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JBoss Developer Studio provides a number of editors and wizards that allow Struts developers to quickly and efficiently build high quality web applications.
Note that JBoss Tools support the Struts 1.1, 1.2.x versions.
In this guide you will learn how to take advantage of Struts support that is provided by JBoss Developer Studio.
The table below lists the main features provided by Struts Tools:
Table 1.1. Key Functionality for Struts Tools
Feature | Benefit | Chapter |
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Struts Support |
Step-by-step wizards for creating a new Struts project with a number of predefined templates, importing existing ones and adding struts capabilities to non-Struts web projects. | Chapter 2, Projects |
Support for Struts Configuration File |
Working on files using three modes: diagram, tree and source. Synchronization between the modes and full control over the code. Easily move around the diagram using the Diagram Navigator. Working with struts projects that have multiple modules. The option to use the Struts configuration file debugger, which allows break points to be set on a Struts diagram and then launch the server in debug mode. | Section 3.2, “Graphical Editor for Struts Configuration Files” Chapter 6, Struts Configuration File Debugger |
Support for Struts modules |
A Struts module ( | Chapter 4, Modules |
Verification and Validation |
All errors will be immediately reported by verification feature, no matter which view you are working in. Constant validation and errors checking allows developers to catch many of the errors during development process, which significantly reduces development time. | Chapter 8, Struts Project Verification |
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