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Struts 2 “action” tag is used to call action class directly from a JSP page. if the “executeResult” attribute is set to true, the content of the result page will be rendered directly in the current page.

This is best illustrated using a complete example :

1. Action

An Action class with few methods to forward the result to different result page.

ParamTagAction.java


package com.mkyong.common.action;

import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionSupport;
 
public class ActionTagAction extends ActionSupport{
	
	public String execute() {
		return SUCCESS;
	}
	
	public String sayHello(){
		return "sayHello";
	}
	
	public String sayStruts2(){
		return "sayStruts2";
	}
	
	public String saySysOut(){
		System.out.println("SysOut SysOut SysOut");
		return "saySysOut";
	}
	
}

2. action tag example

JSP pages to show the use of “action” tag. If the executeResult=”true” is specified in the action tag, the method is executed and the result page will be displayed directly; Otherwise, it just execute the method, no result page will be displayed.

action.jsp


<%@ taglib prefix="s" uri="/struts-tags" %>
<html>
<head>
</head>
 
<body>
<h1>Struts 2 action tag example</h1>

<ol>

<li>
Execute the action's result, render the page here. 
<s:action name="sayHelloAction" executeResult="true"/>
</li>

<li>
Doing the same as above, but call action's sayStruts2() method. 
<s:action name="sayHelloAction!sayStruts2" executeResult="true"/>
</li>

<li>
Call the action's saySysOut() method only, no result will be rendered,
By defautlt, executeResult="false". 
<s:action name="sayHelloAction!saySysOut" />
</li>

</ol>

</body>
</html>

sayHello.jsp


<html>
<head>
</head>
 
<body>
<div class="ads-in-post hide_if_width_less_800">
<script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
<!-- new 728x90 - After2ndH4 -->
<ins class="adsbygoogle hide_if_width_less_800" 
     style="display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px"
     data-ad-client="ca-pub-2836379775501347"
     data-ad-slot="3642936086"
	 data-ad-region="mkyongregion"></ins>
<script>
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
</script>
</div><h2>Hello Hello Hello ~ from sayHello.jsp</h2>

</body>
</html>

sayStruts2.jsp


<html>
<head>
</head>
 
<body>
<h2>Struts 2 Struts 2 Struts 2 ~ from sayStruts2.jsp</h2>

</body>
</html>

saySysOut.jsp


<html>
<head>
</head>
 
<body>
<h2>SysOut SysOut SysOut ~ from saySysOut.jsp</h2>

</body>
</html>

3. struts.xml

Declared few result name to demonstrate the executeResult effect.


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE struts PUBLIC
"-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 2.0//EN"
"http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-2.0.dtd">
 
<struts>
   <constant name="struts.devMode" value="true" />
   <package name="default" namespace="/" extends="struts-default">
	
	<action name="actionTagAction" 
		class="com.mkyong.common.action.ActionTagAction" >
		<result name="success">pages/action.jsp</result>
	</action>
		
	<action name="sayHelloAction" 
		class="com.mkyong.common.action.ActionTagAction" 
                method="sayHello">

		<result name="sayHello">sayHello.jsp</result>
		<result name="sayStruts2">sayStruts2.jsp</result>
		<result name="saySysOut">saySysOut.jsp</result>
	</action>
		
  </package>
</struts>

4. Demo

http://localhost:8080/Struts2Example/actionTagAction.action

Output

Struts 2 action tag example

Reference

  1. Struts 2 action tag documentation