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All objects created by the framework are instantiated by the ObjectFactory. The ObjectFactory provides the means of integrating the framework with IoC containers like Spring, Pico, Plexus, and so forth.

Customize

Extend ObjectFactory

Note

Customized ObjectFactory must extend ObjectFactory or any of its descendants and have a default, no-argument constructor.

To register a customized ObjectFactory, add or edit an entry in struts.properties

Code Block
 struts.objectFactory=foo.bar.MyCustomObjectFactory

where foo.bar.MyCustomObjectFactory is the custom object factory.

Code Block
public class MyObjectFactory extends ObjectFactory {
    .....
}

Define dedicated builder

If you want to just extend one part of ObjectFactory, ie. to change how Result Types are build, you can implement ResultBuilder interface below and register it with dedicated name, see Extension Points for more details. All these builders are available as from version 2.3.16.

List of Builder interfaces:

  • ResultBuilder - dedicated interfaces used to build Result Types
    • StrutsResultBuilder it's internal implementation which checks if Result implements ParamNameAwareResult interface to restrict names of parameters set on the instance of Result, see Result Types for more info.

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