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Welcome to the Apache Struts Action Framework 2 wiki. The framework's official homepage is http://struts.apache.org/. There you can find documentation for the latest released version of the framework. This wiki is used for additional information as well as documentaion for the latest developing version.

About Struts Action 2

• Announcements
• Features
• Release Notes
• Who We Are
• Product History
  • Comparing SAF1 and SAF2
  • Merger with Apache Struts
  • Our WebWork roots

Community

• Mailing lists
• Issue Tracking (JIRA)
• Frequently Asked Questions
  • Struts Action 2 FAQ
  • The Vault (interesting posts from the forum)
  • How to Contribute
  • Apache Struts FAQs
• Event Calendar
• Apache Struts Website

Getting Started

• Downloads
  • For now, SAF2 may be checked out from the incubator repository.

    • Code Block
      svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/webwork2/

    • A SAF2 distribution will be available once the codebase exits the Apache Incubator
    • (A distribution of WebWork2 is available from OpenSymphony.)
• Installation
• Requirements (dependencies, appservers)
• Quickstart
• Tutorials
  • Action 2 Mailreader
  • CRUD Demo I
  • CRUD Demo II)
  • Struts University
• Building the Framework from Source

Coding Applications

• Testing
• Code snippets (Cookbook) and example applications

Integration, Tools, IDE

• IDE Plugins: Eclipse, IntelliJ
• Tools (SiteGraph, Config Browser, QuickStart)
• 3d party: SiteMesh, Spring, Pico, Hibernate, JSTL, JUnit, Quartz, Tiles

Reference

• API
• Basics
  • Architecture
  • Configuration Files (web.xml, action.xml, action.properties, action-default.xml, velocity.properties)
  • XWork Configuration
  • Interceptors
  • Result Types
  • Exception Handling
• Advanced
  • Action Chaining
  • Dependency Injection (IOC)
  • Type Conversion
  • Validation
  • Internationalization
  • Continuations
  • ActionMapper
• UI/Views
  • Tags
    • General (Control Tags, Data Tags)
    • HTML (Form Tags, Non Form Tags)
  • OGNL (syntax, altsyntax)
  • View technlogies
    • JSP (specific tags)
    • Freemarker (specific tags)
    • Velocity (specific tags)
    • JasperReports
  • Themes and Templates
  • Components
• J2SE 5 Support (Annotations)
• Portlets (tutorial, configuration)

Resources

• Articles
• Testimonials
• Projects using WebWork
• Planet Struts
• Struts Central

Contributor Resources

• Style Guide
• Source code repository
• Ivy
• Project incubation page

More Help with WebWork2

2 is an elegant, extensible framework for building enterprise-ready Java web applications. Distributions of Struts 2 are available as a free download under the Apache License.

• For more about the Apache Struts project itself, visit the project web site.
• Quickstart with Struts 2 Maven Archetypes.
• Struts 2 is extended using Plugins. A list of available plugins is available at the Struts 2 Plugin Registry.
• Tired of XML-based configurations, or need some extra agility? Try the Convention Plugin or its RESTful cousin, the REST Plugin.
• Interested in books, articles, and presentations about Struts? Check out some Other Resources.
• For other community-supported Struts resources, visit the Struts 2 Wiki.

The contents of the Struts 2 documentation wiki (what you're reading now) are distributed with each release, but maintained via the on-line wiki.

Getting Started

The documentation is grouped into four areas.

Community Wiki

The Struts 2 Community Wiki is an additional resource. It is not distributed with Struts 2, and contributions to the community wiki do not require a CLA.

Quick Links

• Apache Struts Home
• Distributions
• Project FAQ
• Mailing lists
• Issue Tracking (JIRA)
• Struts 2 Wiki space

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