Struts 2 action method and struts.convention.result.path not working

Question

I have problem with Struts2 action method and struts.convention.result.path Here is my struts.xml

<struts>
    <constant name="struts.action.extension" value="" />
    <constant name="struts.action.excludePattern" value="/.*\.(html|jsp),/static/.*"/>
    <constant name="struts.convention.result.path" value="/WEB-INF/pages/" />
    <package name="user" namespace="/user" extends="struts-default">
        <action name="login" class="loginAction" method="login">
            <result name="success">login.jsp</result>
        </action>
    </package>
<struts>

When I run url "localhost:8080/venus/user/login". It display error "HTTP Status 404 - /venus/user/login.jsp"

If I change login() method to execute() method, it works. Or if I change to <result name="success">/WEB-INF/pages/login.jsp</result>, it works.

Can anyone explain and teach me how use action method with result path config in xml? Thank you very much!

Answer 1

You should specify the absolute path name.

<result name="success">/login.jsp</result>

Answer 2

When using Convention plugin, xml configuration isn't needed:

• com.mycompany.actions.user -> namespaces "user"
• LoginAction -> login.action
• LoginAction#execute -> success -> user/login.jsp
• LoginAction#login -> success -> user/login(-login|-success).jsp