What is the Struts Framework?

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	What will I learn? Specifications Pre-requisites

What is the Struts Framework?

The Struts framework, also known as Jakarta struts, was developed by an open-source Apache project. Struts is a framework of that embodies the MVC (Model view Controller) design pattern.

This important pattern, which is employed in the Swing package, allows for the separation of the View (i.e., presentation/UI; in the JSP and Servlet world, the page generation) from the Model (the storage of state information; responsible for domain state knowledge) and the controller (which determines what happens when input is received. Ie., what happens to the view when the model is changed, or what happens to the model when the view is changed).

The struts framework is composed of approximately 300 classes currently (divided into 8 packages). Many of these classes support Servlet processing. Many support the concept of MVC and can be subclassed or instantiated. In addition, the Struts framework provides six core tag libraries that your application can use (called, HTML, Bean, Logic, Template, Nested, and Tiles tag libraries).

What will I learn?

• Struts Concepts
• Overview of the Struts Framework
• Configuring a Struts Application
• Application of MVC
  • Classes that support the Model
  • Classes that support the View
  • Classes that support the Controller
• Extending the Struts Framework

Specifications

• Duration (total): 1 days
• Duration of Exercises: .5 days
• Duration of Lecture: .5 days

Pre-requisites

If you are building a custom course, you will need to cover these topics before this topic can be presented:

• Servlets
• JSP
• XML
• JSP Taglib

• Basic Java knowledge including exception handling, threads, full use of all the language constructs, and familiarity with the core Java APIs.
• Those without these pre-requisites should consider one of our Ultimate Java Programming Workshops.

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