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<li><a href="<s:url action="Login"/>">Sign On</a></li>
<li><a href="<s:url action="Login!_input"/>">Sign On</a></li>

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<action name="Login" class="tutorial.Login">
<action name="Login!_*" method="{1}" class="tutorial.Login">

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To open the Login form, the Welcome page refers to Login!_input.

• The framework matches this reference with the Login!_* action mapping.
• The "method={1}" attribute is replaced with "method=input".
• The framework invokes the input method on the Login Action class.
• Since "input" is on a special list of methods that bypass validation, the validation framework is not invoked.
• The default input method returns the result code "input".
• The framework renders "Login.jsp" as the response, without any validation messages.

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