这是Struts2官方站点提供的Struts 2 的整体结构。
一个请求在Struts2框架中的处理大概分为以下几个步骤：
客户端提起一个（HttpServletRequest）请求,如上文在浏览器中输入”http://localhost:8080/TestMvc/add.action”就是提起一个（HttpServletRequest）请求。
请求被提交到一系列（主要是三层）的过滤器（Filter），如（ActionContextCleanUp、其他过滤器（SiteMesh等）、 FilterDispatcher）。注意这里是有顺序的，先ActionContextCleanUp，再其他过滤器（SiteMesh等）、最后到FilterDispatcher。
FilterDispatcher是控制器的核心，就是mvc中c控制层的核心。下面粗略的分析下我理解的FilterDispatcher工作流程和原理：FilterDispatcher进行初始化并启用核心doFilter
其代码如下：
public void doFilter(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse res, FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException ...{
HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest) req;
HttpServletResponse response = (HttpServletResponse) res;
ServletContext servletContext = filterConfig.getServletContext();
// 在这里处理了HttpServletRequest和HttpServletResponse。
DispatcherUtils du = DispatcherUtils.getInstance();
du.prepare(request, response);//正如这个方法名字一样进行locale、encoding以及特殊request parameters设置
try ...{
request = du.wrapRequest(request, servletContext);//对request进行包装
} catch (IOException e) ...{
String message = "Could not wrap servlet request with MultipartRequestWrapper!";
LOG.error(message, e);
throw new ServletException(message, e);
}
ActionMapperIF mapper = ActionMapperFactory.getMapper();//得到action的mapper
ActionMapping mapping = mapper.getMapping(request);// 得到action 的 mapping
if (mapping == null) ...{
// there is no action in this request, should we look for a static resource?
String resourcePath = RequestUtils.getServletPath(request);
if ("".equals(resourcePath) && null != request.getPathInfo()) ...{
resourcePath = request.getPathInfo();
}
if ("true".equals(Configuration.get(WebWorkConstants.WEBWORK_SERVE_STATIC_CONTENT))
&& resourcePath.startsWith("/webwork")) ...{
String name = resourcePath.substring("/webwork".length());
findStaticResource(name, response);
} else ...{
// this is a normal request, let it pass through
chain.doFilter(request, response);
}
// WW did its job here
return;
}
Object o = null;
try ...{
//setupContainer(request);
o = beforeActionInvocation(request, servletContext);
//整个框架最最核心的方法，下面分析
du.serviceAction(request, response, servletContext, mapping);
} finally ...{
afterActionInvocation(request, servletContext, o);
ActionContext.setContext(null);
}
}
du.serviceAction(request, response, servletContext, mapping);
//这个方法询问ActionMapper是否需要调用某个Action来处理这个（request）请求，如果ActionMapper决定需要调用某个Action，FilterDispatcher把请求的处理交给ActionProxy
public void serviceAction(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, String namespace, String actionName, Map requestMap, Map parameterMap, Map sessionMap, Map applicationMap) ...{
HashMap extraContext = createContextMap(requestMap, parameterMap, sessionMap, applicationMap, request, response, getServletConfig()); //实例化Map请求 ，询问ActionMapper是否需要调用某个Action来处理这个（request）请求
extraContext.put(SERVLET_DISPATCHER, this);
OgnlValueStack stack = (OgnlValueStack) request.getAttribute(ServletActionContext.WEBWORK_VALUESTACK_KEY);
if (stack != null) ...{
extraContext.put(ActionContext.VALUE_STACK,new OgnlValueStack(stack));
}
try ...{
ActionProxy proxy = ActionProxyFactory.getFactory().createActionProxy(namespace, actionName, extraContext);
//这里actionName是通过两道getActionName解析出来的, FilterDispatcher把请求的处理交给ActionProxy，下面是ServletDispatcher的 TODO:
request.setAttribute(ServletActionContext.WEBWORK_VALUESTACK_KEY, proxy.getInvocation().getStack());
proxy.execute();
//通过代理模式执行ActionProxy
if (stack != null)...{
request.setAttribute(ServletActionContext.WEBWORK_VALUESTACK_KEY,stack);
}
} catch (ConfigurationException e) ...{
log.error("Could not find action", e);
sendError(request, response, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, e);
} catch (Exception e) ...{
log.error("Could not execute action", e);
sendError(request, response, HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, e);
}
}
FilterDispatcher询问ActionMapper是否需要调用某个Action来处理这个（request）请求，如果ActionMapper决定需要调用某个Action，FilterDispatcher把请求的处理交给ActionProxy。
ActionProxy通过Configuration Manager（struts.xml）询问框架的配置文件，找到需要调用的Action类.
如上文的struts.xml配置
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="GBK"?>
<!DOCTYPE struts PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 2.0//EN" "http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-2.0.dtd">
<struts>
<include file="struts-default.xml"/>
<package name="struts2" extends="struts-default">
<action name="add"
class="edisundong.AddAction" >
<result>add.jsp</result>
</action>
</package>
</struts>
如果提交请求的是add.action，那么找到的Action类就是edisundong.AddAction。
ActionProxy创建一个ActionInvocation的实例，同时ActionInvocation通过代理模式调用Action。但在调用之前ActionInvocation会根据配置加载Action相关的所有Interceptor。（Interceptor是struts2另一个核心级的概念）
下面我们来看看ActionInvocation是如何工作的：
ActionInvocation 是Xworks 中Action 调度的核心。而对Interceptor 的调度，也正是由ActionInvocation负责。ActionInvocation 是一个接口， 而DefaultActionInvocation 则是Webwork 对ActionInvocation的默认实现。
Interceptor 的调度流程大致如下：
1. ActionInvocation初始化时，根据配置，加载Action相关的所有Interceptor。
2. 通过ActionInvocation.invoke方法调用Action实现时，执行Interceptor。
Interceptor将很多功能从我们的Action中独立出来，大量减少了我们Action的代码，独立出来的行为具有很好的重用性。XWork、WebWork的许多功能都是有Interceptor实现，可以在配置文件中组装Action用到的Interceptor，它会按照你指定的顺序，在Action执行前后运行。
那么什么是拦截器。
拦截器就是AOP（Aspect-Oriented Programming）的一种实现。（AOP是指用于在某个方法或字段被访问之前，进行拦截然后在之前或之后加入某些操作。）
拦截器的例子这里就不展开了。
struts-default.xml文件摘取的内容：
< interceptor name ="alias" class ="com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.AliasInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="autowiring" class ="com.opensymphony.xwork2.spring.interceptor.ActionAutowiringInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="chain" class ="com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ChainingInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="conversionError" class ="org.apache.struts2.interceptor.StrutsConversionErrorInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="createSession" class ="org.apache.struts2.interceptor.CreateSessionInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="debugging" class ="org.apache.struts2.interceptor.debugging.DebuggingInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="external-ref" class ="com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ExternalReferencesInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="execAndWait" class ="org.apache.struts2.interceptor.ExecuteAndWaitInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="exception" class ="com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ExceptionMappingInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="fileUpload" class ="org.apache.struts2.interceptor.FileUploadInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="i18n" class ="com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.I18nInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="logger" class ="com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.LoggingInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="model-driven" class ="com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ModelDrivenInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="scoped-model-driven" class ="com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ScopedModelDrivenInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="params" class ="com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ParametersInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="prepare" class ="com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.PrepareInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="static-params" class ="com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.StaticParametersInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="scope" class ="org.apache.struts2.interceptor.ScopeInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="servlet-config" class ="org.apache.struts2.interceptor.ServletConfigInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="sessionAutowiring" class ="org.apache.struts2.spring.interceptor.SessionContextAutowiringInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="timer" class ="com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.TimerInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="token" class ="org.apache.struts2.interceptor.TokenInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="token-session" class ="org.apache.struts2.interceptor.TokenSessionStoreInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="validation" class ="com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.ValidationInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="workflow" class ="com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.DefaultWorkflowInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="store" class ="org.apache.struts2.interceptor.MessageStoreInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="checkbox" class ="org.apache.struts2.interceptor.CheckboxInterceptor" />
< interceptor name ="profiling" class ="org.apache.struts2.interceptor.ProfilingActivationInterceptor" />
一旦Action执行完毕，ActionInvocation负责根据struts.xml中的配置找到对应的返回结果。如上文中将结构返回“add.jsp”，但大部分时候都是返回另外一个action，那么流程又得走一遍………