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Before Annotation

Marks an action method that needs to be executed before the main action method.

Usage

The Before annotation can be applied at method level.

Parameters

Examples

 public class SampleAction extends ActionSupport {

  @Before
  public void isAuthorized() throws AuthenticationException {
    // authorize request, throw exception if failed
  }

  public String execute() {
     // perform secure action
     return SUCCESS;
  }
 }