Struts

Web Application Designing Models

• Model1-Architecture
• Model2-Architecture(MVC)
• Designing web application using MVC architecture

Struts Introduction
Struts Architecture
Struts Resources

• JSP
• ActionServlet
• web.xml
• ActionForm
• Action class
• Struts Configuration File
• Explanation about Struts-configuration File
• Detailed explanation of struts request processing flow
• Customizing RequestProcessor

Validations in Struts
Client Validations
Server-side Validations

• By using validate() method – programmatic approach
• By using Validator Framework – declarative approach
• Combination of programmatic approach and declarative approach

Different types of Action Forms and Dynamic Action Forms

• Action Form
• DynaActionForm
• ValidatorForm
• DynavalidatorForm
• ValidatorActionForm
• DynaValidatorActionForm

Exception Handling in Struts

• Programmatic Approach
• Declarative Approach 

Local Forwards and Global Forwards
Local Exceptions and Global Exceptions
Struts predefined Tag libraries

• HTML Tag Library
• Bean Tag Library
• Logic Tag Library
• Nested Tag Library
• Tiles Tag Library

Predefined Action Classes

• ForwardAction
• IncludeAction
• DispatchAction
• LookupDispatchAction
• MappingDispatchAction
• SwitchAction
• LocaleAction
• DownloadAction
• EventDispatchAction

Internationalization(I18N) in Struts 1.x

Struts with Ajax Example
Preventing Double Submits
Data Source
File Uploading and Downloading in Struts
Tiles Framework
IDEs: Eclipse, Netbeans
STRUTS – 2.x
Basic Components of Struts 2

• Struts 2 Features

Differences between Struts 1.x & 2.xSteps to Create Struts 2 Application

Core Components in Struts 2

• Filter Dispatcher
• Interceptors
• Value Stack
• Action Context
• Action Invocation
• OGNL(Object Graph Notation Language)

Struts 2 Work Flow
Struts 2 Action
Struts 2 Configuration

• Multi Configuration
• MultiNameSpace

Struts 2 Tag Library

Interceptors

• Params Interceptor
• Model Driven Interceptor
• Custom Interceptor
• Exception Handling

Struts 2 Validation

• Custom Validation
• Input Validation

Aware Interfaces

• Application Aware
• Session Aware
• Request and Response Awares

Internationalization(I18N) in Struts 2.x
Zero Configuration

• By Convention
• By  Annotation
• Files Uploading and Downloading
• Securing struts application
• Debugging and profiling
• Progress Meters
• Custom interceptors
• Data store using struts 2
• JFreechart plugins
• Struts2 with Tiles2
• IDEs: Eclipse, Netbeans