Make a struts action do nothing

Question

Is there a way to make a struts action do nothing? I don't want to do anything after my action is performed. Every single action in the project I inherited (794 of them) are redirectAction. But I don't want to redirect. I just want to stay on the same page.

What can I do to just stay on the same page? I want like

<result name="success" type="doNothing"></result>

Is there something I can do to get this behavior? Or even fake it?

Answer 1

Return ActionSupport.NONE.

What's the usecase? What would an action do that wouldn't return anything?

Answer 2

Try making the ActionForward execute method return null where you would normally have returned. For example, mapping.findForward("something"); - just return null; instead.

Answer 3

Http is a request/response protocol, you have to send something. When I have a similair situation on an ajax page, I simply map the SUCCESS return code to an HttpResultHeader type with a return code of 200.