Struts in Action
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Struts solves the most common problems of web development. By basing your application
on the Struts framework, you can reuse proven solutions and focus on what's
unique to your own case. Struts is an open-source product distributed by the
Apache Software Foundation. Struts in Action is a comprehensive introduction
to the Struts framework. It covers initial design, data validation, database
access, dynamic page assembly, localization, product configuration, and other
important areas. It shows you how to use both JSP tags and Velocity templates.
It carefully explains the Struts architecture and control flow, as well as how
to extend framework classes.
Differences between Struts 1.1 and Struts 1.0. are pointed out and a case-study
illustrates the 1.0 to 1.1 transition. The book shows you dozens of proven design
techniques, patterns, and strategies, many of them not found elsewhere.
What's Inside:
• Struts 1.1 and 1.0
• Jakarta Validator and Tile packages
• Jakarta Scaffold toolkit
• Velocity templates
• HTTP, Java Servlets, and JSP tags
• Dynamic web programming
• Servlet-centric application design
• Working with databases and data services
• Design and development patterns
• Tons of examples
Table of Contents
foreword xix
preface xxiii
acknowledgments xxvi
about this book xxviii
Part 1 Getting started with Struts 1
1 Introduction 3
2 Exploring the Struts architecture 29
3 Building a simple application 59
4 Configuring Struts components 105
Part 2 Raising your framework 145
5 Coping with ActionForms 147
6 Wiring with ActionForwards 183
7 Designing with ActionMappings 193
8 Working with Action objects 207
9 Extending ActionServlet 255
Part 3 Building your pages 265
10 Displaying dynamic content 267
11 Developing applications with Tiles 319
12 Validating user input 365
13 Localizing content 409
14 Using data services with Struts 437
15 Artimus: pulling out the stops 475
16 Redux: migrating to Struts 1.1 533
17 Velocity: replacing JSPs 555
A Design patterns 573
B The struts-config API 583
C Taglib quick reference 599
glossary 605
references 614
index 624
About the Authors
Ted Husted is an acknowledged Struts authority, an active member of the Struts
development team, and manager of the JGuru Struts Forum. As a consultant, Ted
has worked with professional Struts development teams throughout the United
States. Ted also helps manage the Apache Jakarta project, which hosts the Struts
framework. Ted lives in Fairport, New York with his wife, two children, four
computers, and an aging cat.
Cedric Dumoulin is an active member of the Struts development team and the
author of the Tiles framework. Cedric is presently a researcher at the University
of Lille. He has also worked in the R&D department of a leading international
internet banking company. He lives in Lille, France.
George Franciscus is a principal at Nexcel, providing technical and management
consulting services in several industries including Telecommunications, Banking,
Life Insurance and Property and Casualty Insurance. George has expertise in
Java, J2EE, Domino, relational databases, and mainframe technologies. He holds
a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Toronto. George lives in Toronto,
Ontario with his wife and three children.
David Winterfeldt is a Struts committer and author of the Commons Validator
package. He works as a senior developer at a major company implementing J2EE
technology. David currently lives in New York City.
Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews: 3 Average Customer Rating: May 21, 2004 A review from Chicago, USA
An Excellent Book
This book delivers the goods. It provides an excellent, indepth examination of using Struts and of using it effectively. It presents numerous best practices which you can use immediately.
And this book should be a model for all writers. The style is clear and concise, it is very well edited and the organization is so well thought out. If only other technology books were so well done.
Apr 13, 2004  Bernard Farrell from Massachusetts, USA.
Lots of good stuff. Read it several times
This book does provide a lot of useful details on Struts. It leads the reader through the basic in a useful order. Some of the details weren't obvious to me until I came back to the chapter again (and again).
I hope he updates it for the new version and newer features.
Feb 12, 2004 A review from New York
Slightly dated, but the best I've found.
Of all the Struts books I've pored over, this is head and shoulders the best. It contains much more material than any of the others. It's main drawback is that it was released when Struts 1.1 was still in beta.
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