Custom Tag Example in Struts 1.3

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Custom Tag Example in 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 CustamTagExample in Struts 1.3 Using MyEclipse IDE

 index.jsp

<%@taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld" prefix="html"%>
<%@taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld" prefix="bean"%>
<html>
<head>
<title><bean:message key="label.title"/></title>
</head>
<body>
<div style="color: red;">
<html:errors/>
</div>
<h3><bean:message key="label.header"/></h3>
<html:form action="/customAction">
<bean:message key="label.name"/>:
<html:text property="name" name="customForm"/><br/>
<bean:message key="label.password"/>:
<html:text property="password" name="customForm"/><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://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-config_1_3.dtd">
<struts-config>
  <form-beans >
    <form-bean name="customForm" type="org.r4r.struts.CustomForm"/>
  </form-beans>
  <global-exceptions />
  <global-forwards />
  <action-mappings >
    <action
      attribute="customForm"
      input="/index.jsp"
      name="customForm"
      path="/customAction"
      scope="request"
      type="org.r4r.struts.CustomAction"
      cancellable="true">
      <forward name="success" path="/success.jsp" />
    </action>
  </action-mappings>
  <message-resources parameter="org.r4r.struts.ApplicationResources" />
</struts-config>

CustomForm.java

package org.r4r.struts;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

import org.apache.struts.action.ActionErrors;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessage;

@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class CustomForm extends ActionForm {
	private String name;
	private String password;
	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}
	public void setName(String name) {
		this.name = name;
	}
	public String getPassword() {
		return password;
	}
	public void setPassword(String password) {
		this.password = password;
	}
	public ActionErrors validate(ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest request) {
		ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors();
		if (name == null || name.length() < 1) {
		errors.add("name", new ActionMessage("error.name.required"));
		}
		if (password == null || password.length() < 1) {
		errors.add("password", new ActionMessage("error.password.required"));
		}
		return errors;
		}
}

CustomAction.java

package org.r4r.struts;

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;

public class CustomAction extends Action {
public ActionForward execute ( ActionMapping mapping  ,   ActionForm form  ,  
	HttpServletRequest request  ,   HttpServletResponse response  )  { 
@SuppressWarnings("unused")
CustomForm customForm = (CustomForm) form;
return mapping.findForward("success");
}
}

ApplicationResources.properties

#label message
label.title=Struts Custom Tag Example
label.header=Struts Custom Tag Example
label.name = User Name 
label.password = Password
label.submit = Submit
label.reset = Reset
error.name.required= Name is required<br/>
error.password.required= Password is required

success.jsp

<%@taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld" prefix="bean"%>
<html>
<head>
<title><bean:message key="label.title"/></title>
</head>
<body>
<h3><bean:message key="label.header"/></h3>
<h4>Welcome , <bean:write name="customForm" property="name"/></h4>
</body>
</html>

Output





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