Back End Programming Using the Struts Framework

The brunt (if not all) of the Java programming when using the Struts guidelines happens in the back end. In this case, back end means outside of the presentation layer JSPs or servlets. This section covers the necessary objects required for a basic Struts application to run, starting with the action classes used for the business logic and continuing through the objects and methods used by the action class. This section also covers the ActionForm and its related classes, including error handling.

Action Classes

After the configuration of the web.xml and struts-config.xml files is complete, attention turns to the actual Java coding of the application. The first step is to write an action class that ...

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