org.apache.struts.chain.commands
Class AbstractExecuteAction

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.struts.chain.commands.ActionCommandBase
      org.apache.struts.chain.commands.AbstractExecuteAction

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.commons.chain.Command, ActionCommand

Direct Known Subclasses:

ExecuteAction

public abstract class AbstractExecuteAction
extends ActionCommandBase

Invoke the appropriate Action for this request, and cache the returned ActionForward.

Version:

$Rev: 471754 $ $Date: 2005-06-04 10:58:46 -0400 (Sat, 04 Jun 2005) $

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.commons.chain.Command

CONTINUE_PROCESSING, PROCESSING_COMPLETE

Constructor Summary

AbstractExecuteAction()

Method Summary

boolean	execute(ActionContext actionCtx) Invoke the appropriate Action for this request, and cache the returned ActionForward.
protected abstract ForwardConfig	execute(ActionContext context, Action action, ActionConfig actionConfig, ActionForm actionForm) Execute the specified Action, and return the resulting ForwardConfig.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.struts.chain.commands.ActionCommandBase

execute

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractExecuteAction

public AbstractExecuteAction()

Method Detail

execute

public boolean execute(ActionContext actionCtx)
                throws Exception

Invoke the appropriate Action for this request, and cache the returned ActionForward.

Specified by:

execute in interface ActionCommand

Specified by:

execute in class ActionCommandBase

Parameters:

actionCtx - The Context for the current request

Returns:

false so that processing continues

Throws:

Exception - if thrown by the Action class

execute

protected abstract ForwardConfig execute(ActionContext context,
                                         Action action,
                                         ActionConfig actionConfig,
                                         ActionForm actionForm)
                                  throws Exception

Execute the specified Action, and return the resulting ForwardConfig.

Parameters:

context - The Context for this request

action - The Action to be executed

actionConfig - The ActionConfig defining this action

actionForm - The ActionForm (if any) for this action

Returns:

ForwardConfig The next location, or null

Throws:

Exception - if thrown by the Action