Forwarding to an action using the struts framework

Question

hey people,
in struts we write something like
<forward name="abc" path="/xyz.do" contextRelative="true"/>
for an action
and to forward to that action we use
return mapping.findForward("abc");
My problem is that i want to forward to the action xyz.do action without specifying the forward tag in struts config i.e without giving
<forward name="abc" path="/xyz.do" contextRelative="true"/>
any idea how i can forward to the action directly without giving the above tag. also i dont want to give the forward tag in global forwards.

Answer 1

you want to forward to another action without declaring that forward in the struts config? we use MVC frameworks to avoid having to write all that sort of code. what are you trying to achieve that can't be done by configuring the forward?