Struts 2 in action

Part 1 Struts 2: a brand new framework. Struts 2: the modern web application framework -- Web applications: a quick study -- Frameworks for web applications -- The Struts 2 framework -- Saying hello to Struts 2 -- Declarative architecture -- A quick hello -- HelloWorld using annotations -- Part 2 Core concepts: actions, interceptors, and type conversion . Working with Struts 2 actions -- Introducing Struts 2 actions -- Packaging your actions -- Implementing actions -- Transferring data onto objects -- File uploading: a case study -- Adding workflow with interceptors -- Why intercept requests? -- Interceptors in action -- Surveying the built-in Struts 2 interceptors -- Declaring interceptors -- Building your own interceptor -- Data transfer: OGNL and type conversion -- Data transfer and type conversion: common tasks of the web application domain -- OGNL and Struts 2 -- Built-in type converters -- Customizing type conversion -- Part 3 Building the view: tags and results. Building a view: tags -- Getting started -- An overview of Struts tags -- Data tags -- Control tags -- Miscellaneous tags -- Using JSTL and other native tags -- A brief primer for the OGNL expression language -- UI component tags -- Why we need UI component tags -- Tags, templates, and themes -- UI Component tag reference -- Results in detail -- Life after the action -- Commonly used result types -- JSP alternatives -- Global results -- Part 4 Improving your application. Integrating with Spring and Hibernate/JPA -- Why use Spring with Struts 2? -- Adding Spring to Struts 2 -- Why use the Java Persistence API with Struts 2? -- Exploring the validation framework -- Getting familiar with the validation framework -- Wiring your actions for validation -- Writing a custom validator -- Validation framework advanced topics -- Understanding internationalization -- The Struts 2 framework and Java i18n -- A Struts 2 i18n demo -- Struts 2 i18n: the details -- Overriding the framework’s default locale -- determination -- Part 5 Advanced topics and best practices -- Extending Struts 2 with plug-ins -- Plug-in overview -- Common plug-ins -- Internal component system -- Writing a breadcrumb plug-in -- Best practices -- Setting up your environment 327 -- Unit-testing your actions -- Maximizing reuse -- Advanced UI tag usage -- Migration from Struts Classic -- -- Translating Struts Classic knowledge -- Converting by piecemeal -- Advanced topics -- Advanced action usage -- Dynamic method invocation -- Using tokens to prevent duplicate form submits -- Displaying wait pages automatically -- A single action for CRUD operations -- Tiles and Struts 2.