struts-validation

I am developing one application , where people will download the required file from a location mentioned in the DB to their Local. I am using struts 2 for downloading the file from the server . I can download the file without any exception and it works perfectly. But the files am download has the filename i specified in struts.xml , i want it to be the exact filename which am downloading . example if the original file name is struts.pdf , i am downloading it as download.pdf, how to prevent it and download the file with actual filename My struts.xml configuration as follows , <action name=

I have an action where I am trying to log the user in. public class RegisteredUserAction extends ActionSupport implements SessionAware { .. .. public String login() throws Exception { DBLogic dBLogic = new DBLogic(); RegisteredUser user = null; try { user = dBLogic.getRegisteredUser(getUserUsername(), getUserPassword()); } catch (CredentialException e) { addFieldError("userUsername", e.getMessage()); addActionError(e.getMessage()); return INPUT; } if (user != null) { session.put("user", user); return SUCCESS; } return ERROR; } } As you can see, if the username or password is invalid, I throw a

Well I want to study Struts so I am going to begin with Struts 1, I would like to know the general flow. What files are required? Whats the function of struts-config.xml? validation.xml? validation-rules.xml When you visit your JSP page, and an action gets fired, what happens? What does the Action and Form class do? Which class is called first when an action gets fired. I just downloaded a sample form, and all these files are confusing at first. I would like to know whats going on to get a better idea of Struts. You should start with a tutorial on Struts, that will make it easy to understand

There is no problem when the action configuration in struts.xml is like this: <action name="customer-form"> <result name="success" type="tiles">/customer.tiles</result> </action> The problem comes when I access the action class on action configuration (struts.xml). I access the class before displaying the form because I want the dropdown option in the form to display the appropriate value as I instantiate it in action class. But it turns out, it will return "input" and I must handle it. method in action class: public String addCusto(){ custoType = new ArrayList<String>(); custoType.add("ABC");