Calls the specified action using no ActionForm.
org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward	actionPerform(org.apache.struts.action.Action action, org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm form) Calls the specified action using the specified ActionForm object.
org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward	actionPerform(org.apache.struts.action.Action action, java.lang.Class form) Calls the specified action using the ActionForm of the specified type.
org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward	actionPerform(java.lang.Class action) Calls the action of the specified type using no ActionForm.
org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward	actionPerform(java.lang.Class action, org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm form) Calls the action of the specified type using the specified ActionForm object.
org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward	actionPerform(java.lang.Class action, java.lang.Class form) Calls the action of the specified type using the ActionForm of the specified type.
void	addExceptionHandler(ExceptionHandlerConfig handler) Registers an exception handler.
java.lang.String	addMappedPropertyRequestPrefix(java.lang.String property) Convenience method for map backed properties.
org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm	createActionForm(java.lang.Class form) Creates a new ActionForm object of the specified type and sets it as the current ActionForm.
org.apache.struts.action.DynaActionForm	createDynaActionForm(org.apache.struts.config.FormBeanConfig formConfig) Creates a new DynaActionForm based on the specified form config and sets it as the current ActionForm.
org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorResources	createValidatorResources(java.lang.String[] resourcesFiles) Creates a valid ValidatorResources object based on the specified config files.
void	generateValidToken() Generates a token and sets it to the session and the request.
org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessage	getActionErrorByKey(java.lang.String errorKey) Returns the action error with the specified key or null if such an error does not exist.
org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages	getActionErrors() Get the currently present action errors.
org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages	getActionErrorsFromRequest() Get the currently present action errors from the request.
org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages	getActionErrorsFromSession() Get the currently present action errors from the session.
org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm	getActionForm() Returns the current ActionForm.
MockActionForward	getActionForward() Returns the current ActionForward.
org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping	getActionMapping() Delegates to ActionMockObjectFactory.getActionMapping().
org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessage	getActionMessageByKey(java.lang.String messageKey) Returns the action message with the specified key or null if such a message does not exist.
org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages	getActionMessages() Get the currently present action messages.
org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages	getActionMessagesFromRequest() Get the currently present action messages from the request.
org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages	getActionMessagesFromSession() Get the currently present action messages from the session.
org.apache.struts.action.Action	getLastAction() Returns the last tested Action object.
MockActionMapping	getMockActionMapping() Delegates to ActionMockObjectFactory.getMockActionMapping().
MockPageContext	getMockPageContext() Returns the MockPageContext object.
java.lang.String	getOutput() Returns the HTML output as a string (if the action creates HTML output).
boolean	hasActionErrors() Returns if action errors are present.
boolean	hasActionMessages() Returns if action messages are present.
void	populateRequestToForm() Populates the current request parameters to the ActionForm.
void	setActionErrors(org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages errors) Sets the specified ActionErrors object as the currently present errors to the request.
void	setActionErrorsToSession(org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages errors) Sets the specified ActionErrors object as the currently present errors to the session.
void	setActionForm(org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm formObj) Sets the specified ActionForm object as the current ActionForm.
void	setActionMessages(org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages messages) Sets the specified ActionMessages object as the currently present messages to the request.
void	setActionMessagesToSession(org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages messages) Sets the specified ActionMessages object as the currently present messages to the session.
void	setDataSource(javax.sql.DataSource dataSource) Sets the specified DataSource.
void	setDataSource(java.lang.String key, javax.sql.DataSource dataSource) Sets the specified DataSource.
void	setDoPopulate(boolean doPopulate) Set if the form should be populated with the request parameters before calling the action.
void	setErrorAttributeKey(java.lang.String errorAttributeKey) Name of the key under which errors are stored.
void	setInput(java.lang.String input) Sets the input attribute.
void	setLocale(java.util.Locale locale) Sets the specified locale as a session attribute using Globals.LOCALE_KEY as the key.
void	setMessageAttributeKey(java.lang.String messageAttributeKey) Name of the key under which messages are stored.
void	setParameter(java.lang.String parameter) Sets the parameter by calling ActionMapping.setParameter on the action mapping returned by getActionMapping().
void	setRecognizeMessagesInSession(boolean recognizeInSession) Set if messages that are saved to the session (instead of the request) should be recognized.
void	setReset(boolean reset) Set if the reset method should be called before populating a form with populateRequestToForm().
void	setResources(org.apache.struts.util.MessageResources resources) Sets the specified messages resources as a request attribute using Globals.MESSAGES_KEY as the key.
void	setResources(java.lang.String key, org.apache.struts.util.MessageResources resources) Sets the specified messages resources as a servlet context attribute using the specified key and the module config prefix.
void	setValidate(boolean validate) Sets if form validation should be performed before calling the action.
void	setValidatorResources(org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorResources validatorResources) Sets the specified ValidatorResources.
void	verifyActionErrorNotPresent(java.lang.String errorKey) Verifies that an action error with the specified key is not present.
void	verifyActionErrorPresent(java.lang.String errorKey) Verifies that an action error with the specified key is present.
void	verifyActionErrorProperty(java.lang.String errorKey, java.lang.String property) Verifies that the specified error is stored for the specified property.
void	verifyActionErrors(java.lang.String[] errorKeys) Verifies that the specified action errors are present.
void	verifyActionErrorValue(java.lang.String errorKey, java.lang.Object value) Verifies the value of the action error with the specified key.
void	verifyActionErrorValues(java.lang.String errorKey, java.lang.Object[] values) Verifies the values of the action error with the specified key.
void	verifyActionMessageNotPresent(java.lang.String messageKey) Verifies that an action message with the specified key is not present.
void	verifyActionMessagePresent(java.lang.String messageKey) Verifies that an action message with the specified key is present.
void	verifyActionMessageProperty(java.lang.String messageKey, java.lang.String property) Verifies that the specified message is stored for the specified property.
void	verifyActionMessages(java.lang.String[] messageKeys) Verifies that the specified action messages are present.
void	verifyActionMessageValue(java.lang.String messageKey, java.lang.Object value) Verifies the value of the action message with the specified key.
void	verifyActionMessageValues(java.lang.String messageKey, java.lang.Object[] values) Verifies the values of the action message with the specified key.
void	verifyForward(java.lang.String path) Verifies the forward path returned by the action.
void	verifyForwardName(java.lang.String name) Verifies the forward name returned by the action.
void	verifyHasActionErrors() Verifies that there are action errors present.
void	verifyHasActionMessages() Verifies that there are action messages present.
void	verifyNoActionErrors() Verifies that there are no action errors present.
void	verifyNoActionMessages() Verifies that there are no action messages present.
void	verifyNumberActionErrors(int number) Verifies the number of action errors.
void	verifyNumberActionMessages(int number) Verifies the number of action messages.
void	verifyRedirect(boolean redirect) Verifies the redirect attribute.

Methods inherited from class com.mockrunner.base.HTMLOutputModule

getOutputAsBufferedReader, getOutputAsJDOMDocument, getOutputAsW3CDocument, getOutputAsWellformedXML, setCaseSensitive, verifyOutput, verifyOutputContains, verifyOutputRegularExpression

Methods inherited from class com.mockrunner.base.WebTestModule

addRequestParameter, addRequestParameter, addRequestParameter, getRequestAttribute, getRequestParameter, getSessionAttribute, setRequestAttribute, setSessionAttribute

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ActionTestModule

public ActionTestModule(ActionMockObjectFactory mockFactory)

Method Detail

setReset

public void setReset(boolean reset)

Set if the reset method should be called before populating a form with populateRequestToForm(). Default is true which is the standard Struts behaviour.

Parameters:

reset - should reset be called

setDoPopulate

public void setDoPopulate(boolean doPopulate)

Set if the form should be populated with the request parameters before calling the action. Default is true which is the standard Struts behaviour.

Parameters:

doPopulate - should population be performed

setRecognizeMessagesInSession

public void setRecognizeMessagesInSession(boolean recognizeInSession)

Set if messages that are saved to the session (instead of the request) should be recognized. Default is true.

Parameters:

recognizeInSession - should messages in the session be recognized

setMessageAttributeKey

public void setMessageAttributeKey(java.lang.String messageAttributeKey)

Name of the key under which messages are stored. Default is Globals.MESSAGE_KEY.

Parameters:

messageAttributeKey - the message key

setErrorAttributeKey

public void setErrorAttributeKey(java.lang.String errorAttributeKey)

Name of the key under which errors are stored. Default is Globals.ERROR_KEY.

Parameters:

errorAttributeKey - the message key

addMappedPropertyRequestPrefix

public java.lang.String addMappedPropertyRequestPrefix(java.lang.String property)

Convenience method for map backed properties. Creates a String value(property).

Parameters:

property - the property

Returns:

the String in map backed propery style

setParameter

public void setParameter(java.lang.String parameter)

Sets the parameter by calling ActionMapping.setParameter on the action mapping returned by getActionMapping(). You can test your Actions with different parameter settings in the same test method.

Parameters:

parameter - the parameter

setValidate

public void setValidate(boolean validate)

Sets if form validation should be performed before calling the action. Calls ActionMapping.setValidate on the action mapping returned by getActionMapping(). Default is false.

Parameters:

validate - should validation be performed

setInput

public void setInput(java.lang.String input)

Sets the input attribute. If form validation fails, the input attribute can be verified with verifyForward(java.lang.String). Calls ActionMapping.setInput on the action mapping returned by getActionMapping().

Parameters:

input - the input attribute

addExceptionHandler

public void addExceptionHandler(ExceptionHandlerConfig handler)

Registers an exception handler. The exception handler will be called if an action throws an exception. Usually, you will pass an instance of DefaultExceptionHandlerConfig to this method. DefaultExceptionHandlerConfig relies on Struts ExceptionHandler classes. In special cases, you may add own implementations of ExceptionHandlerConfig, that may be independent from the Struts exception handling mechanism. If no matching handler is registered, the exception will be rethrown as NestedApplicationException.

Parameters:

handler - the exception handler

setResources

public void setResources(org.apache.struts.util.MessageResources resources)

Sets the specified messages resources as a request attribute using Globals.MESSAGES_KEY as the key. You can use this method, if your action calls Action.getResources(HttpServletRequest). The deprecated method Action.getResources() takes the resources from the servlet context with the same key. If your action uses this method, you have to set the resources manually to the servlet context.

Parameters:

resources - the messages resources

setResources

public void setResources(java.lang.String key,
                         org.apache.struts.util.MessageResources resources)

Sets the specified messages resources as a servlet context attribute using the specified key and the module config prefix. You can use this method, if your action calls Action.getResources(HttpServletRequest, String). Please note that the MockModuleConfig is set by Mockrunner as the current module. It has the name testmodule. This can be changed with ModuleConfig.setPrefix.

Parameters:

key - the key of the messages resources

resources - the messages resources

setDataSource

public void setDataSource(javax.sql.DataSource dataSource)

Sets the specified DataSource. You can use this method, if your action calls Action.getDataSource(HttpServletRequest).

Parameters:

dataSource - DataSource

setDataSource

public void setDataSource(java.lang.String key,
                          javax.sql.DataSource dataSource)

Sets the specified DataSource. You can use this method, if your action calls Action.getDataSource(HttpServletRequest, String).

Parameters:

key - the key of the DataSource

dataSource - DataSource

setLocale

public void setLocale(java.util.Locale locale)

Sets the specified locale as a session attribute using Globals.LOCALE_KEY as the key. You can use this method, if your action calls Action.getLocale(HttpServletRequest).

Parameters:

locale - the locale

createValidatorResources

public org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorResources createValidatorResources(java.lang.String[] resourcesFiles)

Creates a valid ValidatorResources object based on the specified config files. Since the parsing of the files is time consuming, it makes sense to cache the result. You can set the returned ValidatorResources object with setValidatorResources(org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorResources). It is then used in all validations.

Parameters:

resourcesFiles - the array of config files

setValidatorResources

public void setValidatorResources(org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorResources validatorResources)

Sets the specified ValidatorResources. The easiest way to create ValidatorResources is the method createValidatorResources(java.lang.String[]).

Parameters:

validatorResources - the ValidatorResources

verifyForward

public void verifyForward(java.lang.String path)

Verifies the forward path returned by the action. If your action uses mapping.findForward("success") to find the forward, you can use this method or verifyForwardName(java.lang.String) to test the success forward name. If your action creates an ActionForward on its own you can use this method to verify the forward path.

Parameters:

path - the expected path

Throws:

VerifyFailedException - if verification fails

verifyForwardName

public void verifyForwardName(java.lang.String name)

Verifies the forward name returned by the action. If your action uses mapping.findForward("success") to find the forward, you can use this method or verifyForward(java.lang.String) to test the success forward name. If your action creates an ActionForward on its own you can use this method to verify the forward name.

Parameters:

name - the expected name

Throws:

VerifyFailedException - if verification fails

verifyRedirect

public void verifyRedirect(boolean redirect)

Verifies the redirect attribute.

Parameters:

redirect - the expected redirect attribute

Throws:

VerifyFailedException - if verification fails

verifyNoActionErrors

public void verifyNoActionErrors()

Verifies that there are no action errors present.

Throws:

VerifyFailedException - if verification fails

verifyNoActionMessages

public void verifyNoActionMessages()

Verifies that there are no action messages present.

Throws:

VerifyFailedException - if verification fails

verifyHasActionErrors

public void verifyHasActionErrors()

Verifies that there are action errors present.

Throws:

VerifyFailedException - if verification fails

verifyHasActionMessages

public void verifyHasActionMessages()

Verifies that there are action messages present.

Throws:

VerifyFailedException - if verification fails

verifyActionErrorPresent

public void verifyActionErrorPresent(java.lang.String errorKey)

Verifies that an action error with the specified key is present.

Parameters:

errorKey - the expected error key

Throws:

VerifyFailedException - if verification fails

verifyActionMessagePresent

public void verifyActionMessagePresent(java.lang.String messageKey)

Verifies that an action message with the specified key is present.

Parameters:

messageKey - the expected message key

Throws:

VerifyFailedException - if verification fails

verifyActionErrorNotPresent

public void verifyActionErrorNotPresent(java.lang.String errorKey)

Verifies that an action error with the specified key is not present.

Parameters:

errorKey - the error key

Throws:

VerifyFailedException - if verification fails

verifyActionMessageNotPresent

public void verifyActionMessageNotPresent(java.lang.String messageKey)

Verifies that an action message with the specified key is not present.

Parameters:

messageKey - the message key

Throws:

VerifyFailedException - if verification fails

verifyActionErrors

public void verifyActionErrors(java.lang.String[] errorKeys)

Verifies that the specified action errors are present. Respects number and order of action errors.

Parameters:

errorKeys - the array of expected error keys

Throws:

VerifyFailedException - if verification fails

verifyActionMessages

public void verifyActionMessages(java.lang.String[] messageKeys)

Verifies that the specified action messages are present. Respects number and order of action messages.

Parameters:

messageKeys - the array of expected message keys

Throws:

VerifyFailedException - if verification fails

verifyActionErrorValues

public void verifyActionErrorValues(java.lang.String errorKey,
                                    java.lang.Object[] values)

Verifies the values of the action error with the specified key. Respects number and order of values.

Parameters:

errorKey - the error key

values - the exepcted values

Throws:

VerifyFailedException - if verification fails

verifyActionMessageValues

public void verifyActionMessageValues(java.lang.String messageKey,
                                      java.lang.Object[] values)

Verifies the values of the action message with the specified key. Respects number and order of values.

Parameters:

messageKey - the message key

values - the exepcted values

Throws:

VerifyFailedException - if verification fails

verifyActionErrorValue

public void verifyActionErrorValue(java.lang.String errorKey,
                                   java.lang.Object value)

Verifies the value of the action error with the specified key. Fails if the specified value does not match the actual value or if the error has more than one value.

Parameters:

errorKey - the error key

value - the exepcted value

Throws:

VerifyFailedException - if verification fails

verifyActionMessageValue

public void verifyActionMessageValue(java.lang.String messageKey,
                                     java.lang.Object value)

Verifies the value of the action message with the specified key. Fails if the specified value does not match the actual value or if the message has more than one value.

Parameters:

messageKey - the message key

value - the exepcted value

Throws:

VerifyFailedException - if verification fails

verifyActionErrorProperty

public void verifyActionErrorProperty(java.lang.String errorKey,
                                      java.lang.String property)

Verifies that the specified error is stored for the specified property.

Parameters:

errorKey - the error key

property - the exepcted value

Throws:

VerifyFailedException - if verification fails

verifyActionMessageProperty

public void verifyActionMessageProperty(java.lang.String messageKey,
                                        java.lang.String property)

Verifies that the specified message is stored for the specified property.

Parameters:

messageKey - the message key

property - the exepcted value

Throws:

VerifyFailedException - if verification fails

verifyNumberActionErrors

public void verifyNumberActionErrors(int number)

Verifies the number of action errors.

Parameters:

number - the expected number of errors

Throws:

VerifyFailedException - if verification fails

verifyNumberActionMessages

public void verifyNumberActionMessages(int number)

Verifies the number of action messages.

Parameters:

number - the expected number of messages

Throws:

VerifyFailedException - if verification fails

getActionErrorByKey

public org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessage getActionErrorByKey(java.lang.String errorKey)

Returns the action error with the specified key or null if such an error does not exist.

Parameters:

errorKey - the error key

Returns:

the action error with the specified key

getActionMessageByKey

public org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessage getActionMessageByKey(java.lang.String messageKey)

Returns the action message with the specified key or null if such a message does not exist.

Parameters:

messageKey - the message key

Returns:

the action message with the specified key

setActionMessages

public void setActionMessages(org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages messages)

Sets the specified ActionMessages object as the currently present messages to the request.

Parameters:

messages - the ActionMessages object

setActionMessagesToSession

public void setActionMessagesToSession(org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages messages)

Sets the specified ActionMessages object as the currently present messages to the session.

Parameters:

messages - the ActionMessages object

getActionMessages

public org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages getActionMessages()

Get the currently present action messages. Can be called after actionPerform(java.lang.Class) to get the messages the action has set. If messages in the session are recognized (use setRecognizeMessagesInSession(boolean)), this method returns the union of request and session messages. Otherwise, it only returns the request messages.

Returns:

the action messages

getActionMessagesFromRequest

public org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages getActionMessagesFromRequest()

Get the currently present action messages from the request.

Returns:

the action messages

getActionMessagesFromSession

public org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages getActionMessagesFromSession()

Get the currently present action messages from the session.

Returns:

the action messages

hasActionMessages

public boolean hasActionMessages()

Returns if action messages are present.

Returns:

true if messages are present, false otherwise

setActionErrors

public void setActionErrors(org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages errors)

Sets the specified ActionErrors object as the currently present errors to the request.

Parameters:

errors - the ActionErrors object

setActionErrorsToSession

public void setActionErrorsToSession(org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages errors)

Sets the specified ActionErrors object as the currently present errors to the session.

Parameters:

errors - the ActionErrors object

getActionErrors

public org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages getActionErrors()

Get the currently present action errors. Can be called after actionPerform(java.lang.Class) to get the errors the action has set. If messages in the session are recognized (use setRecognizeMessagesInSession(boolean)), this method returns the union of request and session errors. Otherwise, it only returns the request errors.

Returns:

the action errors

getActionErrorsFromRequest

public org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages getActionErrorsFromRequest()

Get the currently present action errors from the request.

Returns:

the action messages

getActionErrorsFromSession

public org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages getActionErrorsFromSession()

Get the currently present action errors from the session.

Returns:

the action messages

hasActionErrors

public boolean hasActionErrors()

Returns if action errors are present.

Returns:

true if errors are present, false otherwise

getMockActionMapping

public MockActionMapping getMockActionMapping()

Delegates to ActionMockObjectFactory.getMockActionMapping().

Returns:

the MockActionMapping

getActionMapping

public org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping getActionMapping()

Delegates to ActionMockObjectFactory.getActionMapping().

Returns:

the MockActionMapping

getMockPageContext

public MockPageContext getMockPageContext()

Returns the MockPageContext object. Delegates to WebMockObjectFactory.getMockPageContext().

Returns:

the MockPageContext

getActionForward

public MockActionForward getActionForward()

Returns the current ActionForward. Can be called after actionPerform(java.lang.Class) to get the ActionForward the action has returned.

Returns:

the MockActionForward

getLastAction

public org.apache.struts.action.Action getLastAction()

Returns the last tested Action object.

Returns:

the Action object

generateValidToken

public void generateValidToken()

Generates a token and sets it to the session and the request.

getActionForm

public org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm getActionForm()

Returns the current ActionForm.

Returns:

the ActionForm object

setActionForm

public void setActionForm(org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm formObj)

Sets the specified ActionForm object as the current ActionForm.

Parameters:

formObj - the ActionForm object

createActionForm

public org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm createActionForm(java.lang.Class form)

Creates a new ActionForm object of the specified type and sets it as the current ActionForm.

Parameters:

form - the Class of the form

createDynaActionForm

public org.apache.struts.action.DynaActionForm createDynaActionForm(org.apache.struts.config.FormBeanConfig formConfig)

Creates a new DynaActionForm based on the specified form config and sets it as the current ActionForm.

Parameters:

formConfig - the FormBeanConfig

populateRequestToForm

public void populateRequestToForm()

Populates the current request parameters to the ActionForm. The form will be reset before populating if reset is enabled (setReset(boolean). If form validation is enabled (use setValidate(boolean)) the form will be validated after populating it and the appropriate ActionErrors will be set.

actionPerform

public org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward actionPerform(java.lang.Class action)

Calls the action of the specified type using no ActionForm. Sets the current action form to null.

Parameters:

action - the Class of the action

Returns:

the resulting ActionForward

actionPerform

public org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward actionPerform(org.apache.struts.action.Action action)

Calls the specified action using no ActionForm. Sets the current ActionForm to null.

Parameters:

action - the Action

Returns:

the resulting ActionForward

actionPerform

public org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward actionPerform(java.lang.Class action,
                                                            java.lang.Class form)

Calls the action of the specified type using the ActionForm of the specified type. Creates the appropriate ActionForm, sets it as the current ActionForm and populates it before calling the action (if populating is disabled, the form will not be populated, use setDoPopulate(boolean)). If form validation is enabled (use setValidate(boolean)) and fails, the action will not be called. In this case, the returned ActionForward is based on the input attribute. (Set it with setInput(java.lang.String)).

Parameters:

action - the Class of the action

form - the Class of the form

Returns:

the resulting ActionForward

actionPerform

public org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward actionPerform(org.apache.struts.action.Action action,
                                                            java.lang.Class form)

Calls the specified action using the ActionForm of the specified type. Creates the appropriate ActionForm, sets it as the current ActionForm and populates it before calling the action (if populating is disabled, the form will not be populated, use setDoPopulate(boolean)). If form validation is enabled (use setValidate(boolean)) and fails, the action will not be called. In this case, the returned ActionForward is based on the input attribute. (Set it with setInput(java.lang.String)).

Parameters:

action - the Action

form - the Class of the form

Returns:

the resulting ActionForward

actionPerform

public org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward actionPerform(java.lang.Class action,
                                                            org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm form)

Calls the action of the specified type using the specified ActionForm object. The form will be set as the current ActionForm and will be populated before the action is called (if populating is disabled, the form will not be populated, use setDoPopulate(boolean)). Please note that request parameters will eventually overwrite form values. Furthermore the form will be reset before populating it. If you do not want that, disable reset using setReset(boolean). If form validation is enabled (use setValidate(boolean)) and fails, the action will not be called. In this case, the returned ActionForward is based on the input attribute. (Set it with setInput(java.lang.String)).

Parameters:

action - the Class of the action

form - the ActionForm object

Returns:

the resulting ActionForward

actionPerform

public org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward actionPerform(org.apache.struts.action.Action action,
                                                            org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm form)

Calls the specified action using the specified ActionForm object. The form will be set as the current ActionForm and will be populated before the action is called (if populating is disabled, the form will not be populated, use setDoPopulate(boolean)). Please note that request parameters will eventually overwrite form values. Furthermore the form will be reset before populating it. If you do not want that, disable reset using setReset(boolean). If form validation is enabled (use setValidate(boolean)) and fails, the action will not be called. In this case, the returned ActionForward is based on the input attribute. (Set it with setInput(java.lang.String)).

Parameters:

action - the Action

form - the ActionForm object

Returns:

the resulting ActionForward

getOutput

public java.lang.String getOutput()

Returns the HTML output as a string (if the action creates HTML output). Flushes the output before returning it.

Specified by:

getOutput in class HTMLOutputModule

Returns:

the output