Struts: The Complete Reference

In his book, James Holmes, a Committer on the Struts development team, provides you with the first comprehensive treatment of Struts 1.1. His coverage begins with a comprehensive tutorial, followed by in-depth coverage of API, config files, Struts' tag library, and an entire section on end-to-end application development. He also emphasizes ways to handle Struts' most complex concepts including tiles, validators, security, and internationalization. Insider tips and techniques for making an amazing Struts application take you to that next level of manipulating this cutting-edge framework. Source code will be available online.

From the Back Cover
The Ultimate Struts Resource! Covers Struts 1.2
Use the Struts framework to create flexible, high-performance, business-oriented Web applications that use Java servlets and JavaServer Pages. James Holmes, a committer on the Struts project, provides a comprehensive Struts tutorial that gets you started building real-world applications as quickly as possible. He offers in-depth coverage of the MVC architecture, Validators, Tiles, modules, the Struts Tag Libraries, and JSTL. You’ll also get details on securing and testing your applications as well as expert tips and techniques on how to make a Struts application sizzle.
Understand the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture
Take advantage of the built-in validation interface
Create and reuse a Tiles JSP layout
Configure and use Struts’ declarative exception handler
Set up and use modules in your applications
Use the HTML, Bean, Logic, and Nested Tag Libraries
Use the JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL)
Work with the Struts, Tiles, and Validator configuration files
Secure your Struts applications
Perform a variety of unit tests on Struts applications