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another Action in the same namespace (or the default "" namespace) can be executed after this Action (see XWork Configuration). An optional "namespace" parameter may also be added to specify an Action in a different namespace. The original parameters from the request and the ValueStack are passed in when this Action is chained to, so the chained to Action will be added on the ValueStack above the chained from Action. This allows the chained to Action to access the properties of the preceding Action(s) using the ValueStack, and also makes these properties available to the final result of the chain, such as the JSP or Velocity page.

If you need to copy the properties from your previous Actions in the chain to the current Action, you should apply the ChainingInterceptor (see XWork Interceptors) which copies the properties of all objects on the ValueStack to the current target.

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