SearchAction

This is the component that does the actual search. The Search Action component will work with different Action forms. The only requirement is that all action forms are an instance of the Search Form class.

To provide a simple and an advanced search will you need to configure the SearchAction class twice in struts-config.xml. One for each form you will use.

Struts config

<action path="/search/simple"
  type="com.escenic.search.SearchAction"
  name="simpleSearchForm"
  input="/search/simple-input.jsp"
  validate="true">

  <forward name="success"
           path="/search/simple-success.jsp"/>
</action>

Action Form

Below is a list of the Action Forms known to work with this Action. All of these Action Forms is a instance of SearchForm.

com.escenic.search.SearchForm

This is the Abstract Super class for all SearchForms.

com.escenic.search.SimpleSearchForm

Use this Action Form when you want to create a simple search.

com.escenic.search.AdvancedSearchForm

Use this Action Form when you want to create a advanced search.

Action Forwards

This is a list of the action forwards used by this Action.

input page

When an error or something that requires the system to give the user a message, is the input parameter used. This forward can be overridden by providing a value for the 'input' property on the Action Form.

success

This forward is used when we have a result to display. Even a empty result is a result. This forward can be overridden by providing a value for the 'result' property on the Action Form.

Request attribute

The following request attributes are made available on the forwarded page.

result

This attribute is of type com.escenic.search.ResultPage. The list of hits for this search.

Action Error

This is a list of the errors that can be created by this action.

errors.form

(On the ActionErrors.GLOBAL_ERROR property.) When the Action Form provided is of the wrong type. {0} represents the provided Action Form, {1} the expected type.