Question about MVC2 BeeServlet

[juliane gross]

In the 2nd example code of BeeServlet we have in method init():

addActionHandler( "default" , new Default() );  

I do not quite understand what the first parameter ("default") is doing exactly.
In the API I read:

actionKey - The text that will be sent in the servlet parameter to kick off this action.

I think that init() starts class Default which then runs it's doAction() method. But what could class Default then do with param "default"?
Or would servletData be able to do something with it? And if yes, what??




Thank you for any enlightening hints!

[Marilyn de Queiroz]

The parameter is passed when the jsp calls the servlet. If no parameter is specified, "default" is called.

[Richard J Barton]

I posted a similar question. what parameter is set in the jsp?

[Greg Charles]

The parameter is "action", so something like http://<myurl>/BeeServlet?action=default is what you need. There's nothing significant about "default" though. The framework just assumes the first action handler added is the default one, and uses that one if it can't find an "action" parameter in the request.

[Richard J Barton]

thanks. I got it now.
In a link action=desiredAction
In a form a button with a name of action and a value of desiredAction.