In this lesson, you will connect Web diagram nodes.
Now that the nodes are placed on the Web diagram, the next step is
to connect the nodes.
- Hover your mouse over the input.jsp node
in the Web diagram. A border with a connection handle surrounds the node and
a hover action menu displays.

- Click and drag the handle from the input.jsp node to the /computeDay
action. A pop-up menu displays.

- Click Struts link. A Struts link is added
to the input.jsp node with a line connecting it to the computeDay action.
Tip: Alternatively,
you can use the hover menu to add a Struts link to the node and then drag
the link's connection handle to the computeDay action.
- Connect the computeDay action to output.jsp using a local forward
connection type:
- Hover over computeDay to display the
menu.
- Click the Local forward icon. A local
forward named success is added to the node. The text on
the first local forward you create is named "success" by default.
- Drag the connection handle from the success link
to the output.jsp node. A line is drawn from the Local
forward to the output.jsp to show its connection.
Tip: There
is also a connection handle for each item in a node's links section. When
you are clicking a node to grab its handle, be sure you are dragging the node's
handle and not a links handle.
- Connect the computeDay action to input.jsp using a local forward
connection type:
- Hover over computeDay and drag its connection
handle to input.jsp. A pop-up menu displays.
- Click Local forward. A local forward
named failure is added to the node and a line is drawn
from the local forward to input.jsp to show its connection. The text on the
second local forward you create on a node is named "failure" by default.
- Save the Web diagram.
The Web diagram editor should display a struts link and two local
forward links.
