在上一篇博客中讲到ActionServlet是如何初始化的以及web.xml的配置信息的具体作用。今天我们讲继续讲解ActionServlet在初始化的时候如何读取/WEB-INF/struts-config.xml信息到内存中，如何将这些从配置文件读取的信息以Actionmapping的形式展现在内存中的。
由于这部分内容是比较繁琐的，所以我对这部分的深入分析也不能太详细，但是具体实现流程我会讲清晰，如果有兴趣研究的童鞋们希望能够继续深入，研究的非常透彻的时候，可以给我发邮件或Q我。
下面来开始今天的博客，我们先从ActionServlet源代码的init方法开始。因为ActionServlet就是一个Servlet，它也是具有典型的那几个方法init、doget、dopost等方法。既然是初始化，那么我们就要看init方法。Init方法的源代码如下：
/**
* <p>Initialize this servlet. Most of the processing has been factored into
* support methods so that you can overrideparticular functionality at a
* fairly granular level.</p>
*
* @exception ServletException if we cannotconfigure ourselves correctly
*/
publicvoidinit() throwsServletException {
// Wraps the entire initialization in a try/catch tobetter handle
// unexpected exceptions and errors to provide better feedback
// to the developer
try {
initInternal();
initOther();
initServlet();
getServletContext().setAttribute(Globals.ACTION_SERVLET_KEY, this);
initModuleConfigFactory();
// Initialize modules as needed
ModuleConfig moduleConfig =initModuleConfig("", config);
initModuleMessageResources(moduleConfig);
initModuleDataSources(moduleConfig);
initModulePlugIns(moduleConfig);
moduleConfig.freeze();
Enumeration names =getServletConfig().getInitParameterNames();
while (names.hasMoreElements()) {
String name = (String)names.nextElement();
if (!name.startsWith("config/")) {
continue;
}
String prefix =name.substring(6);
moduleConfig = initModuleConfig
(prefix,getServletConfig().getInitParameter(name));
initModuleMessageResources(moduleConfig);
initModuleDataSources(moduleConfig);
initModulePlugIns(moduleConfig);
moduleConfig.freeze();
}
this.initModulePrefixes(this.getServletContext());
this.destroyConfigDigester();
} catch (UnavailableException ex) {
throw ex;
} catch (Throwable t) {
// The follow error message is not retrieved from internal message
// resources as they may not have been able to have been
// initialized
log.error("Unable to initialize Struts ActionServlet due to an "
+ "unexpected exception or error thrown, so marking the "
+ "servlet as unavailable. Mostlikely, this is due to an "
+ "incorrect or missing library dependency.", t);
throw new UnavailableException(t.getMessage());
}
}
在解释这段代码的流程和意思之前，有必要说一句，就是当我们在eclipse里面看代码的时候，尤其是看一段生疏的很长的代码的时候，希望能够经常使用Ctrl键（多余的不解释）。
下面开始讲解这段代码的流程和具体每一步的含义，如果有不正确的地方，希望指正。
首先映入眼帘的是initInternal（）方法。这个方法的实现代码是：
代码段一：
/**
* <p>Initialize our internal MessageResourcesbundle.</p>
*
* @exception ServletException if we cannotinitialize these resources
*/
protectedvoidinitInternal() throwsServletException {
// :FIXME: Document UnavailableException
try {
internal = MessageResources.getMessageResources(internalName);
} catch (MissingResourceException e) {
log.error("Cannot load internal resources from '"+ internalName+ "'",
e);
throw new UnavailableException
("Cannot load internal resources from '"+ internalName+ "'");
}
}
代码段二：
/**
* Create and return an instance of <code>MessageResources</code> for the
* created by the default <code>MessageResourcesFactory</code>.
*
* @param config Configuration parameterfor this message bundle.
*/
publicsynchronizedstaticMessageResources getMessageResources(String config) {
if (defaultFactory == null) {
defaultFactory =MessageResourcesFactory.createFactory();
}
return defaultFactory.createResources(config);
}
代码段三：
/**
* Create and return a <code>MessageResourcesFactory</code> instance ofthe
* appropriate class, which can be used tocreate customized
* <code>MessageResources</code>instances. If no such factory can be
* created, return <code>null</code> instead.
*/
publicstaticMessageResourcesFactory createFactory(){
// Construct a new instance of the specified factory class
try {
if (clazz == null)
clazz = RequestUtils.applicationClass(factoryClass);
MessageResourcesFactory factory =
(MessageResourcesFactory) clazz.newInstance();
return (factory);
} catch (Throwable t) {
LOG.error("MessageResourcesFactory.createFactory",t);
return (null);
}
}
这个方法的具体作用就是初始化MessageResources，具体实现是工厂模式，首先判断defaultFactory是否存在，不存在则创建工厂，
defaultFactory = MessageResourcesFactory.createFactory()，在通过工厂创建资源类defaultFactory.createResources(config);存在则直接创建资源类。
initOther（）的方法，主要是初始化其它的配置，获取我们自己的struts-config配置文件的路径，
而它的默认路径就是web-inf/struts-config.xml，另外这个方法还会注册一些转换类的。具体源代码是：
/**
* <p>Initialize other global characteristics ofthe controller servlet.</p>
*
* @exception ServletException if we cannotinitialize these resources
*/
protectedvoidinitOther() throwsServletException {
String value = null;
value =getServletConfig().getInitParameter("config");
if (value != null) {
config = value;
}
// Backwards compatibility for form beans of Java wrapper classes
// Set to true for strict Struts 1.0 compatibility
value =getServletConfig().getInitParameter("convertNull");
if ("true".equalsIgnoreCase(value)
|| "yes".equalsIgnoreCase(value)
|| "on".equalsIgnoreCase(value)
|| "y".equalsIgnoreCase(value)
|| "1".equalsIgnoreCase(value)) {
convertNull = true;
}
if (convertNull) {
ConvertUtils.deregister();
ConvertUtils.register(new BigDecimalConverter(null), BigDecimal.class);
ConvertUtils.register(new BigIntegerConverter(null), BigInteger.class);
ConvertUtils.register(new BooleanConverter(null), Boolean.class);
ConvertUtils.register(new ByteConverter(null), Byte.class);
ConvertUtils.register(new CharacterConverter(null), Character.class);
ConvertUtils.register(new DoubleConverter(null), Double.class);
ConvertUtils.register(new FloatConverter(null), Float.class);
ConvertUtils.register(new IntegerConverter(null), Integer.class);
ConvertUtils.register(new LongConverter(null), Long.class);
ConvertUtils.register(new ShortConverter(null), Short.class);
}
}
initServlet()方法是利用digester读取web.xml文件并且放到servletContext中。具体实现源代码：
/**
* <p>Initialize the servlet mapping under which our controller servlet
* is being accessed. This will be used in the <code>&html:form></code>
* tag to generate correct destination URLs for form submissions.</p>
*
* @throws ServletException if error happens while scanning web.xml
*/
protected void initServlet() throws ServletException {
// Remember our servlet name
this.servletName = getServletConfig().getServletName();
// Prepare a Digester to scan the web application deployment descriptor
Digester digester = new Digester();
digester.push(this);
digester.setNamespaceAware(true);
digester.setValidating(false);
// Register our local copy of the DTDs that we can find
for (int i = 0; i < registrations.length; i += 2) {
URL url = this.getClass().getResource(registrations[i+1]);
if (url != null) {
digester.register(registrations[i], url.toString());
}
}
// Configure the processing rules that we need
digester.addCallMethod("web-app/servlet-mapping",
"addServletMapping", 2);
digester.addCallParam("web-app/servlet-mapping/servlet-name", 0);
digester.addCallParam("web-app/servlet-mapping/url-pattern", 1);
// Process the web application deployment descriptor
if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
log.debug("Scanning web.xml for controller servlet mapping");
}
InputStream input =
getServletContext().getResourceAsStream("/WEB-INF/web.xml");
if (input == null) {
log.error(internal.getMessage("configWebXml"));
throw new ServletException(internal.getMessage("configWebXml"));
}
try {
digester.parse(input);
} catch (IOException e) {
log.error(internal.getMessage("configWebXml"), e);
throw new ServletException(e);
} catch (SAXException e) {
log.error(internal.getMessage("configWebXml"), e);
throw new ServletException(e);
} finally {
try {
input.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
log.error(internal.getMessage("configWebXml"), e);
throw new ServletException(e);
}
}
// Record a servlet context attribute (if appropriate)
if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
log.debug("Mapping for servlet '" + servletName + "' = '" +
servletMapping + "'");
}
if (servletMapping != null) {
getServletContext().setAttribute(Globals.SERVLET_KEY, servletMapping);
}
}
这篇博客先介绍这几个方法，随着这些方法具体作用和具体实现的慢慢的我们就知道init方法的作用，也慢慢的就解开了当我们实例化ActionServlet的时候，digester是如何读取/WEB-INF/struts-config.xml的文件内容，并且放到了ActionMapping中。敬请期待！