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Is Action class is Servlet or Not ? if yes why ?

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Last Update: June 09, 2008 Asked by: enjoy

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Submitted by: _Neo_

In Struts1, Action Servlet is a servelet (since it extends HTTPServle) but Action class extents org.apache.struts.action.Action which has nothing to do with Servlet.

In Struts2, Action class extends com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionSupport which has nothing to do with Servlet.

So, to answer the question, Action class is not a Servlet by any logic.

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April 13, 2007 18:53:25

KidJava

RE: Is Action class is Servlet or Not ? if yes why ?

Nope !!

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November 27, 2007 12:19:07

Charles

RE: Is Action class is Servlet or Not ? if yes why ?

Judging by the rules of inheritence i would say that Action class is a Servlet.

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December 07, 2007 05:31:27

pdommara

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RE: Is Action class is Servlet or Not ? if yes why ?

Servlet !!

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January 02, 2008 10:27:56

ashok99

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RE: Is Action class is Servlet or Not ? if yes why ?

No!!! Action class is not a servlet. it may resemble like Servlet since it is using HttpServletRequest and HttpServletResponse but actually its a plain java class which is been called/Managed by a well defined framework called Struts.

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January 09, 2008 19:09:17

_Neo_

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RE: Is Action class is Servlet or Not ? if yes why ?

In Struts1 Action Servlet is a servelet (since it extends HTTPServle) but Action class extents org.apache.struts.action.Action which has nothing to do with Servlet.

In Struts2 Action class extends com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionSupport which has nothing to do with Servlet.

So to answer the question Action class is not a Servlet by any logic.

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January 23, 2008 00:49:57

koseavase

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RE: Is Action class is Servlet or Not ? if yes why ?

Action Servlet is a Servlet - no doubt about it

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January 23, 2008 03:52:00

koseavase

Member Since: January 2008 Contribution: 5

RE: Is Action class is Servlet or Not ? if yes why ?

Sorry Action class is not a Serlvet
Any doubts go to eclipse and view the source code for Action class

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April 02, 2008 15:55:47

meshram.anurag

Member Since: April 2008 Contribution: 1

RE: Is Action class is Servlet or Not ? if yes why ?

No Action class is not a Servlet. Servlet is a helper application of the web server to produce dynamic content to the client. And Action class is also made for the same.

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May 30, 2008 03:08:26

khadarzone

Member Since: September 2007 Contribution: 17

RE: Is Action class is Servlet or Not ? if yes why ?

No Action Class is not a servlet Because it is not a subclass of javax.servlet.GenericServlet. An ActionServlet calls the execute() method of an ActionClass().

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June 09, 2008 01:10:52

pradeepkmr18

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RE: Is Action class is Servlet or Not ? if yes why ?

Action class is not a Servlet .
Any Java object which extends the functionality of servlet interface or HttpServlet or GenericServlet or it is subclass can be called as a servlet but our action class does not extend any of these.
For clarification go to web.xml there we have to define all the servlets. You will not find Action class bec it is not a servlet.

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