[XW-391] Remove explicit support for the method url syntax "!"

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.1.3
• Component/s: Configuration, Interceptors
• Assignee: Donald J. Brown
• Reporter: Donald J. Brown
• Created: 17/Jun/06 14:28
• Updated: 12/Sep/06 17:36
• Resolved: 12/Sep/06 17:36

Description

With wildcards now in XWork, we should remove explicit support for the action!method syntax. This capability can be completely simulated with wildcards. To aid the transition, we should support a compatibility mode where if enabled, we change all non-wildcard mappings to support the old syntax.

For example, the mapping:
<action name="foo">

would turn into:

<action name="foo!" method="">

so that the action would continue to map urls the way it had before.