Java Struts Course Content:

1.Struts Architecture

• MVC and Model 2
• Command Pattern
• Struts Framework
• More XML, Less Java!
• Action Mappings
• JavaBeans in Struts
• Working with Forms
• Validation
• Presentation Technology
• Tiles

2.Action Mappings

• Command Pattern for Web Applications
• ActionServlet
• Action
• ActionMappings
• Struts Configuration
• Selecting a Forward
• Global Forwards
• Global Exception Handlers
• Declarative Exception Handling

3.Forms

• Working with HTML Forms
• Action Forms (Form Beans)
• Relationship to Input
• Relationship to Actions
• Relationship to the Model
• Relationship to Output
• DynaActionForm and Map-Backed Forms
• Validation
• Coarse-Grained Form Beans

4.Struts Tag Libraries

• Building View Components
• Struts Tag Libraries
• Attributes and Struts Expressions
• Building Forms
• <html:form>
• <html:text> et. al.
• Forms and Form Beans
• Scope and Duration of Form Data
• Managing Hyperlinks
• Error Messages
• Logic Tags

5.The JSP Standard Tag Library

• JSTL Overview
• JSP Expression Language
• Core Tags
• Formatting Tags
• XML Tags
• SQL Tags
• Mixing JSTL, EL, Scripts and Actions

6.Internationalization And Localization

• i18n in Java
• i18n in Actions
• i18n in JSTL
• i18n in Validation

7.Input Validation

• Validation in Web Applications
• Validation in Struts
• The Struts Validator Plug-In
• Validating ActionForm Subtypes
• Configuring Validation
• Standard Validators
• Rules
• Is Necessary?
• Reporting Errors
• Multi-Page Validation
• Client-Side Validation
• Limitations on the Client Side
• Implementing a Validator
• Implementing ActionForm.validate

8.Advanced Configuration

• Struts Configuration in Depth
• Wildcards
• Extensions
• The Configuration Object Model
• Subclasses and
• Plug-Ins
• Integrating Other Frameworks
• Role-Based Security
• Chaining Actions
• The ComposableRequestProcessor Class
• Configuring Command Chains
• Modules

9.Under The Hood

• Global Objects
• Specialized Struts Actions
• The Utility Package
• The Commons BeanUtils Class
• Form Beans as Adapters to the Business Tier
• Reusing Validation Rules
• Graceful Validation

10.Tiles

• Consistent Look and Feel
• Reusable Layouts and Content
• The Tiles Framework
• Instantiating Layouts
• Body-Wrap Insertions
• Tiles and Stylesheets
• Working with Tiles Attributes
• The Tiles Context
• Definitions
• Aggregation and Inheritance
• The Tiles Plug-In
• Forwarding to Definitions
• Performance Considerations
• Appendix B: Quick Reference