Struts2: How do I tell my index.jsp to forward to a struts2 action?

Question

Oftentimes when I see an index.jsp on a web application it just forwards to another url like login.jsp such as

<jsp:forward page="login.jsp" />

When using struts2, I want a similar index.jsp but I want it to forward to an action. How do I do this?

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 06 '10 at 13:38

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You can use plain HTML if you want

Between your head tags use:

 <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="1;URL=Login.action">

This will redirect to myCOntext/Login.action

If Login is behind a name space you wil need to include that in the URL

answered Jul 06 '10 at 13:38

Allan

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Thank you alzoid. Never thought it would be that simple :) – avendael Jul 11 '10 at 06:37
Probably irrelevant for this case, but this is redirect, NOT forward. – tevch Nov 05 '10 at 05:34

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 09 '10 at 14:05

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Scriplet:

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8"
pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>

<%  
response.sendRedirect("/Project/namespace/Login.action");
%>

I use it with Struts2 and it works.

answered Jul 09 '10 at 14:05

Trick

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Thank you. This works, but I'm trying to avoid using scriptlets ;) – avendael Jul 11 '10 at 06:38
@Trick in struts2 scriplets should be avoid. – Srivathsan Apr 25 '13 at 04:55
True. I do this now, but three years ago I was still using them :) – Trick Apr 25 '13 at 08:04

score 3 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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Try this:

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=welcomeLink.action">

This is also a working one,

<%  
response.sendRedirect("welcomeLink.action");
%>

But in my experience it will work only when it is in index page, or any other page which is loaded as first page.

If I put response.sendRedirect in any successor page it will not work Reffer this question

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

Community

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answered Nov 11 '11 at 12:29

Sarin Jacob Sunny

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In index.jsp you need to add only this line. It will goes to your Struts.xml and find mappings for this action. It will work – Sarin Jacob Sunny Nov 24 '11 at 05:15

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