org.apache.struts.chain.commands
Class AbstractSelectModule

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.commons.chain.Command, ActionCommand

Direct Known Subclasses:

SelectModule

public abstract class AbstractSelectModule
extends ActionCommandBase

Cache the ModuleConfig and MessageResources instances for the sub-application module to be used for processing this request.

Version:

$Rev: 471754 $ $Date: 2005-11-12 13:01:44 -0500 (Sat, 12 Nov 2005) $

Field Summary

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

CONTINUE_PROCESSING, PROCESSING_COMPLETE

Constructor Summary

AbstractSelectModule()

Method Summary

boolean	execute(ActionContext actionCtx) Cache the ModuleConfig and MessageResources instances for the sub-application module to be used for processing this request.
protected abstract java.lang.String	getPrefix(ActionContext context) Calculate and return the module prefix for the module to be selected for this request.

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

AbstractSelectModule

public AbstractSelectModule()

Method Detail

execute

public boolean execute(ActionContext actionCtx)
                throws java.lang.Exception

Cache the ModuleConfig and MessageResources instances for the sub-application module to be used for processing this request.

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:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if no valid ModuleConfig or MessageResources can be identified for this request

java.lang.Exception - if thrown by the Action class

getPrefix

protected abstract java.lang.String getPrefix(ActionContext context)

Calculate and return the module prefix for the module to be selected for this request.

Parameters:

context - The Context for this request

Returns:

Module prefix to be used with this request

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if no valid ModuleConfig or MessageResources can be identified for this request