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1 REVOLUTION TO NEXT GENERATION

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Topics discussed
Basic features of struts2.0. Struts2 vs struts1.1. Architecture of struts2.0. Basic flow of struts2.0. How to configure the plugins for

struts2 in netbeans IDE. Some basic components in brief. Reference

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Features
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P a g e - b a s e d N a v i g a t i o n B u i l t - i n A j a x S u p p o r t : D W R a n d D o j o S p r i n g a s d e f a u l t i n v e r s i o n o f c o n t r o l c o n t a i n e r C h a n g e d f r o m f r o n t - c o n t r o l l e r s e r v l e t t o f i l t e r M u c h b e t t e r c l i e n t - s i d e v a l i d a t i o n s u p p o r t Q u i c k S t a r t a n d A n n o t a t i o n s J S F S u p p o r t B u i l t - i n s u p p o r t f o r t e s t i n g w i t h S t r u t s T e s t C a s e

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Comparison
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Struts2.0

Struts1.1

Action Action or POJO Result struts.xml FilterDispatcher Interceptors Action-validation.xml

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Action ActionForm ActionForward struts-config.xml ActionServlet RequestProcessor validation.xml

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Architecture
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Flow of Struts 2 based Application

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U s e r S e n d s r e q u e s t . F i l t e r D i s p a t c h e r d e t e r m i n e s t h e a p p r o p r i a t e

action. I n t e r c e p t o r s a r e a p p l i e d . E x e c u t i o n o f A c t i o n . O u t p u t r e n d e r i n g . R e t u r n o f R e q u e s t ( r e v e r s e o r d e r ) . D i s p l a y t h e r e s u l t t o u s e r .

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7 Select Tools > Plugins: To configure struts plugins to netbeans IDE.

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8 Configure Plugins: org-netbeans-modulesweb-frameworksstruts2.nbm org-netbeans-modulesweb-frameworksstruts2lib20011.nbm

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Struts 2 Core components

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S t r u t s 2 C o r e c o m p o n e n t s a r e A c t i o n h a n d l e r , R e s u l t H a n d l e r

and Custom Tags. A c t i o n h a n d l e r Action handler interacts with other layers. R e s u l t H a n d l e r Result handler actually dispatches the request to view. C u s t o m T a g s Custom Tags are used render the dynamic content. I n t e r c e p t o r s The Interceptors are used to specify the "request -processing lifecycle" for an action. Interceptors are configured to apply the common functionalities like workflow, validation etc.. to the request. Interceptors code is executed before and after an Action is invoked E x p r e s s i o n L a n g u a g e ( O N G L - O b j e c t G r a p h N o t a t i o n L a n g u a g e )

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struts.xml
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<struts> <include file="struts-default.xml"/> <constant name="struts.custom.i18n.resources" value="MessageResources" /> <package name="default" extends="struts-default"> <action name="list" class="web.DefectsList"> <result>/pages/defects.jsp</result> </action> <action name="action_*" method="{1}" class="web.DefectsAction"> <result name="input">/pages/editDefect.jsp</result> <result type="redirect">list.action</result> </action> </package> </struts>

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<include>
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U s e d t o m o d u l a r i z e a p p l i c a t i o n . A l w a y s a c h i l d o f < s t r u t s > t a g . O n l y a t t r i b u t e f i l e i m p l i e s t h e c o n f i g f i l e . < i n c l u d e f i l e = m o d u l e 1 - c o n f i g . x m l > O r d e r o f i n c l u d i n g f i l e s a r e i m p o r t a n t . e x p l i c i t l y i n c l u d e : s t r u t s - d e f a u l t . x m l a n d t h e

struts-plugin.xml files

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<package>
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n a m e - u n i q u e . e x t e n d s - s t r u t s - d e f a u l t . n a m e s p a c e - a d m i n , k n o w l e d g e c e n t e r , t e s t . A b s t r a c t - i f t r u e a c t i o n s c o n f i g u r e d w i l l n o t b e

accessible via the package name.

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Interceptor
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T h e y p r o v i d e a w a y t o s u p p l y p r e - p r o c e s s i n g a n d p o s t - p r o c e s s i n g

around the action. e x a m p l e s i n c l u d e e x c e p t i o n h a n d l i n g , f i l e u p l o a d i n g , l i f e c y c l e callbacks and validation.

<interceptors> <interceptor name="autowiring class="interceptor.ActionAutowiringInterceptor "/> </interceptors> <action name="my" class="com.fdar.infoq.MyAction" > <result>view.jsp</result> <interceptor-ref name="autowiring"/> </action>
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com.opensymphony.xwork2 Interface Action

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F i e l d S u m m a r y s t a t i c S t r i n g E R R O R T h e a c t i o n e x e c u t i o n w a s a f a i l u r e . s t a t i c S t r i n g I N P U T

in order to succeed. s t a t i c S t r i n g L O G I N The action could not execute, since the user most was not logged in. s t a t i c S t r i n g N O N E The action execution was successful but do not show a view. s t a t i c S t r i n g S U C C E S S The action execution was successful. M e t h o d S u m m a r y S t r i n g e x e c u t e ( ) Where the logic of the action is executed.

The action execution require more input

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Bibliography
15 - www.roseindia.com - Starting Struts2 by Ian Roughley [free ebook]. - Struts 2 Design and Programming: A Tutorial by Budi Kurniawan.

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