Ahh hmm. You can use the autowired, You just have to declare you stuff in the spring xml. E.g.
<bean id="myJDBCString" class="java.lang.String" .... I think you can also use the @Resource anno as well. Can't think off the top of my head. -----Original Message----- From: Jake Vang [mailto:vangj...@googlemail.com] Sent: 13 May 2010 11:44 To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: spring, struts2, convention plugin, how to "wire" an action class yes. precisely. On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 6:41 AM, James Cook <james.c...@wecomm.com> wrote: > Oh, did you want your action as a spring managed bean? Ah I think i massively > miss read you. You want to inject predefined values etc? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jake Vang [mailto:vangj...@googlemail.com] > Sent: 13 May 2010 11:38 > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: spring, struts2, convention plugin, how to "wire" an action class > > thanks. i won't go that route. i noticed your example (in the first > response) and i realized that i may trying to push some business logic > into the Action class. and, i don't think that's too good of a > practice. i simply revised my Service class to hold these values > (booleans, String, int, etc...) and now the problem goes away. it's a > workaround. > > if anyone is reading this post and knows how to use struts2 (w/ > convention plugin) + spring to construct Action classes, please let me > know. the examples i've seen are only with struts1 (and though not too > complicated, seem verbose with the xml). > > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 6:20 AM, James Cook <james.c...@wecomm.com> wrote: >> Yeah sorry, short on time here, didn't see your question at the bottom. Add >> the spring jar from the spring project. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jake Vang [mailto:vangj...@googlemail.com] >> Sent: 13 May 2010 11:16 >> To: Struts Users Mailing List >> Subject: Re: spring, struts2, convention plugin, how to "wire" an action >> class >> >> doesn't answer the question but thanks anyways. >> >> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 6:12 AM, James Cook <james.c...@wecomm.com> wrote: >>> Nope, no they are not in the xml for me. I use the @Service/@Repository >>> annotations on the class, coupled with the component scan in the Spring xml. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Jake Vang [mailto:vangj...@googlemail.com] >>> Sent: 13 May 2010 11:09 >>> To: Struts Users Mailing List >>> Subject: Re: spring, struts2, convention plugin, how to "wire" an action >>> class >>> >>> well, there's something strange about struts2 (with convention plugin) >>> + spring. if your action has a field representing a service, >>> MyInjectedService myInjectedService, you just have to define that in >>> the spring xml file. for example, your Action class looks like the >>> following. >>> >>> public class MyAction extends ActionSupport { >>> private Service service; >>> >>> �...@action(value="/dummy") >>> public String dummy() { return SUCCESS; } >>> public Service getService() { return service; } >>> public void setService(Service service) { this.service = service; } >>> } >>> >>> in your spring xml file (i.e. applicationContext.xml), you simply >>> define a bean with the id="service". for example, >>> >>> <bean id="service" class="my.class.Service"/> >>> >>> that's it; you don't have to do anything else. you don't even have to >>> explicitly say (using XML) to inject this when you are creating an >>> instance of MyAction. now when a user accesses /dummy, MyAction will >>> be created and its service field will actually be injected with what >>> is specified in the spring xml file. >>> >>> what irks me or bothers me is that it is not obvious at the moment >>> how to simply inject strings or booleans into the Action class. it >>> should be just as simple. >>> >>> upon analyzing what i am doing, and in light of what you said, perhaps >>> i am trying to push some logic into the Action class that shouldn't be >>> there. perhaps i should push the logic to a service class instead. in >>> this case, this problem goes away. BUT, the question remains, how can >>> i use DI with struts2 (convention plugin) and spring on Action >>> classes? or can i not? if i can't, end of story. if i can, how? >>> >>> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 5:44 AM, James Cook <james.c...@wecomm.com> wrote: >>>> Hmm. I use the same combo. >>>> >>>> I found at some point I could jsut do >>>> >>>> public class MyAction extends ActionSupport { >>>> >>>> private MyInjectedService service >>>> >>>> etc etc >>>> >>>> But I have started doing: >>>> >>>> public class MyAction extends ActionSupport { >>>> >>>> @Autowired >>>> private MyInjectedService service >>>> >>>> I am not sure if that alters the way Struts2/Spring does it. But it does >>>> make it a bit clearer to read. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Jake Vang [mailto:vangj...@googlemail.com] >>>> Sent: 13 May 2010 10:23 >>>> To: user@struts.apache.org >>>> Subject: spring, struts2, convention plugin, how to "wire" an action >>>> class >>>> >>>> i am using struts 2.1.8.1 and the convention plugin. i am also using >>>> spring for dependency injections (DI). my question is if it is >>>> possible to to use struts2 + convention plugin with spring for DI on >>>> my Action classes? i have searched the internet but only seen >>>> examples using struts 1 + spring for DI on Action classes. the >>>> convention plugin makes life simpler (no XML), but also, partially >>>> because of little documentation, makes it uneasy to do certain things. >>>> i wonder if this is part of the reason why DI on Action classes using >>>> spring + struts is not obvious for me. >>>> >>>> Here's a simple code. This is my action class. >>>> >>>> public class SpringWiringAction extends ActionSupport { >>>> private String message = "no dependency injection"; >>>> >>>> �...@action(value="/spring-wiring") >>>> public String springWiring() { >>>> return SUCCESS; >>>> } >>>> >>>> public String getMessage() { return message; } >>>> public void setMessage(String message) { this.message = message; } >>>> } >>>> >>>> My "view" or the JSP page corresponding to the Action is: >>>> /webapp/WEB-INF/content/spring-wiring-success.jsp. >>>> >>>> <%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" >>>> pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%> >>>> <%...@taglib uri="/struts-tags" prefix="s" %> >>>> <html> >>>> <head><title>Test Spring Wiring</title</head> >>>> <body> >>>> <s:property value="message"/> >>>> </body> >>>> </html> >>>> >>>> My web.xml is setup according to >>>> http://struts.apache.org/2.0.14/docs/struts-2-spring-2-jpa-ajax.html. >>>> >>>> My spring XML file (/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml) is defined >>>> as following. >>>> >>>> ... >>>> <bean id="placeholderConfig" >>>> class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfi >>>> gurer"> >>>> <property name="location" >>>> value="WEB-INF/applicationContext.properties"/> >>>> </bean> >>>> ... >>>> <bean name="/spring-wiring" class="com.me.actions.SpringWiringAction"> >>>> <property name="message" value="${message}"/> >>>> </bean> >>>> >>>> My /webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.properties file then has this >>>> content. >>>> >>>> message=dependency inject success >>>> >>>> when i start up tomcat 6, everything starts up correctly and there are >>>> no complaints. however, when i go to >>>> http://localhost/webapp/spring-wiring, the message that gets displayed >>>> is "no dependency injection". >>>> >>>> is there something that i am missing using spring + struts2 (with the >>>> convention plugin) to use DI on Actions? >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org >>>> >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
