AutowiringRequestProcessor

This class is deprecated.
as of Spring 3.0

Class Overview

Subclass of Struts's default RequestProcessor that autowires Struts Actions with Spring beans defined in ContextLoaderPlugIn's WebApplicationContext or - in case of general service layer beans - in the root WebApplicationContext.

In the Struts config file, you simply continue to specify the original Action class. The instance created for that class will automatically get wired with matching service layer beans, that is, bean property setters will automatically be called if a service layer bean matches the property.

 <action path="/login" type="myapp.MyAction"/>

There are two autowire modes available: "byType" and "byName". The default is "byType", matching service layer beans with the Action's bean property argument types. This behavior can be changed through specifying an "autowire" init-param for the Struts ActionServlet with the value "byName", which will match service layer bean names with the Action's bean property names.

Dependency checking is turned off by default: If no matching service layer bean can be found, the setter in question will simply not get invoked. To enforce matching service layer beans, consider specify the "dependencyCheck" init-param for the Struts ActionServlet with the value "true".

If you also need the Tiles setup functionality of the original TilesRequestProcessor, use AutowiringTilesRequestProcessor. As there's just a single central class to customize in Struts, we have to provide another subclass here, covering both the Tiles and the Spring delegation aspect.

The default implementation delegates to the DelegatingActionUtils class as fas as possible, to reuse as much code as possible despite the need to provide two RequestProcessor subclasses. If you need to subclass yet another RequestProcessor, take this class as a template, delegating to DelegatingActionUtils just like it.

Summary

Public Constructors
	AutowiringRequestProcessor()

Public Methods
void	init(ActionServlet actionServlet, ModuleConfig moduleConfig)

Protected Methods
final int	getAutowireMode() Return the autowire mode to use for wiring Struts Actions.
final boolean	getDependencyCheck() Return whether to apply a dependency check after wiring Struts Actions.
final WebApplicationContext	getWebApplicationContext() Return the current Spring WebApplicationContext.
int	initAutowireMode(ActionServlet actionServlet, ModuleConfig moduleConfig) Determine the autowire mode to use for wiring Struts Actions.
boolean	initDependencyCheck(ActionServlet actionServlet, ModuleConfig moduleConfig) Determine whether to apply a dependency check after wiring Struts Actions.
WebApplicationContext	initWebApplicationContext(ActionServlet actionServlet, ModuleConfig moduleConfig) Fetch ContextLoaderPlugIn's WebApplicationContext from the ServletContext, falling back to the root WebApplicationContext.
Action	processActionCreate(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, ActionMapping mapping) Extend the base class method to autowire each created Action instance.

[Expand] Inherited Methods
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