• Copyright
• Dedication
• Preface
  • Organization
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • Comments and Questions
  • Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1. Introduction
  • A Brief History of the Web
  • What Are Java Servlets?
  • JavaServer Pages
  • JSP Model 1 and Model 2 Architectures
  • Why Is Model-View-Controller So Important?
  • What Is a Framework?
  • Creation of the Struts Framework
  • Alternatives to Struts
• Chapter 2. Inside the Web Tier
  • An Architecture Overview
  • The HTTP Request/Response Phase
  • Struts and Scope
  • Using URL Parameters
  • Forward Versus Redirect
• Chapter 3. Overview of the Struts Framework
  • A Banking Account Example
  • Looking at the Big Picture
  • Struts Controller Components
  • Struts Model Components
  • Struts View Components
  • Multiple Application Support
  • Summary
• Chapter 4. Configuring Struts Applications
  • The Storefront Application
  • What Is a Web Application?
  • The Web Application Directory Structure
  • The Web Application Deployment Descriptor
  • Configuring the web.xml File for Struts
  • The Struts Configuration File
  • The org.apache.struts.config Package
  • The Digester Component
  • The Struts Console Tool
  • Reloading the Configuration Files
• Chapter 5. Struts Controller Components
  • The Controller Mechanism
  • The Utilities Classes
• Chapter 6. Struts Model Components
  • The "M" in MVC
  • What Is a Business Object?
  • Persistence
  • What Does Struts Offer for the Model?
  • Building the Storefront Model
• Chapter 7. Struts View Components
  • What Is a View?
  • What Are ActionForms?
  • Using ActionErrors
  • Performing Presentation Validation
  • Using the DynaActionForm Class
  • Looking Ahead to JavaServer Faces
• Chapter 8. JSP Custom Tag Libraries
  • Custom Tags Overview
  • Tag Libraries Included with Struts
  • Using JavaBeans with Struts Tags
  • Struts HTML Tags
  • Logic Tags
  • Bean Tags
  • Template Tags
  • Nested Tags
  • Other Useful Tag Libraries
  • The JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL)
• Chapter 9. Extending the Struts Framework
  • What Are Extension Points?
  • General Extension Points
  • Controller Extension Points
  • Extending View Components
  • Extending Model Components
  • Downsides to Extending the Framework
• Chapter 10. Exception Handling
  • Java Exception Handling
  • System Versus Application Exceptions
  • Using Chained Exceptions
  • Exception Handling Provided by Struts
  • Tying Up the Loose Ends
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 11. The Validator Framework
  • The Need for a Validation Framework
  • Installing and Configuring the Validator
  • Using an ActionForm with the Validator
  • Creating Your Own Validation Rules
  • The Validator and JSP Custom Tags
  • Internationalizing the Validation
  • Using the Validator Outside of Struts
• Chapter 12. Internationalization and Struts
  • What Is Internationalization?
  • Support for I18N in Java
  • Internationalizing Your Struts Applications
  • Exception Handling and Internationalization
• Chapter 13. Struts and Enterprise JavaBeans
  • Implementing the Storefront Service Using EJB
  • Interfacing Struts to EJB
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 14. Using Tiles
  • Understanding Templates
  • Installing and Configuring Tiles
  • Overview of Tiles
  • The Tiles Tag Library
  • Using Definitions
  • Internationalization Support with Tiles
• Chapter 15. Logging in a Struts Application
  • Logging in a Web Application
  • Using the Servlet Container for Logging
  • Jakarta Commons Logging
  • Using the log4j Package
  • Using Commons Logging in JSP Pages
  • The Performance Impact of log4j
  • Third-Party log4j Extensions
  • Java 1.4 Logging API
• Chapter 16. Packaging Your Struts Application
  • To Package or Not to Package
  • Deciding How to Package Your Application
  • Packaging the Application as a WAR File
  • Building Your Struts Applications with Ant
  • Creating an Automated Build Environment
  • Restarting Your Server Remotely
• Chapter 17. Addressing Performance
  • What Is Good Performance?
  • Performance Versus Load Testing
  • Performance- and Stress-Testing Tools
  • Testing the Storefront Application
  • Performance and Scalability Gotchas
• Appendix A. Changes Since Struts 1.0
  • ActionServlet and RequestProcessor
  • Modifications to the Struts Action Class
  • Changes to web.xml and struts-config.xml
  • New Features of Struts 1.1
  • The Struts Validator
  • Change to Commons Logging
  • Removal of Admin Actions
  • Deprecation of the GenericDataSource
  • Dependency on Commons Projects
• Appendix B. Downloading and Installing Struts
  • The Binary Versus Source Distributions
  • Tips on Installing Struts in Tomcat
  • Tips on Installing Struts in WebLogic
  • Tips on Installing Struts in WebSphere
  • Tips on Installing Struts in JRun
• Appendix C. Resources
  • The Struts Mailing Lists
  • The Struts Resource Web Page
  • Validator Site
  • Tiles Site
  • Nested Tags Site
  • The Struts Console
  • Easy Struts Project
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