Another thought, what about redirecting forwards?
I'm glad you brought that up because I didn't think of it, and wouldn't have until after someone noticed it :)
I don't think there is anything that can be done about that, at least not in the case where you redirect to a JSP. If you redirect to an Action Mapping (even if it's just an ActionForward), then sure, the setup could still work there. But redirect to a JSP I don't see a way to make it work.
On your other point... I'm actually thinking about allowing the setup elements to be at the mapping level and/or the forward level. The idea being that there may be times you want to do some particular setup functions regadless of which forward is choosen, and other times where you want to do specific setups for specific forwards only. I'm thinking that each setup element you add to a forward can specify whether to process any mapping elements IN ADDITION to those of the forward, or don't use the mapping elements. For example:
<action path="myAction" type="com.omnytex.actions.MyAction">
<setupItem class="com.omnytex.setup.MyActionSetup" method="setupMethod1" />
<forward name="defaultForward" path="page1.jsp">
<setupItem class="com.omnytex.setup.MyDefaultSetup" method="defSetup1" />
</forward>
</action>
In this case, when the defaultForward is selected, MyActionSetup.setupMethod1() would be called, followed by MyDefaultSetup.defSetup1().
But, in this case:
<action path="myAction" type="com.omnytex.actions.MyAction">
<setupItem class="com.omnytex.setup.MyActionSetup" method="setupMethod1" />
<forward name="defaultForward" path="page1.jsp">
<setupItem class="com.omnytex.setup.MyDefaultSetup" method="defSetup1" additive="false" />
</forward>
</action>
...only MyDefaultSetup.defSetup1() would be executed when defaultForward is selected.
Also, I think ideally I'd make the setupItems attached to the mapping executed BEFORE the Action's execute() is called, but clearly the forward-level items would have to execute AFTER execute() completes. I think that gives even a bit more flexibility to it.
I'm making this up as I go, so feel free to comment :)
-- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com
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