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Struts 2 Tutorial
Introduction to Struts 2

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Automates all tedious tasks of application.

Importance of Frameworks

Introduces an elegant architectural Solution. Uses the design patterns commonly agreed and that are standard in the industry. Gives lot of features that are commonly needed by most of the projects.
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MVC Architecture
Model
Controlle r

View
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Design Patterns
Front Controller pattern Command Pattern Composite Pattern Decorator Pattern
Front Controller

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STRUTS 2 BASIC ARCHITECTURE Model

Action
(Domain Object/Command obj)

FilterDispatch er View RESULT

(JSP, AJAX)

Controller

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Struts 2 Architecture (with Interceptors)

Incoming Request Response

Interceptors

Params Validation Conversion Model-driven

OGNL

Action

Invoke result
OGNL

Result

ActionContext(ThreadLocal) ValueSt App request session ack context www.java9s.com

Struts 1.x Action

FormBean Controller ActionServlet Action

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Struts 2 Action

FrontContr oller FilterDispat cher

PARAM S

Action Form Fields

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Advantages of Struts 2
An Advanced framework with lot of features. Based on the MVC Architecture. Simple configuration Interceptors to reduce the cross cutting functionality OGNL Pluggable with different Result types like Ajax, JSP, Free Marker, Velocity etc.,

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