struts2 action mapping incorrect

Question

I have 2 actionClasses, one is called on startup. I'm trying to call an action with a button press (for now) that goes to another page and prints a message in the console saying this action was successful, but when I click on it it isn't called. Am I doing something wrong?

struts.xml

<struts>
    <package name="default" extends="struts-default">
        <action name="*" class="actionPackage.ActionClass1">
            <result name="homepage">/default.jsp</result>
            <result name="myNextPage">/nextPage.jsp</result>
        </action>
    </package>
</struts>

actionClass1

public String execute(){
    System.out.println("the web application is working properly!");
    return "homepage";
}

actionClass2

public String execute(){
    System.out.println("the button works!");
    return "myNextPage";
}

default.jsp

function strutsTestFunc(){document.getElementById("querySubmitter").submit()}

...

<form name="searchForm" method="post" action="actionPackage.ActionClass2" id="querySubmiter">

...

<input id="filterSubmit" type="submit" value="Search" onclick="strutsTestFunc()">

When I click the button it goes to "/actionPackage.ActionClass2" and gives me a 404 error. is there something I'm doing wrong here?

Answer 1

You mappings are wrong. Also avoid using * wildcard to map all actions, bypassing in fact the framework mechanisms.

<struts>
    <package name="default" extends="struts-default">
        <action name="action1" class="actionPackage.ActionClass1">
            <result name="homepage">/default.jsp</result>
        </action>
        <action name="action2" class="actionPackage.ActionClass2">
            <result name="myNextPage">/nextPage.jsp</result>
        </action>
    </package>
</struts>

in JSP, always point to the mapping of the action, not to the action class itself:

<form action = "action2" 
        name = "searchForm" 
      method = "post"  
          id = "querySubmiter" >

After it works, start using default results like SUCCESS, and submit with <s:submit /> struts tag, that does not require javascript.