Breadcrumbs Plugin

The Struts 2 plugin is designed to capture bread crumbs. It can be configured many ways.

Overview

This Struts 2 plugin is designed to capture bread crumbs when the "breadCrumbs" interceptor is included. This plugin
can be activated by incorporating it with your registered interceptors.

Features

• Can be configured to suit many different requirements
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Usage

The plug-in extends struts-default so you can extend the "breadcrumb" package to get these additional features.

Example

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A sample configuration
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<struts>

 <package name="strutsSchool" extends="tiles-default,com.strutsschool.interceptors.breadcrumbs">

	<interceptors>
		<interceptor-stack name="strutsschoolStack">
			<interceptor-ref name="defaultStack"></interceptor-ref>
			<interceptor-ref name="breadCrumbs">
				<param name="wildCardSeparator">_</param>
	    		        <param name="uniqueCrumbsOnly">true</param>
	    		        <param name="getRequestsOnly">true</param>
	    		        <param name="crumbMax">2</param>
				<param name="excludeMethods">save,update,remove</param>
			</interceptor-ref>
		</interceptor-stack>
	</interceptors>

	<default-interceptor-ref name="strutsschoolStack"></default-interceptor-ref>
</package>
	...
</struts>

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Settings

The following settings can be customized. See the developer guide.

Setting	Description	Default	Possible Values
crumbMax	Maximum crumbs to manage before a new request begiwill pop the oldest from stack	2	int
uniqueCrumbsOnly	Determines if the same Crumb object is unique in CrumbCollection	true	boolean{}
getRequestsOnly	This will include only HTTP method=GET requests	true	boolean{}
wildCardSeparator	Wildcard separator used in action mappings.  e.g. http://strutsschool.com/samples/MemberAction_print.action? .. uses the (_)	{_}	String{}
includeMethods	Maximum crumbs to manage before a new request begiwill pop the oldest from stack	2	int
excludeMethods	Maximum crumbs to manage before a new request begiwill pop the oldest from stack	2	int

Installation

This plugin can be installed by copying the plugin jar into your application's /WEB-INF/lib directory. No other files need to be copied or created.

Resources

• Links to any other documentation or related products

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