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.

OK. I get it now. To call a specific action, you would append to a link something like ?action=desiredAction.

In a form you would put a button with a name of action and a value of the desired action/

thanks.

This is located here:
http://www.javaranch.com/common.jsp

My bad.
ActionServlet is in com.javaranch.common and I was told to use this for lesson 4 of servlets.

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

Hi guys,
I am somewhat confused by the javadoc for ActionServlet. It says this about the addActionHandler method:
addActionHandler

public void addActionHandler(java.lang.String actionKey,
ActionServlet.ActionHandler actionHandler)

Override init and call this method for every action to be implemented.

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

What exactly is the actionKey and how do I present it to the servlet?