Configuration Provider & Configuration
The ConfigurationProvider interface describes the framework’s configuration. By default, the framework loads its configurations via an XML document by using the StrutsXmlConfigurationProvider. The provider can be configured through a Dispatcher’s DispatcherListener.
Example
static {
Dispatcher.addDispatcherListener(new DispatcherListener() {
....
public void dispatcherInitialized(Dispatcher du) {
ConfigurationManager confManager = du.getConfigurationManager();
confManager.addConfigurationProvider( ... );
}
....
});
}
Configuration provider
ConfigurationProvider is the basic piece of configuration used to tie all the options together in ConfigurationManager. There is few different implementations that are already used internally by the Apache Struts:
-
XmlConfigurationProvider- proprietary XWork implementation which are usingxwork.xmlfile as source of configuration -
StrutsXmlConfigurationProvider- primary configuration provider, representsstruts.xmlandstruts-plugin.xmlfiles PropertiesConfigurationProvider- used to loadstruts.propertiesServletContextAwareConfigurationProvider- marking interface allowing to injectServletContextinto provider
To inject your custom configuration provider use configProviders <init-param/> in web.xml