ActionMapping object describes an Action instance to the ActionServlet.It represent the information that uniquely define an instance of a particular action class.

 
An action mapping is a configuration file entry that associates an action name with an action.
An action mapping can contain a reference to a form bean that the action can use and can additionally define a list of local forwards .

Example :-

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>
<action-mappings>
<action path="/login" type="com.r4r.struts.LoginAction" name="loginForm">
<forward name="success" path="/success.jsp"/>
<forward name="error" path="/error.jsp"/>
</action>
</action-mappings>
</struts-config> 

There are following attributes in action element :-

1.path:- This attribtes is application context-relative path to the action.
2.type:- This attributes represent the own Action classname that extends Action class.
3.name:- Name represent your Form bean element to use with this action



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