Handling userlogin in struts

Dear all
i want to know how to handle user login in struts.
when user logsin i create a variable in session (storing user name and email id in session as a object )
my file strutcure is
layouts
[contains layout for struts]
pages
[contains including files (combines layouts and tiles)]
tiles
[indivudual tiles of page]
where should i write my session checking ? and how to forware to login page.
please help me thanks you
archi

you could create yourself a custom tag
if the tag detects tha the user is not logged in it uses the response object of the page to forward to the login page

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