Creating and extending a struts XML file in the web UI framework

You can create and extend a struts XML file in the web UI framework.

1. Create your app_extn_struts.xml file to extend the app_struts.xml file which contains all of your actions.
2. Navigate to the <INSTALL_DIR>/repository/eardata/<application name>/extn directory and re-name the struts.properties.sample and struts.xml.sample files to struts.properties and struts.xml respectively.

   The following shows struts.properties sample contents:

   struts.action.extension=do
   struts.devMode=true

   The following shows struts.xml sample contents:

    <struts>
          <include file="struts-default.xml"/>
          <include file="scuiimpl_struts.xml"/>
          <include file="app_struts.xml"/>
          <include file="app_extn_struts.xml"/> <!--your extn struts must be included after the app_struts.xml -->
   </struts>
   

3. Include the app_extn_struts.xml file in the classpath. This can be done by one of the following ways:
   • Create a WEB-INF/lib directory in the extn directory and copy your jar file containing the app_extn_struts.xml file there. This step can be followed in case of single and multiwar deployments.
   • Create a WEB-INF/classes directory in the extn directory and copy your app_extn_struts.xml file there. This step can be followed in case of single and multiwar deployments.
   • Create a jar file containing the app_extn_struts.xml file and run the Install3rdParty.sh script. This step can only be followed in case of a single war deployment.
4. Run the buildear or buildwar utility to create the EAR/WAR file.