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The following chapters describe how to deal with classic/old style of Struts development. We recommend users to use JBoss Seam to simplify development, but until then you can read about classical Struts usage here.
We are going to show you how to create a simple Struts application using the JBoss Tools. The completed application will ask a user to enter a name and click a button. The resulting new page will display the familiar message, "Hello <name>!"
This document will show you how to create such an application from the beginning, along the way demonstrating some of the powerful features of JBoss Tools. With the help of our tutorial you will design the application, generate stub code for the application, fill in the stub coding, compile the application, and finally run it all from inside the Eclipse.
For a start, we propose you to look through the table of main features of Struts Tools:
Table 1.1. Key Functionality of Struts Tools
| Feature | Benefit |
|---|---|
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. |
Support for Struts Configuration File | Working on file using three modes: diagram, tree and source. Synchronization between the modes and full control over the code. Easy moving around the diagram using the Diagram Navigator. Working with struts projects that have multiple modules. Possibility to use Struts configuration file debugger allowing to set break points on struts diagram and then launch the server in debug mode. |
Support for Struts modules | A Struts module (struts-config.xml) is automatically created while creating a new project. There is also possibility to add new ones or edit already existing modules in your existing project or while importing Struts project. |
Verification and Validation | All occurring errors will be immediately reported by verification feature, no matter in what view you are working. Constant validation and errors checking allows to catch many of the errors during development process that significantly reduces development time. |
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