Exception Handling Example Using Struts 1.3

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Exception Handling Example using Struts 1.3 the following tool are required for run this example
JDK 1.5
MyEclipse IDE
Server Tomcat 6.0
Struts 1.3 jar file
Directory Structure of ExceptionHandlingExample in Struts 1.3 Using MyEclipse IDE

 index.jsp

<%@taglib uri="http://struts.apache.org/tags-html" prefix="html"%>
<%@taglib uri="http://struts.apache.org/tags-bean" prefix="bean"%>
 
<html>
<head>
<title><bean:message key="label.title" /></title>
</head>
<body>
<h3><bean:message key="label.header" /></h3>
<html:form action="/exceptionExAction">
<bean:message key="label.name" /> :
<html:text property="name" size="20" maxlength="20"/> <br/><br/>
<html:submit><bean:message key="label.submit" /></html:submit>
<html:reset><bean:message key="label.reset" /></html:reset>
</html:form> 
</body>
</html>

web.xml

<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC
 "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
 "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd" >
 
<web-app>
  <display-name>Maven Struts Examples</display-name>
 
  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>
        org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet
    </servlet-class>
    <init-param>
        <param-name>config</param-name>
        <param-value>
         /WEB-INF/struts-config.xml
        </param-value>
    </init-param>
    <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
  </servlet>
 
  <servlet-mapping>
       <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
       <url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
 
</web-app>

struts-config.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC 
"-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 1.3//EN" 
"http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/struts-config_1_3.dtd">
 
<struts-config>
 
	<form-beans>
		<form-bean name="myDynaForm"   
		      type="org.apache.struts.action.DynaActionForm">
		      <form-property name="name" type="java.lang.String"/>
		</form-bean>
	</form-beans>
 
    <global-exceptions>
	    <exception
	      key="error.exception.message"
	      type="java.io.IOException"
	      handler="org.r4r.struts.MyExceptionHandler"
	      path="/failed.jsp" />
	</global-exceptions>
	
	<action-mappings>

	    <action
			path="/exceptionEx"
			type="org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction"
			parameter="/index.jsp"/>
 
		<action
			path="/exceptionExAction"
			type="org.r4r.struts.MyExceptionAction"
			name="myDynaForm"
			>
			
		</action>
	</action-mappings>
 
	<message-resources
		parameter="org.r4r.struts.ApplicationResources" />
 
</struts-config>

MyExceptionHandler.java

package org.r4r.struts;
 
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;
import org.apache.struts.action.ExceptionHandler;
import org.apache.struts.config.ExceptionConfig;
 
public class MyExceptionHandler extends ExceptionHandler{
	@Override
	public ActionForward execute(Exception ex, ExceptionConfig ae,
			ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm formInstance,
			HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
			throws ServletException {
		
		return super.execute(ex, ae, mapping, formInstance, request, response);
	}
 
}

MyExceptionAction.java

package org.r4r.struts;
 
import java.io.IOException;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import org.apache.struts.action.Action;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages;
 
public class MyExceptionAction extends Action{
 
	public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping,ActionForm form,
		HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response) 
        throws Exception {
 
		ActionMessages errors = new ActionMessages();
	    saveErrors(request,errors);
	    
	    throw new IOException();
	}
 
}

ApplicationResources.properties

#common module error message
error.exception.message = This Exception Message Generated By Struts 1.3 Exception Handler Example
label.name = User Name
label.submit = Submit
label.reset = Reset
error.name.required = User Name Resquired
label.title = Struts 1.3 Exception Handler Example
label.header = Struts 1.3 Exception handler Example

failed.jsp

<%@taglib uri="http://struts.apache.org/tags-html" prefix="html"%>
<%@taglib uri="http://struts.apache.org/tags-logic" prefix="logic"%>
<%@taglib uri="http://struts.apache.org/tags-bean" prefix="bean"%>

<%@page import="org.apache.struts.Globals"%>
<html>
<head>
<title><bean:message key="label.title" /></title>
</head>
<body>
<h3><bean:message key="label.header" /></h3>
<div style="color: red;">
<html:errors/>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Output





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