(tick) These are the notes for the Struts version 7.0.0-M2 distribution.

(tick) For prior notes in this release series, see Version Notes 6.3.0

Maven users

If you are a Maven user, you might want to get started using the Maven Archetype.

Maven Dependency
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
  <artifactId>struts2-core</artifactId>
  <version>7.0.0-M2</version>
</dependency>

You can also use Struts Archetype Catalog like below

Struts Archetype Catalog
mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=http://struts.apache.org/
Staging Repository
<repositories>
  <repository>
    <id>apache.nexus</id>
    <name>ASF Nexus Staging</name>
    <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/</url>
  </repository>
</repositories>

Internal Changes

  • Java 17 is used as minimal supported version
  • Migrated to JakartaEE

Improvement

  • [WW-5352] Implement annotation mechanism for injectable fields via parameters
  • [WW-5360] Struts 2 and JDK 17 numbers of iterator tag when using different locale
  • [WW-5388] Upgrade Commons Fileupload to FileUpload Jakarta Servlet 6

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