I use a generic pattern for a portion of my Struts actions, like this : <action path="/*ListBuilder" name="{1}Form" scope="session"> <forward name="list" path="/{1}List.jsp"/> </action> <action path="/*DetailBuilder" name="{1}Form" scope="session"> <forward name="detail" path="/{1}Detail.jsp"/> </action> Struts classes name are injected by Spring. But when I refer to a generic action in a jsp file or in the struts-config file, for exemple : <a href="/cityDetailBuilder.do"> Detail</a> or <action name="cityForm" path="/back" scope="request" type="com.test.city.CityBack"> <forward name="back" path="/cityListBuilder.do"/> </action> IDEA does not recognize (validate) the previous Struts actions.