It seems to me that you should consider refactoring your actions. I would make a separate class that Action B delegates to in order to create the JPG data. Then Action A can use this other object without any problem. If there is shared state between the two, and you need to have the same instance of the third object for some reason, then that's a different type of problem to solve.
If there is NO state shared, then this is an easy problem. Just create a class ImageGenerator that has a method or methods that produce the data for your image, and call it from Action A and Action B as needed. In general, I try to keep my actions as simple as possible, and delegate to other classes/objects for any "real" functionality. If your actions become too dependent on each other, then if you decide to change the way your application flow works, you'll end up rewriting a lot more code than if you keep the actions simple and atomic (as much as is reasonable). If this doesn't cover your problem well enough, give us some more details and we'll work from there. Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: Ide Mile [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 8:58 AM > To: user@struts.apache.org > Subject: Problem with including content from another action > > > Suppose I have two actions: Action_A and Action_B. > Action_B only generates raw data for an jpg image. > From my Action_A I have to call Action_B several times, and > just pick up the bytes needed to construct images. > The problem lies in the fact that from Action_A I can't call > Action_B directly, because that way the ActionForm is created > every time I call Action_B. > It happens always despite the fact that both actions are > belonging to the same session (scope="session" in action mappings). > Maintaining of the ActionForm when calling Action_B is a must. > > So, how do I read output from the Action_B inside Action_A? > I think IncludeAction might be a solution, but I don't know > how to implement it, i.e. I don't know how to use it inside > servlet (Action_A). > Any sample or advice? > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
