org.mojavemvc.annotations

Annotation Type DefaultAction

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Target(value=METHOD)
public @interface DefaultAction

This annotation specifies the default action for a controller. There can be only one method with this annotation in a controller. A method annotated with this annotation must be public. Generally, a default action behaves like an @Action method, in that it must return a View, and can accept web parameters. (See Action for more information.) However, it is invoked only if no action variable is specified in the request.

As an example, consider the following controller:

 @StatelessController("test")
 public class SomeController {
 
     @DefaultAction
     public View defaultAction() {
 
         return new JSP("test");
     }
 }
 

We can invoke the default action above by making the following request:

 http://.../test
 

Note that we cannot invoke the default action method by appending "/defaultAction" to the path above.

Author:

Luis Antunes