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by Kevin Bedell, James Turner
Struts Kick Start
Copyright
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
We Want to Hear from You!
Introduction
Struts in Context
The Parable of the Carpenter
What Is Struts?
State of Struts: Where Things Are Right Now
Faces Behind the Code: Struts Development
Where Struts Is Going
Conclusions
The Model-View-Controller Design Pattern: ’Model 2’ JSP Development
The Model-View-Controller Design Pattern
The Origins of Model 1 / Model 2
How Struts Implements the Model 2 Pattern
Conclusions
Hello World!: A First Struts Application
Hello World! Application Requirements
Applying the Model-View-Controller Pattern
The View Component: The HTML Form and the Form Bean
MessageResources and Application.properties Files
The Struts Form Bean: HelloForm.java
Data Validation and ActionErrors
The Controller Component: HelloAction.java
The Model Component (HelloModel.java)
Passing Data to the View Using Attributes: Constants.java
Tying It All Together: The struts-config.xml File
Conclusions
HTTP Protocol: Web Application Communications and Control
HTTP Protocol and the Request/Response Cycle
Control Information: HTTP Headers and HTTP Response Codes
HTTP Cookies and Session/User Management
Conclusions
JSP, Taglibs, and JSTL: Extending Java onto the Page
Servlets and JSP
Object Scoping with JSP
Hiding Business Logic Using Beans
JSP Custom Tags
Web Application Deployment
JSTL: The Standard Tag Library
JSP and J2EE: The Big Picture
J2EE and Struts
Conclusions
The Sample Application: A Financial Portfolio
Requirements: Covering Your Rear End
Starting with the Wireframes
Developing Use Cases
Data Sources and Storage
Choosing Technologies
Conclusions
View Components: What the End User Sees
The ActionForm
JSP Files: The Alpha and the Omega
The Perils of Automatic Type Conversion
The html:errors Tag
Internationalization
Conclusions
The Controller: Directing the Action
The Action Class
Accessing the Session and Other Form Beans
User Validation and Struts
Transferring Control Inside and Outside the Application
Conclusions
Model Components: Modeling the Business
Well-Designed Models
Further Isolation Techniques
Conclusions
The struts-config.xml File: Tying All the Pieces Together
The struts-config DTD
The Configuration File in Context
Conclusions
How the Struts Tag Libraries Work: The View from Inside
Review of JSP Tag Libraries
Understanding How Struts Tags Work: The <bean:page> Tag
Comparison to the Java Standard Tag Library
Conclusions
Struts HTML Tags: Page Construction and Form Processing
Struts Tags, JSP Custom Tags, and Java Scriptlets: What’s the Right Balance?
Using Struts HTML Tags to Render Basic HTML Elements
The Basics of Form Processing
Check Boxes and Radio Buttons
Drop Downs and Select/Option Lists
Input Validation and <html:errors>
Uploading a File Using <html:file>
Conclusions
Struts Bean Tags: Storing and Passing Data
Using Struts Bean Tags That Access Aspects of the Servlet Context
Using Struts Bean Tags That Access Java Resources
Using Struts Bean Tags That Access Bean Properties
Conclusions
Struts Logic Tags: Conditional Presentation Logic
Using Struts Logic Tags That Perform Conditional Display Based on a Value
Using Struts Logic Tags That Match Substrings
Using the Struts Logic Tags for Iteration
Using the Struts Logic Tags to Test for Absence or Presence of Values
Using the Struts Logic Tags to Transfer Control
Conclusions
The Nested and Template Struts Tag Libraries: Handling Subproperties and Inserting Content
Using the Struts Nested Tags
Using the Struts Template Tags
Conclusions
The Struts Tiles Tag Library: Creation Master Document Templates
A Tiles Overview
Enabling Tiles
The Definitions Configuration File
Writing JSP Files for Tiles
Modifying Your Actions
Putting It All Together
Other Aspects of Tiles
Conclusions
DynaForms and the Validator
DynaForms: Forms Without Java
The Validator: Automating Field Checking
Conclusions
Using Struts with Enterprise JavaBeans
EJBs Fit with Model Components
Quick Review of EJB Technologies
Using Different EJB Types with Struts
A Struts/EJB Sample Application
Conclusions
Using Struts with Web Services
Web Services Fit with Struts Model Components
A Quick Review of Web Service Technologies
How to Use Struts with a Web Service
A Struts/Web Service Sample Application
Conclusions
Building, Deploying, and Testing Struts Applications
An Integrated and Incremental Build/Test Cycle: It’s Extreme!
Building and Deploying Struts Applications Using Jakarta Ant
Developing a build.xml File for Building Struts Applications Using Ant
Extreme Struts Development with Integrated and Ongoing Testing
Mock Object Testing Using JUnit, StrutsTestCase, and Ant
In-Container Testing Using Cactus, JUnit, StrutsTestCase, and Ant
Conclusions
Installing Struts and the Sample Applications from the CD
Listing of Applications Included on the Companion CD-ROM
Step 1: Install the JDK and Tomcat
Step 2: Install MySQL
Copy the WAR Files to the Tomcat webapps Directory
Restart Tomcat
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