Struts 2 push tag example

Download It – Struts2-Push-Tag-Example.zip

Struts 2 “push” tag is used to push value to the top of stack, so that it can be access or reference easily. See a complete “push” tag example :

1. Action

Action class to forward the request only.

PushTagAction.java

package com.mkyong.common.action;
 
import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionSupport;
 
public class PushTagAction extends ActionSupport{
 
	public String execute() throws Exception {
 
		return SUCCESS;
	}
}

2. Bean

A simple Person class, later will push it into the stack for easy access.

Person.java

package com.mkyong.common;
 
public class Person{
 
	private String firstName = "This is firstName";
	private String lastName = "This is lastName";
 
	public String getFirstName() {
		return firstName;
	}
	public String getLastName() {
		return lastName;
	}
}

3. push tag example

It shows the use of “push” tag.

push.jsp

<%@ taglib prefix="s" uri="/struts-tags" %>
<html>
<head>
</head>
 
<body>
<h1>Struts 2 push tag example</h1>
 
<h4>1. Normal way</h4>
<s:bean name="com.mkyong.common.Person" var="personBean" />
First name : <s:property value="#personBean.firstName" /><br/>
Last name: <s:property value="#personBean.lastName" /><br/>
 
<h4>2. Push way</h4>
<s:push value="#personBean" >
First name : <s:property value="firstName" /><br/>
Last name: <s:property value="lastName" /><br/>
</s:push>
 
</body>
</html>

How it work?
Normally, if you want to get the bean’s property, you may reference it like <s:property value=”#personBean.firstName” />. With “push” tag, you can push the “#personBean” to the top of the stack, and access the property directly <s:property value=”firstName” />. Both are returned the same result, but with different access mechanism only.

The “push” tag is saving you to type few characters, don’t see any real value behind.

4. struts.xml

Link it ~

<?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="pushTagAction" 
			class="com.mkyong.common.action.PushTagAction" >
			<result name="success">pages/push.jsp</result>
		</action>
 
	</package>
</struts>