Reuse method defined under another XML in Struts 2

Question

Here are the sample two xmls.

email.xml:

<action name="mailSelect" class="com.my.EmailAction">
    <result name="success">mailSelect.jsp</result>
</action>

I want to use the same method call defined in email.xml in another xml.

another.xml:

<action name="mailSelect" class="com.my.EmailAction">
    <result name="success">/email/mailSelect.jsp</result>
</action>

When I tried to call, the action being called is http://localhost:8080/test/web/another/mailSelect instead of the correct http://localhost:8080/test/web/email/mailSelect.

Any way to reuse the same method in another xml?

Answer 1

To make sure the action names don't clashes you should configure them in different namespaces.

<package name="email" namespace="/web/email" extends="struts-default">
  <action name="mailSelect" class="com.my.EmailAction">
    <result name="success">/email/mailSelect.jsp</result>
  </action>
</package>

<package name="another" namespace="/web/another" extends="struts-default">
  <action name="mailSelect" class="com.my.EmailAction">
    <result name="success">mailSelect.jsp</result>
  </action>
</package>

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For better understanding namespaces look at Struts 2 Namespace configuration example and explanation tutorial.