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Struts Framework
Struts Framework
Overview
This advanced course shows JSP and servlet programmers how to build web applications using the Apache Struts framework. Students learn the Struts architecture and see how it captures a great deal of pre-existing best practice: in model/view/controller action mappings, form beans and custom tags for working with HTML forms, input validation, and the Tiles view-building framework. Two chapters near the end of the course cover configuration techniques and other advanced topics.
This version of the course illustrates the use of Struts 1.3
Learning Objectives :
Use Struts actions and action mappings to take control of HTTP requests/responses.
Manage HTML form input and output with form beans, and use these beans to simplify data handling in the controller.
Use JSTL and Struts custom tags to build robust and reusable JSP presentation logic.
Support multiple client locales with various internationalization techniques.
Define validation rules for input forms, and provide clear user feedback.
Build complex presentations using decoupled, reusable tiles, screens and layouts.
Topics
Chapter 1. Struts Architecture
MVC and Model 2
Command Pattern
Jakarta Struts
More XML, Less Java!
Action Mappings
JavaBeans in Struts
Working with Forms
Validation
Presentation Technology
Tiles
Chapter 2. Action Mappings
Command Pattern for Web Applications
ActionServlet
Action and Action Mappings
Struts Configuration
Selecting a Forward
Global Forwards
Declarative Exception Handling
Global Exception Handlers
Chapter 3. Forms
Working with HTML Forms
Action Forms, a/k/a Form Beans
Relationship to Input
Relationship to Actions
Relationship to the Model
Relationship to Output
DynaActionForm and Map-Backed Forms
Validation
Coarse-Grained Form Beans
Chapter 4. Struts Tag Libraries
Building View Components
Struts Tag Libraries
Attributes and Struts Expressions
Building Forms
Forms and Form Beans
Scope and Duration of Form Data
Managing Hyperlinks
Error Messages
Logic Tags
Chapter 5. The JSP Standard Tag Library
JSTL Overview
JSP Expression Language
Core Tags
Formatting Tags
SQL Tags
XML Tags
Mixing JSTL, EL, Scripts and Actions
Indexed Properties and Struts HTML Forms
Chapter 6. Internationalization and Localization
i18n in Java
i18n in Actions
i18n in JSTL
i18n in Validation
Chapter 7. Input Validation
Validation in Web Applications
Validation in Struts
The Struts Validator Plug-In
Validating ActionForm Subtypes
Configuring Validation
Standard Validators
Rules
The ActionMessages Class
Is
Reporting Errors
Multi-Page Validation
Client-Side Validation
Limitations on the Client Side
Implementing a Validator
Implementing ActionForm.validate
Mapping-Based Validation
Chapter 8. Advanced Configuration
Struts Configuration in Depth
Wildcards
Extensions
The Configuration Object Model
Subclasses and
Plug-Ins
Integrating Other Frameworks
Role-Based Security
Chaining Actions
The ComposableRequestProcessor Class
Configuring Command Chains
Modules
Chapter 9. Under the Hood
Global Objects
Specialized Struts Actions
The Utility Package
The Commons BeanUtils Class
Form Beans as Adapters to the Business Tier
Reusing Validation Rules
Graceful Validation
Chapter 10. Tiles
Consistent Look and Feel
Reusable Layouts and Content
The Tiles Framework
Instantiating Layouts
Body-Wrap Insertions
Tiles and Stylesheets
Working with Tiles Attributes
The Tiles Context
Definitions
Aggregation and Inheritance
The Tiles Plug-In
Forwarding to Definitions
Performance Considerations
Appendix A. Learning Resources
Appendix B. Quick Reference
Prerequisites
Java programming language
Servlets programming
JSP
Basic knowledge of XML is recommended but not essential
Audience
Java developers wanting to learn the Struts framework.