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Struts Training Syllabus

Struts 2: the modern web application framework

Web applications: a quick study

Frameworks for web applications

The Struts 2 framework

Saying hello to Struts 2

Declarative architecture

A quick hello

HelloWorld using annotations

Working with Struts 2 actions

Introducing Struts 2 actions

Packaging your actions

Implementing actions

Transferring data onto objects

File uploading: a case study

Adding workflow with interceptors

Why intercept requests

Interceptors in action

Surveying the built-in Struts 2 interceptors

Declaring interceptors

Building your own interceptor

Data transfer: OGNL and type conversion

Data transfer and type conversion: common tasks of the web application domain

OGNL and Struts 2

Built-in type converters

Customizing type conversion

Building a view: tags

Getting started

An overview of Struts tags

Data tags

Control tags

Miscellaneous tags

Using JSTL and other native tags

A brief primer for the OGNL expression language

UI component tags

Why we need UI component tags

Tags, templates, and themes

UI Component tag reference

Results in detail

Life after the action

Commonly used result types

JSP alternatives

Global results

Integrating with Spring and Hibernate/JPA

Why use Spring with Struts 2

Adding Spring to Struts 2

Why use the Java Persistence API with Struts 2

Exploring the validation framework

Getting familiar with the validation framework

Wiring your actions for validation

Writing a custom validator

Validation framework advanced topics

Understanding internationalization

The Struts 2 framework and Java i18n

A Struts 2 i18n demo

Struts 2 i18n: the details

Overriding the framework's default locale determination

Extending Struts 2 with plug-ins

Plug-in overview

Common plug-ins

Internal component system

Writing a breadcrumb plug-in

Best practices

Setting up your environment

Unit-testing your actions

Maximizing reuse

Advanced UI tag usage

Migration from Struts Classic

Translating Struts Classic knowledge

Converting by piecemeal

Advanced topics

Advanced action usage

Dynamic method invocation

Using tokens to prevent duplicate form submits

Displaying wait pages automatically

A single action for CRUD operations

Tiles and Struts 2