Interceptor Order

Interceptors provide an excellent means to wrap before/after processing. The concept reduces code duplication (think AOP).

Order of interceptors...

<interceptor-stack name="xaStack"> 
  <interceptor-ref name="thisWillRunFirstInterceptor"/>
  <interceptor-ref name="thisWillRunNextInterceptor"/>
  <interceptor-ref name="followedByThisInterceptor"/>
  <interceptor-ref name="thisWillRunLastInterceptor"/>
</interceptor-stack>

Note that some interceptors will interrupt the stack/chain/flow... so the order is very important.

Iterceptors implementing com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.PreResultListener will run after the Action executes its action method but before the Result executes

thisWillRunFirstInterceptor
  thisWillRunNextInterceptor
    followedByThisInterceptor
      thisWillRunLastInterceptor
        MyAction1
        MyAction2 (chain)
        MyPreResultListener  
        MyResult (result)
      thisWillRunLastInterceptor
    followedByThisInterceptor
  thisWillRunNextInterceptor
thisWillRunFirstInterceptor