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Struts 1.2 Actions, the "right" way of reading query parameters?

I get that if I have a html form then I should use an ActionForm to read user input in my Action.

But should I consider all kind of user input as form data?

Lets say I have an link with query parameters passed to my Action? Should I still make use of an ActionForm? For example showProfile.do?userid=XXXXX. What is the recommended way to read this kind of user input? Should I use request.getParameter("userid") for this kind of input? Is it a good idea to use an ActionForm but have another naming pattern for these ActionForm classes, like UserActionQuery?

I'm a new developer in Struts 1.2 and I know I could do as I want. But I'm kind of looking for a good practice pattern.

Solution

  • The standard way of fetching parameters in action classes is using an ActionForm.

    But if you want you can access parameters both ways you described in your question, using Form getters/setters or using request.getParameter("userId").

    FormAction is to get the values of the form elements. So if you want to pass a parameter in the URL , you should use the other way.