How to develop a Struts 2 application ?

Developing Struts 2 application

Make the directory structure

 1. Make source folder. Put following items:

     a. package with a class.

     b. struts.xml

     c. hello.xml

 2. Make jsp folder under webroot.

     Put jsp file inside it.

 3. Put empty applicationcontext.xml under WEB-INF.

     Put web.xml under WEB-INF.

 4. Make index.jsp in application root folder.

Add JARs in WEB-INF/lib folder

•  antlr-2.7.2.jar
•  commons-beanutils-1.6.jar
•  commons-chain-1.1.jar
•  commons-logging-1.0.4.jar
•  commons-validator-1.3.0.jar
•  freemarker-2.3.8.jar
•  ognl-2.6.11.jar
•  oro-2.0.8.jar
•  struts-core-1.3.5.jar
•  struts2-codebehind-plugin-2.0.6.jar
•  struts2-config-browser-plugin-2.0.6.jar
•  struts2-core-2.0.6.jar
•  struts2-sitemash-plugin-2.0.6.jar
•  struts2-spring-plugin-2.0.6.jar
•  struts2-struts1-plugin-2.0.6.jar
•  xwork-2.0.1.jar
•  spring.jar
•  commons-digester-1.6.jar
•  commons-collections-3.1.jar

Give entries in web.xml for filter and filter-mapping (struts2), Spring listener, faces listener. 

Code struts.xml (keep it in classpath). 

Give the entry of xml file you want to use as struts configuration, include that file (like: hello.xml) using include tag.

Make struts configuration XML

Give DTD, package name, namespace name, action definition having class name and action name.

Code the applicationContext.xml (Spring configuration)

Code the action class.

Write the JSP file : /Webroot/jsp/HelloWorld.jsp