In PRG pattern How to remove ActionMessage on refreshing success page

Question

To avoid the form resubmission I used POST-Redirect-GET pattern and it is working fine. Now on my registration page(success page) it is showing the ActionMessage "Review Inserted successfully!". When user refreshes the page I want to remove this message.

My code on JSP page:

<s:if test="hasActionMessages()">
    <div class="success-mesg" id="success-mesg">
        <s:iterator value="actionMessages">
            <s:property value="top" />
        </s:iterator>
    </div>
</s:if>

On struts.xml:

<action name="insertReview" class = "com.tenkinfo.streamlinedmapnsav.ui.action.WriteReviewAction" method="insertReview" >
    <result name="insertReviewDone" type="redirect" >insertReviewDone</result>
    <result name="input" type="tiles">display.writeReview.page</result>
</action>

<action name="insertReviewDone" class = "com.tenkinfo.streamlinedmapnsav.ui.action.WriteReviewAction" method="insertReviewDone" >
    <result name="success" type="tiles" >display.writeReview.page</result>
</action>

In Action class:

public String insertReviewDone(){
    addActionMessage("Write review is successful");
    return "success";
}

Edit :

After implementing the answer suggested by Aleksandr M, I am having below problem:

<s:form name="insertReview" action="insertReview" id="insertReview"
            theme="simple" enctype="multipart/form-data">
        <div class="content-area">
            <h1>
            Review
            <s:property value="businessName" />
            </h1>
            <s:if test="hasActionMessages()">
            <div class="success-mesg" id="success-mesg">
            <s:iterator value="actionMessages">
        <s:property value="top" />
    </s:iterator>
   </div>
</s:if>

After refreshing the page in above code businessName is removed and not displaying. Any help will be appreciated.

Store it in session, for example. – Aleksandr M Sep 20 '13 at 10:58 — Aleksandr M, Sep 20 '13 at 10:58

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 20 '13 at 10:33

Use Message Store Interceptor to store action message in your insertReview and retrieve it in your insertReviewDone action. Add action message in insertReview method when you are returning insertReviewDone result.

Also use redirectAction result to redirect to action instead of redirect.

<action name="insertReview" class = "com.tenkinfo.streamlinedmapnsav.ui.action.WriteReviewAction" method="insertReview">
  <interceptor-ref name="store">
    <param name="operationMode">STORE</param>
  </interceptor-ref>
  <interceptor-ref name="defaultStack" />

  <result name="insertReviewDone" type="redirectAction">insertReviewDone</result>
  <result name="input" type="tiles">display.writeReview.page</result>
</action>

<action name="insertReviewDone" class = "com.tenkinfo.streamlinedmapnsav.ui.action.WriteReviewAction" method="insertReviewDone" >
  <interceptor-ref name="store">
    <param name="operationMode">RETRIEVE</param>
  </interceptor-ref>
  <interceptor-ref name="defaultStack" />

  <result name="success" type="tiles">display.writeReview.page</result>
</action>

It is working fine. But I got a new issue. Editing my question and placing there. I am a newbie so kindly give me some suggestion. — , Sep 20 '13 at 10:46
@user2674752: If you have another issue post a new question. — Aleksandr M, Sep 20 '13 at 10:50

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 20 '13 at 12:21

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Another way, less technical than the (good) one proposed by @AleksandrM, but suitable for every framework out there, not only Struts2, is to place this

<script>
    $(document).ready(function() {
        window.history.pushState("","", location.href);
    });
</script>

in your <head> section. It won't work on old browser with no HTML5 capabilities, though.

Note: jQuery part is not mandatory, it is used just to ensure it is run after the page is loaded, you can run HTML5 pushState() without it.

answered Sep 20 '13 at 12:21

Andrea Ligios

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What it will do? It'll avoid form resubmission or it'll remove success message on refreshing the page? – Sep 20 '13 at 12:27
I've used it to prevent double form submissions AND double messages, but never with Tiles. Just try, hope that helps. – Andrea Ligios Sep 20 '13 at 12:32

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