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In the Using Tags lesson, we implemented a login form. In this lesson, we interpret the Logon form, and return a different result code depending on the circumstances.

If you have coded along on localhost, you can open the Logon action. 

http://localhost:8080/tutorial/Logon.action

Enter a likely username and passowrd, and press Enter. Since we haven't given the Action any behavior, it redisplaysthe default Logon.jsp page.

Let's add an Action class that make the Logon page more interesting.

The Code

Just as an example, lets look at the username and password values. If either or both are empty, return INPUT, so that we can collect a valid logon. Otherwise, return SUCCESS. 

package tutorial;
import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionSupport;
public class Logon extends ActionSupport {

    public String execute() throws Exception {

        if (isInvalid(getUsername())) return INPUT;

        if (isInvalid(getPassword())) return INPUT;

        return SUCCESS;
    }

    private boolean isInvalid(String value) {
        return (value == null || value.length() == 0);
    }

    private String username;
    public String getUsername() {
        return username;
    }
    public void setUsername(String username) {
        this.username = username;
    }

    private String password;
    public String getPassword() {
        return password;
    }
    public void setPassword(String password) {
        this.password = password;
    }

}

While the action decides which result to next invoke, it does not decide what the result actually does. For that, we need to turn to selecting results.

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