Source:
public void serviceAction(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, ActionMapping mapping) throws ServletException { Map<String, Object> extraContext = createContextMap(request, response, mapping); ValueStack stack = (ValueStack) request.getAttribute(ServletActionContext.STRUTS_VALUESTACK_KEY); boolean nullStack = stack == null; if (nullStack) { ActionContext ctx = ActionContext.getContext(); if (ctx != null) { stack = ctx.getValueStack(); } } if (stack != null) { extraContext.put(ActionContext.VALUE_STACK, valueStackFactory.createValueStack(stack)); } String timerKey = "Handling request from Dispatcher"; try { UtilTimerStack.push(timerKey); String namespace = mapping.getNamespace(); String name = mapping.getName(); String method = mapping.getMethod(); ActionProxy proxy = getContainer().getInstance(ActionProxyFactory.class).createActionProxy( namespace, name, method, extraContext, true, false); request.setAttribute(ServletActionContext.STRUTS_VALUESTACK_KEY, proxy.getInvocation().getStack()); if (mapping.getResult() != null) { Result result = mapping.getResult(); result.execute(proxy.getInvocation()); } else { proxy.execute(); } if (!nullStack) { request.setAttribute(ServletActionContext.STRUTS_VALUESTACK_KEY, stack); } } catch (ConfigurationException e) { logConfigurationException(request, e); sendError(request, response, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, e); } catch (Exception e) { if (printStackTraceOnException) { LOG.error("Dispatcher serviceAction failed", e); } if (handleException || devMode) { sendError(request, response, HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, e); } else { throw new ServletException(e); } } finally { UtilTimerStack.pop(timerKey); } }

Target:
public void serviceAction(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, ActionMapping mapping) throws ServletException { Map<String, Object> extraContext = createContextMap(request, response, mapping); ValueStack stack = (ValueStack) request.getAttribute(ServletActionContext.STRUTS_VALUESTACK_KEY); boolean nullStack = stack == null; if (nullStack) { ActionContext ctx = ActionContext.getContext(); if (ctx != null) { stack = ctx.getValueStack(); } } if (stack != null) { extraContext.put(ActionContext.VALUE_STACK, valueStackFactory.createValueStack(stack)); } String timerKey = "Handling request from Dispatcher"; try { UtilTimerStack.push(timerKey); String namespace = mapping.getNamespace(); String name = mapping.getName(); String method = mapping.getMethod(); ActionProxy proxy = getContainer().getInstance(ActionProxyFactory.class).createActionProxy( namespace, name, method, extraContext, true, false); request.setAttribute(ServletActionContext.STRUTS_VALUESTACK_KEY, proxy.getInvocation().getStack()); if (mapping.getResult() != null) { Result result = mapping.getResult(); result.execute(proxy.getInvocation()); } else { proxy.execute(); } if (!nullStack) { request.setAttribute(ServletActionContext.STRUTS_VALUESTACK_KEY, stack); } } catch (ConfigurationException e) { logConfigurationException(request, e); sendError(request, response, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, e); } catch (Exception e) { if (handleException || devMode) { if (devMode) { LOG.debug("Dispatcher serviceAction failed", e); } sendError(request, response, HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, e); } else { throw new ServletException(e); } } finally { UtilTimerStack.pop(timerKey); } }