Chapter 10. The Struts Framework: Basics

Topics in This Chapter

  • Downloading and installing Struts
  • Weighing the pros and cons of Struts
  • Understanding the Struts flow of control
  • Learning the six basic steps in using Struts
  • Writing Actions to process requests
  • Using form beans to handle request parameters
  • Prepopulating input forms
  • Redisplaying input forms

In Chapter 15 of Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages, Volume 1, we presented the MVC architecture. By using RequestDispatcher in the servlets and the JSP 2.0 EL in the JSP pages, you can create a nice separation between the code that creates the data (Java) and the code that presents the data (HTML/JSP). Although this is a simple and powerful approach, in many applications it does not go far enough. ...

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