How to remove the action suffix extension in Struts 2

In Struts 2, all action class has a default suffix

.action

extension. For example,

<struts>
<package name="default" namespace="/" extends="struts-default">
<action name="SayStruts2">
<result>pages/printStruts2.jsp</result>
</action>
</package>
</struts>

To access the “

SayStruts2

″ action class, use the following URL :

Action URL : http://localhost:8080/Struts2Example/SayStruts2.action

Configure the action extension

Struts 2 is allow to configure the action extension easily, to change it, just declare a constant “

struts.action.extension

” value :

1. html extension

Change the action class to

.html

extension.

<struts>

<constant name="struts.action.extension" value="html"/>

<package name="default" namespace="/" extends="struts-default">
<action name="SayStruts2">
<result>pages/printStruts2.jsp</result>
</action>
</package>

</struts>

Now you can access the “

SayStruts2

″ action class via

Action URL : http://localhost:8080/Struts2Example/SayStruts2.html

2. No extension

Change the action class to empty extension.

<struts>

<constant name="struts.action.extension" value=""/>

<package name="default" namespace="/" extends="struts-default">
<action name="SayStruts2">
<result>pages/printStruts2.jsp</result>
</action>
</package>

</struts>

Now you can access the “

SayStruts2

′ action class via

Action URL : http://localhost:8080/Struts2Example/SayStruts2