Struts 2 In Action

Struts 2 In Action introduces the Apache Struts 2 web application framework and shows you how to quickly develop professional, production-ready modern web applications. Written by Don Brown, one of the leading developers of Struts 2, Chad Davis, a passionate Struts 2 developer, along with Scott Stanlick, this book gently walks you through the key features of Struts 2 in example-driven, easy-to-digest sections.

Table of contents :
Part 1: A brand new framework
Struts 2: The modern web application framework
Saying Hello to Struts 2

Part 2: Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Actions, Interceptors, and Type Conversions
Working with Struts 2 Actions
Adding workflow with interceptors
Data Transfer: OGNL and Type Conversion

Part 3: Building the View: Tags, UIComponents, Results
Building a view: tags
UI component tags
Results in detail

Part 4: Finishing the Application: Resource Management, Validation, Data Persistence, Internationalization

Integrating with the rest of the application
Validating form data
Understanding internationalization

Part 5: Advanced topics
Extending Struts with plugins
Best practices
Migration from Struts Classic
Advanced Topics