How to make 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 webContent

    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