com.opensymphony.xwork2
Class ActionSupport

java.lang.Object
  com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionSupport

All Implemented Interfaces:

Action, LocaleProvider, TextProvider, Validateable, ValidationAware, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultActionSupport

public class ActionSupport
extends Object
implements Action, Validateable, ValidationAware, TextProvider, LocaleProvider, Serializable

Provides a default implementation for the most common actions. See the documentation for all the interfaces this class implements for more detailed information.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected static Logger	LOG
private TextProvider	textProvider
private ValidationAwareSupport	validationAware

Fields inherited from interface com.opensymphony.xwork2.Action

ERROR, INPUT, LOGIN, NONE, SUCCESS

Constructor Summary

ActionSupport()

Method Summary

void	addActionError(String anErrorMessage) Add an Action-level error message to this Action.
void	addActionMessage(String aMessage) Add an Action-level message to this Action.
void	addFieldError(String fieldName, String errorMessage) Add an error message for a given field.
void	clearActionErrors() Clears action errors.
void	clearErrors() Clears all errors.
void	clearErrorsAndMessages() Clears all errors and messages.
void	clearFieldErrors() Clears field errors.
void	clearMessages() Clears messages.
Object	clone()
String	doDefault()
String	execute() A default implementation that does nothing an returns "success".
Collection	getActionErrors() Get the Collection of Action-level error messages for this action.
Collection	getActionMessages() Get the Collection of Action-level messages for this action.
Collection	getErrorMessages() Deprecated. Use getActionErrors().
Map	getErrors() Deprecated. Use getFieldErrors().
Map	getFieldErrors() Get the field specific errors associated with this action.
Locale	getLocale() Gets the provided locale.
String	getText(String aTextName) Gets a message based on a message key, or null if no message is found.
String	getText(String aTextName, List args) Gets a message based on a key using the supplied args, as defined in MessageFormat, or null if no message is found.
String	getText(String aTextName, String defaultValue) Gets a message based on a key, or, if the message is not found, a supplied default value is returned.
String	getText(String key, String[] args) Gets a message based on a key using the supplied args, as defined in MessageFormat, or null if no message is found.
String	getText(String aTextName, String defaultValue, List args) Gets a message based on a key using the supplied args, as defined in MessageFormat, or, if the message is not found, a supplied default value is returned.
String	getText(String key, String defaultValue, List args, ValueStack stack) Gets a message based on a key using the supplied args, as defined in MessageFormat, or, if the message is not found, a supplied default value is returned.
String	getText(String aTextName, String defaultValue, String obj) Gets a message based on a key using the supplied obj, as defined in MessageFormat, or, if the message is not found, a supplied default value is returned.
String	getText(String key, String defaultValue, String[] args) Gets a message based on a key using the supplied args, as defined in MessageFormat, or, if the message is not found, a supplied default value is returned.
String	getText(String key, String defaultValue, String[] args, ValueStack stack) Gets a message based on a key using the supplied args, as defined in MessageFormat, or, if the message is not found, a supplied default value is returned.
ResourceBundle	getTexts() Get the resource bundle associated with the implementing class (usually an action).
ResourceBundle	getTexts(String aBundleName) Get the named bundle, such as "com/acme/Foo".
boolean	hasActionErrors() Check whether there are any Action-level error messages.
boolean	hasActionMessages() Checks whether there are any Action-level messages.
boolean	hasErrors() Checks whether there are any action errors or field errors.
boolean	hasFieldErrors() Check whether there are any field errors associated with this action.
String	input()
void	pause(String result) Stops the action invocation immediately (by throwing a PauseException) and causes the action invocation to return the specified result, such as Action.SUCCESS, Action.INPUT, etc.
void	setActionErrors(Collection errorMessages) Set the Collection of Action-level String error messages.
void	setActionMessages(Collection messages) Set the Collection of Action-level String messages (not errors).
void	setFieldErrors(Map errorMap) Set the field error map of fieldname (String) to Collection of String error messages.
void	validate() A default implementation that validates nothing.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

LOG

protected static Logger LOG

textProvider

private final transient TextProvider textProvider

validationAware

private final ValidationAwareSupport validationAware

Constructor Detail

ActionSupport

public ActionSupport()

Method Detail

setActionErrors

public void setActionErrors(Collection errorMessages)

Description copied from interface: ValidationAware

Set the Collection of Action-level String error messages.

Specified by:

setActionErrors in interface ValidationAware

Parameters:

errorMessages - Collection of String error messages

getActionErrors

public Collection getActionErrors()

Description copied from interface: ValidationAware

Get the Collection of Action-level error messages for this action. Error messages should not be added directly here, as implementations are free to return a new Collection or an Unmodifiable Collection.

Specified by:

getActionErrors in interface ValidationAware

Returns:

Collection of String error messages

setActionMessages

public void setActionMessages(Collection messages)

Description copied from interface: ValidationAware

Set the Collection of Action-level String messages (not errors).

Specified by:

setActionMessages in interface ValidationAware

Parameters:

messages - Collection of String messages (not errors).

getActionMessages

public Collection getActionMessages()

Description copied from interface: ValidationAware

Get the Collection of Action-level messages for this action. Messages should not be added directly here, as implementations are free to return a new Collection or an Unmodifiable Collection.

Specified by:

getActionMessages in interface ValidationAware

Returns:

Collection of String messages

getErrorMessages

public Collection getErrorMessages()

Deprecated. Use getActionErrors().

getErrors

public Map getErrors()

Deprecated. Use getFieldErrors().

setFieldErrors

public void setFieldErrors(Map errorMap)

Description copied from interface: ValidationAware

Set the field error map of fieldname (String) to Collection of String error messages.

Specified by:

setFieldErrors in interface ValidationAware

Parameters:

errorMap - field error map

getFieldErrors

public Map getFieldErrors()

Description copied from interface: ValidationAware

Get the field specific errors associated with this action. Error messages should not be added directly here, as implementations are free to return a new Collection or an Unmodifiable Collection.

Specified by:

getFieldErrors in interface ValidationAware

Returns:

Map with errors mapped from fieldname (String) to Collection of String error messages

getLocale

public Locale getLocale()

Description copied from interface: LocaleProvider

Gets the provided locale.

Specified by:

getLocale in interface LocaleProvider

Returns:

the locale.

getText

public String getText(String aTextName)

Description copied from interface: TextProvider

Gets a message based on a message key, or null if no message is found.

Specified by:

getText in interface TextProvider

Parameters:

aTextName - the resource bundle key that is to be searched for

Returns:

the message as found in the resource bundle, or null if none is found.

getText

public String getText(String aTextName,
                      String defaultValue)

Description copied from interface: TextProvider

Gets a message based on a key, or, if the message is not found, a supplied default value is returned.

Specified by:

getText in interface TextProvider

Parameters:

aTextName - the resource bundle key that is to be searched for

defaultValue - the default value which will be returned if no message is found

Returns:

the message as found in the resource bundle, or defaultValue if none is found

getText

public String getText(String aTextName,
                      String defaultValue,
                      String obj)

Description copied from interface: TextProvider

Gets a message based on a key using the supplied obj, as defined in MessageFormat, or, if the message is not found, a supplied default value is returned.

Specified by:

getText in interface TextProvider

Parameters:

aTextName - the resource bundle key that is to be searched for

defaultValue - the default value which will be returned if no message is found

obj - obj to be used in a MessageFormat message

Returns:

the message as found in the resource bundle, or defaultValue if none is found

getText

public String getText(String aTextName,
                      List args)

Description copied from interface: TextProvider

Gets a message based on a key using the supplied args, as defined in MessageFormat, or null if no message is found.

Specified by:

getText in interface TextProvider

Parameters:

aTextName - the resource bundle key that is to be searched for

args - a list args to be used in a MessageFormat message

Returns:

the message as found in the resource bundle, or null if none is found.

getText

public String getText(String key,
                      String[] args)

Description copied from interface: TextProvider

Gets a message based on a key using the supplied args, as defined in MessageFormat, or null if no message is found.

Specified by:

getText in interface TextProvider

Parameters:

key - the resource bundle key that is to be searched for

args - an array args to be used in a MessageFormat message

Returns:

the message as found in the resource bundle, or null if none is found.

getText

public String getText(String aTextName,
                      String defaultValue,
                      List args)

Description copied from interface: TextProvider

Gets a message based on a key using the supplied args, as defined in MessageFormat, or, if the message is not found, a supplied default value is returned.

Specified by:

getText in interface TextProvider

Parameters:

aTextName - the resource bundle key that is to be searched for

defaultValue - the default value which will be returned if no message is found

args - a list args to be used in a MessageFormat message

Returns:

the message as found in the resource bundle, or defaultValue if none is found

getText

public String getText(String key,
                      String defaultValue,
                      String[] args)

Description copied from interface: TextProvider

Gets a message based on a key using the supplied args, as defined in MessageFormat, or, if the message is not found, a supplied default value is returned.

Specified by:

getText in interface TextProvider

Parameters:

key - the resource bundle key that is to be searched for

defaultValue - the default value which will be returned if no message is found

args - an array args to be used in a MessageFormat message

Returns:

the message as found in the resource bundle, or defaultValue if none is found

getText

public String getText(String key,
                      String defaultValue,
                      List args,
                      ValueStack stack)

Description copied from interface: TextProvider

Gets a message based on a key using the supplied args, as defined in MessageFormat, or, if the message is not found, a supplied default value is returned. Instead of using the value stack in the ActionContext this version of the getText() method uses the provided value stack.

Specified by:

getText in interface TextProvider

Parameters:

key - the resource bundle key that is to be searched for

defaultValue - the default value which will be returned if no message is found

args - a list args to be used in a MessageFormat message

stack - the value stack to use for finding the text

Returns:

the message as found in the resource bundle, or defaultValue if none is found

getText

public String getText(String key,
                      String defaultValue,
                      String[] args,
                      ValueStack stack)

Description copied from interface: TextProvider

Gets a message based on a key using the supplied args, as defined in MessageFormat, or, if the message is not found, a supplied default value is returned. Instead of using the value stack in the ActionContext this version of the getText() method uses the provided value stack.

Specified by:

getText in interface TextProvider

Parameters:

key - the resource bundle key that is to be searched for

defaultValue - the default value which will be returned if no message is found

args - an array args to be used in a MessageFormat message

stack - the value stack to use for finding the text

Returns:

the message as found in the resource bundle, or defaultValue if none is found

getTexts

public ResourceBundle getTexts()

Description copied from interface: TextProvider

Get the resource bundle associated with the implementing class (usually an action).

Specified by:

getTexts in interface TextProvider

Returns:

the bundle

getTexts

public ResourceBundle getTexts(String aBundleName)

Description copied from interface: TextProvider

Get the named bundle, such as "com/acme/Foo".

Specified by:

getTexts in interface TextProvider

Parameters:

aBundleName - the name of the resource bundle, such as "com/acme/Foo".

Returns:

the bundle

addActionError

public void addActionError(String anErrorMessage)

Description copied from interface: ValidationAware

Add an Action-level error message to this Action.

Specified by:

addActionError in interface ValidationAware

Parameters:

anErrorMessage - the error message

addActionMessage

public void addActionMessage(String aMessage)

Description copied from interface: ValidationAware

Add an Action-level message to this Action.

Specified by:

addActionMessage in interface ValidationAware

Parameters:

aMessage - the message

addFieldError

public void addFieldError(String fieldName,
                          String errorMessage)

Description copied from interface: ValidationAware

Add an error message for a given field.

Specified by:

addFieldError in interface ValidationAware

Parameters:

fieldName - name of field

errorMessage - the error message

input

public String input()
             throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

doDefault

public String doDefault()
                 throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

execute

public String execute()
               throws Exception

A default implementation that does nothing an returns "success".

Subclasses should override this method to provide their business logic.

See also Action.execute().

Specified by:

execute in interface Action

Returns:

returns Action.SUCCESS

Throws:

Exception - can be thrown by subclasses.

hasActionErrors

public boolean hasActionErrors()

Description copied from interface: ValidationAware

Check whether there are any Action-level error messages.

Specified by:

hasActionErrors in interface ValidationAware

Returns:

true if any Action-level error messages have been registered

hasActionMessages

public boolean hasActionMessages()

Description copied from interface: ValidationAware

Checks whether there are any Action-level messages.

Specified by:

hasActionMessages in interface ValidationAware

Returns:

true if any Action-level messages have been registered

hasErrors

public boolean hasErrors()

Description copied from interface: ValidationAware

Checks whether there are any action errors or field errors.

Note: that this does not have the same meaning as in WW 1.x.

Specified by:

hasErrors in interface ValidationAware

Returns:

(hasActionErrors() || hasFieldErrors())

hasFieldErrors

public boolean hasFieldErrors()

Description copied from interface: ValidationAware

Check whether there are any field errors associated with this action.

Specified by:

hasFieldErrors in interface ValidationAware

Returns:

whether there are any field errors

clearFieldErrors

public void clearFieldErrors()

Clears field errors. Useful for Continuations and other situations where you might want to clear parts of the state on the same action.

clearActionErrors

public void clearActionErrors()

Clears action errors. Useful for Continuations and other situations where you might want to clear parts of the state on the same action.

clearMessages

public void clearMessages()

Clears messages. Useful for Continuations and other situations where you might want to clear parts of the state on the same action.

clearErrors

public void clearErrors()

Clears all errors. Useful for Continuations and other situations where you might want to clear parts of the state on the same action.

clearErrorsAndMessages

public void clearErrorsAndMessages()

Clears all errors and messages. Useful for Continuations and other situations where you might want to clear parts of the state on the same action.

validate

public void validate()

A default implementation that validates nothing. Subclasses should override this method to provide validations.

Specified by:

validate in interface Validateable

clone

public Object clone()
             throws CloneNotSupportedException

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Throws:

CloneNotSupportedException

pause

public void pause(String result)

Stops the action invocation immediately (by throwing a PauseException) and causes the action invocation to return the specified result, such as Action.SUCCESS, Action.INPUT, etc.

The next time this action is invoked (and using the same continuation ID), the method will resume immediately after where this method was called, with the entire call stack in the execute method restored.

Note: this method can only be called within the execute() method.

Parameters:

result - the result to return - the same type of return value in the execute() method.