Struts: The Complete Reference, 2nd Edition

by James Holmes

Overview

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Strut your stuff with this completely up-to-date guide

Struts guru James Holmes has completely revised and updated his definitive, bestselling Struts volume. You will get soup-to-nuts coverage of Struts 1.3, the latest version of the framework used to create flexible, high-performance web applications. The book features insider tips, tricks, and techniques to make Struts applications sizzle.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780072263862
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	12/11/2006
Series:	Complete Reference Ser.
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	800
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.35(d)

About the Author

James Holmes is a leading Java Web development authority. He is a committer on the Struts project, and the creator of the most popular Struts tool, the Struts Console. Holmes is the author of the first edition of Struts: The Complete Reference and the co-author of JavaServer Faces: The Complete Reference and The Art of Java.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	xix
Part I	The Struts Framework
1	An Introduction to Struts	3
	A Brief History of Web Application Development	3
	Two Development Models	5
	A Closer Look at the Model-View-Controller Architecture	7
	Enter Struts	7
	Basic Components of Struts	9
	Acquiring Struts	10
	Getting Started with Struts	11
2	Building a Simple Struts Application	13
	Application Overview	13
	Compiling, Packaging, and Running the Application	39
	Understanding the Flow of Execution	44
3	The Model Layer	47
	What Is the Model?	47
	Struts and the Model	48
	Reviewing the Model Layer of the Mini HR Application	49
4	The View Layer	53
	Struts and the View Layer	53
	Reviewing the View Layer of the Mini HR Application	64
	Alternative View Technologies	69
5	The Controller Layer	71
	Struts and the Controller Layer	71
	The ActionServlet Class	72
	The RequestProcessor Class	74
	The Action Class	76
	The ActionForward Class	87
	Reviewing the Controller Layer of the Mini HR Application	89
6	Validator	91
	Validator Overview	92
	Using Validator	92
	Creating Custom Validations	103
	Internationalizing Validations	108
	Adding Validator to the Mini HR Application	110
7	Tiles	117
	Tiles Overview	119
	Using Tiles	119
	Internationalizing Tiles	126
	Using the Tiles Tag Library	129
	The Tiles Tag Library Tags	130
	Adding Tiles to the Mini HR Application	141
8	Declarative Exception Handling	151
	Configuring Struts' Exception Handler	152
	Creating a Custom Exception Handler	153
	Adding Declarative Exception Handling to the Mini HR Application	156
9	Struts Modules	163
	Using Modules	164
	Using Validator with Modules	167
	Using Tiles with Modules	168
	Converting the Mini HR Application to Use Modules	169
10	Internationalizing Struts Applications	177
	Understanding Java's Internationalization Support	177
	Understanding Struts' Internationalization Support	181
	Internationalizing the Mini HR Application	185
Part II	The Struts Tag Libraries
11	The HTML Tag Library	195
	Understanding Variables and Scope in JSP Pages	195
	Using the HTML Tag Library	196
	The HTML Tag Library Tags	197
	Common Tag Attributes	251
12	The Bean Tag Library	255
	Understanding Variables and Scope in JSPs	255
	Using the Bean Tag Library	256
	The Bean Tag Library Tags	257
13	The Logic Tag Library	283
	Understanding Variables and Scope in JSPs	283
	Using the Logic Tag Library	285
	The Logic Tag Library Tags	285
14	The Nested Tag Library	325
	Understanding Object Nesting in Struts	325
	Using the Nested Tag Library	327
	The Nested Tag Library Tags	327
15	Using JSTL with Struts	333
	JSTL Overview	333
	Using JSTL with Struts	340
Part III	Struts Configuration Files
16	The Struts Configuration File	353
	Understanding XML DTDs	353
	Configuring the web.xml Deployment Descriptor	354
	The Struts Configuration File Tags	356
	Metadata Tags	375
	Editing Struts Configuration Files with Struts Console	375
17	The Tiles Configuration File	377
	Understanding XML DTDs	377
	Enabling the Tiles Plugin	378
	The Tile Configuration File Tags	379
	Metadata Tags	386
	Editing Tiles Configuration Files with Struts Console	387
18	The Validator Configuration Files	389
	Two Configuration Files	389
	Understanding XML DTDs	390
	Enabling the Validator Plugin	391
	The Validator Configuration File Tags	391
	Editing Validator Configuration Files with Struts Console	405
Part IV	Applying Struts
19	Securing Struts Applications	409
	Levels of Security	409
	Using Container-Managed Security	412
	Application-Managed Security	420
20	Testing Struts Applications	435
	Types of Testing	435
	Unit Testing Struts Applications	436
	Use-Case-Driven Testing	453
	Testing Application Performance	458
Part V	Appendix
A	Struts Console Quick Reference	465
	Acquiring and Installing Struts Console	468
	Using Struts Console as a Stand-alone Application	468
	Using Struts Console Inside Borland JBuilder	470
	Using Struts Console Inside Eclipse	472
	Using Struts Console Inside IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer	475
	Using Struts Console Inside IntelliJ IDEA	478
	Using Struts Console Inside NetBeans and Sun Java Studio	480
	Using Struts Console Inside Oracle JDeveloper	482
	Configuring the Struts Console Output Options	484
	Index	487