Struts里的html:Cancel标签是在Form中经常运用的一个标签,主要功能就是cancel当前Form,一般写法如下:

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<html:cancel>
        <bean:message key="createuser.cancelbutton"/>
      </html:cancel>

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这个标签将生成如下的HTML代码:
<input type="submit" name="org.apache.struts.taglib.html.CANCEL" value="返回" onclick="bCancel=true;">
bCancel=true是一段javascript,bCancel是在使用Struts的Validator时,Struts自动为我们加的一段Javascript代码里的一个变量
这段Javascript简略摘要如下:

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<script type="text/javascript" language="Javascript1.1">

<!-- Begin

     var bCancel = false;

    function validateCreateUserForm(form) {                                                                 
        if (bCancel)
      return true;
        else
       return validateMaxLength(form) && validateRequired(form) && validateMinLength(form);
   }

。。。以下省略

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由上可以看到,这个bCancel=true时,Javascript将自动将表单提交(return true),也就是说,如果我们在后台Action的代码里
没有对这个Cancel动作写特定代码的话,这个Cancel标签产生的效果和submit按钮产生的动作完全一致!!(因为这个按钮的
type也等于submit)
这一点需要非常的注意!所以,一般来说,我们在Action类的execute方法里面会加上如下的一段代码来处理这个Cancel动作:

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// Was this transaction cancelled?
if (isCancelled(request)) {
            return (mapping.findForward("createusersuccess"));
}

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有了以上的代码,Cancel动作就有了相应的处理代码,转到相关的页面了。
本来事情已经解决,但本着对Struts源码研究的精神,我们还需要对以上代码研究一下
OK,让我们来看一下isCancelled这个方法在什么地方被定义了,内容是什么?
首先发现,这个方法被定义在Action类里面,代码如下:

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/**
     * <p>Returns <code>true</code> if the current form's cancel button was
     * pressed.  This method will check if the <code>Globals.CANCEL_KEY</code>
     * request attribute has been set, which normally occurs if the cancel
     * button generated by <strong>CancelTag</strong> was pressed by the user
     * in the current request.  If <code>true</code>, validation performed
     * by an <strong>ActionForm</strong>'s <code>validate()</code> method
     * will have been skipped by the controller servlet.</p>
     *
     * @param request The servlet request we are processing
     * @see org.apache.struts.taglib.html.CancelTag
     */
    protected boolean isCancelled(HttpServletRequest request) {

        return (request.getAttribute(Globals.CANCEL_KEY) != null);

    }

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哦,原来是在request对象中查找Globals.CANCEL_KEY这个key值是否绑定了一个对象,如果是,那么就代表按下Cancel按钮后,
Struts会在request对象中绑定一个对象,并以这个key值来命名
那Struts是在什么地方绑定了这个对象呢?很自然的,让我们从头找起
从ActionServlet的process方法开始找起,历经多次方法调用,终于找到了根源,原来是在RequestProcessor.java中,代码如下:

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/**
     * <p>Process an <code>HttpServletRequest</code> and create the
     * corresponding <code>HttpServletResponse</code>.</p>
     *
     * @param request The servlet request we are processing
     * @param response The servlet response we are creating
     *
     * @exception IOException if an input/output error occurs
     * @exception ServletException if a processing exception occurs
     */
    public void process(HttpServletRequest request,
                        HttpServletResponse response)
        throws IOException, ServletException {

//。。。省略代码若干
// Process any ActionForm bean related to this request
        ActionForm form = processActionForm(request, response, mapping);
//答案就在这个processPopulate方法中
        processPopulate(request, response, form, mapping);
        if (!processValidate(request, response, form, mapping)) {
            return;
        }

    /**
     * Populate the properties of the specified ActionForm instance from
     * the request parameters included with this request.  In addition,
     * request attribute <code>Globals.CANCEL_KEY</code> will be set if
     * the request was submitted with a button created by
     * <code>CancelTag</code>.
     *
     * @param request The servlet request we are processing
     * @param response The servlet response we are creating
     * @param form The ActionForm instance we are populating
     * @param mapping The ActionMapping we are using
     *
     * @exception ServletException if thrown by RequestUtils.populate()
     */
    protected void processPopulate(HttpServletRequest request,
                                   HttpServletResponse response,
                                   ActionForm form,
                                   ActionMapping mapping)
        throws ServletException {

        if (form == null) {
            return;
        }

        // Populate the bean properties of this ActionForm instance
        if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
            log.debug(" Populating bean properties from this request");
        }
       
        form.setServlet(this.servlet);
        form.reset(mapping, request);
       
        if (mapping.getMultipartClass() != null) {
            request.setAttribute(Globals.MULTIPART_KEY,
                                 mapping.getMultipartClass());
        }
       
        RequestUtils.populate(form, mapping.getPrefix(), mapping.getSuffix(),
                              request);

        // Set the cancellation request attribute if appropriate
        if ((request.getParameter(Constants.CANCEL_PROPERTY) != null) ||
            (request.getParameter(Constants.CANCEL_PROPERTY_X) != null)) {
               
            request.setAttribute(Globals.CANCEL_KEY, Boolean.TRUE);
        }

    }


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OK,看最后几行代码,Struts从request中取得Constants.CANCEL_PROPERTY这个参数,如果这个参数不为空,那么他就将
TRUE这个对象以Globals.CANCEL_KEY为key值,放到了request对象中
至于这个Constants.CANCEL_PROPERTY这个值是什么,现在都可以猜到了,显然就是html:Cancel这个标签生成的HTML代码
中,Cancel这个按钮的名称嘛!查了一下,果然是:

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<input type="submit" name="org.apache.struts.taglib.html.CANCEL" value="返回" onclick="bCancel=true;">

而Constants.CANCEL_PROPERTY这个值就是org.apache.struts.taglib.html.CANCEL

至此,真相大白,看来以后使用html:Cancel这个标签要小心了 :)