I was trying to create a prototype of struts2 + jsf. In the process I found that the mappings have to be used with "action" as default.
Like <h:inputText id="userName" value="#{action.userName}" /> or <h:commandButton action="#{action.doSomething}"/> instead of using action names from struts configuration directly. For example if I have configured an action as login in struts config, I should able to use it in jsf component like <h:commandButton action="#{login.doSomething}"/> But interestingly thats not the case. I thought that in Struts2 framework all the actions with interceptor stack as jsf would act similar to managed beans in a JSF framework. I mean use them by the names configured in faces-config.xml. But if I want to do that in struts2, I need faces-config.xml and normal struts2 actions which is disappointing. I mean what about the scenario where I have to send a jsf request to different action than the one which last rendered it? So my main question is how can I use action names in the jsf component? Am I missing something here or is that the way it was designed? Thanks