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Java Struts

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  • 13-04-2005 11:20am
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    BizzyC
    Registered Users Posts: 3,012 ✭✭✭


    Hey all,

    just reading up on struts and was wondering if I have the correct understanding that Struts is basically an appliction architecture wherebye a browser using JSP pages will send all of its actions/queries to a single controlling servlet which will pass on all logical computation to other objects, like beans, to do the work and pass the results back to the JSP.

    I tried reading the Jakarta documentation, but I really hate reading text about java, much prefer to learn with code.

    Cheers


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    Yakuza
    Registered Users Posts: 5,141 ✭✭✭Yakuza


    That's more or less it. Stuts is an implementation of the MVC (Model-View-Controller) pattern.
    You define your data (model) as JavaBeans.
    You define your screens (view) as JSP pages, but using struts tags (instead of HTML tags) for screen elements (text boxes, labels, dropdowns etc).
    You determine how the models and view interact (controller) in a file called "struts-config.xml". This defines what data belongs to what screen, and the flow of what screen follows what. You can also specify what type of validation you want to use there too.

    I'm a bit rusty on struts (haven't used it in over a year) - so my best advice is to get stuck in. Google "Struts Tutorial" and you will find a wealth of knowledge out there.


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    BizzyC
    Registered Users Posts: 3,012 ✭✭✭BizzyC


    Yakuza wrote:
    That's more or less it. Stuts is an implementation of the MVC (Model-View-Controller) pattern.
    You define your data (model) as JavaBeans.
    You define your screens (view) as JSP pages, but using struts tags (instead of HTML tags) for screen elements (text boxes, labels, dropdowns etc).
    You determine how the models and view interact (controller) in a file called "struts-config.xml". This defines what data belongs to what screen, and the flow of what screen follows what. You can also specify what type of validation you want to use there too.

    I'm a bit rusty on struts (haven't used it in over a year) - so my best advice is to get stuck in. Google "Struts Tutorial" and you will find a wealth of knowledge out there.

    Thanks for that. Just wanted to make sure I got my head around it correctly before I got stuck in.
    Cheers


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    tempest
    Closed Accounts Posts: 92 ✭✭tempest


    Yakuza wrote:
    That's more or less it. Stuts is an implementation of the MVC (Model-View-Controller) pattern.
    You define your data (model) as JavaBeans.
    You define your screens (view) as JSP pages, but using struts tags (instead of HTML tags) for screen elements (text boxes, labels, dropdowns etc).
    You determine how the models and view interact (controller) in a file called "struts-config.xml". This defines what data belongs to what screen, and the flow of what screen follows what. You can also specify what type of validation you want to use there too.

    I'm a bit rusty on struts (haven't used it in over a year) - so my best advice is to get stuck in. Google "Struts Tutorial" and you will find a wealth of knowledge out there.

    More specifically it's the FrontController design pattern. See Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture (Fowler) (ISBN 0-321-12742-0).


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