Using the Struts Navigation View

The Struts configuration editor's Navigation pane allows you to both visualize and navigate through a Struts configuration file. It also allows you to easily access the resources that you reference in your Struts configuration file, including your web pages.

Opening actions, forwards and exceptions

• Expand the Action Mappings node
  
  
  
• Double-click on the action to open in the Struts configuration editor.
• Click the Navigation tab of the Struts configuration editor. The action, the pages which reference the action, and the forwards associated with the action will be shown in the diagram.

Note: For applications which use multiple struts configuration files, the Struts configuration Navigation pane highlights actions defined in the currently selected struts-config.xml in green and highlights actions defined in another module or struts-config.xml file in gray.

• Expand the Global Forwards node to open a global forward, or expand the Action Mappings node and an action to open a local forward.
• Double-click on a forward to open in the Struts configuration editor.
• Click the Navigation tab of the Struts configuration editor. The forward will be shown in the diagram. If the path mapped to the forward resolves to a web page, then the navigation from this forward will be shown on the diagram as well.

To open an exception in the Navigation pane:

• Expand the Global Exceptions node to open a global exception, or expand the Action Mappings node and an action to open a local exception.
• Double-click on a exception to open in the Struts configuration editor.
• Click the Navigation tab of the Struts configuration editor. The exception will be shown in the diagram. If the exception is mapped to a path which resolves to a web page, then the navigation from this exception will be shown on the diagram as well.

Opening web pages

• Expand the Global Forwards or Action Mappings node.
• Expand a forward and select a path to which it refers. Click the Page link to open the JSP.