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</section>
+<section href="Portlets" name="Portlet (JSR-168) Whiteboard">
+ <p>
+ There are three major issues with supporting JSR-168 (and I'm sure a bunch
of smaller ones as well):
+ </p>
+
+ <ul>
+
+ <li>
+ Struts APIs assume servlet API objects (ServletContext, ServletRequest,
ServletResponse), whereas JSR-168
+ talks aboutPortletContext, PortletRequest, and PortletResponse.
+ We'd either need to change the calling sequence for Action.execute() --
problematic for backwards
+ compatibility -- or fake it somehow in a portlet environment.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ The lifecycle of a portlet request is actually divided into two chunks
-- processing and then rendering.
+ From a Struts perspective, that means making sure that the first part
of the request processor pipeline
+ need to happen in the "process" part, and the forwarding to the
resulting page needs to happen in the
+ "render" part.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ Today, Struts owns the process of calculating URLs for pages and
actions.
+ Because it's in a webapp, it knows exactly what to do for the developer.
+ However, in a portlet container it's actually the portal server that
manages URLs, so a Struts-based
+ portlet would need to interact with the portlet APIs for this purpose.
+ </li>
+
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>
+ A strong goal should be that a Struts application should be usable either
as a webapp or as a portlet, with
+ little (ideally no) changes.
+ Therefore, we should build whatever it takes to support this into the
standard Struts distribution, which would
+ then be used in both environments.
+ </p>
+
+</section>
+
<section href="Proposals" name="Relevant Proposals">
<ul>
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See the <a href="../status.html">Development Roadmap</a> for an overview of
future plans.
</li>
<li>
- See the <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/bugs.html";>Apache Bug
Database</a> for outstanding issues and enhancement requests.
+ See the <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/bugs.html";>Apache Bug
Database</a> for outstanding issues and
+ enhancement requests.
</li>
<li>
- See the <a
href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/nightly/";>Struts Nightly
Build</a> for the latest development distribution.
+ See the <a
href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/nightly/";>Struts Nightly
Build</a> for the
+ latest development distribution.
</li>
<li>
- See the <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail.html";>Struts-Dev
list</a> for current development communications.
- </li>
+ See the <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail.html";>Struts-Dev
list</a> for current development
+ communications.
+ </li>
<li>
- See the <a href="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/jakarta-struts/";>Struts
CVS</a> for the current development codebase.
+ See the <a href="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/jakarta-struts/";>Struts
CVS</a> for the current development
+ codebase.
</li>
<li>
See the <a href="../releases.html">Release Guides</a> for our release
process and coding conventions.
@@ -41,12 +45,12 @@
<hr size="1" noshade=""/>
<p>
- Struts is a completely open product. The
- <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/volunteers.html";>Struts
Committers</a> conduct all development
- business using the resources cited here, which are all available to the public.
Only
- Struts Committers may write to the
- <a href="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/jakarta-struts/";>CVS</a>. Developer
contributions may be posted
- to <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/bugs.html";>The Apache Bug
Database</a>.
+ Struts is a completely open product. The <a
href="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/volunteers.html";>Struts
+ Committers</a> conduct all development business using the resources cited
here, which are all available to the
+ public.
+ Only Struts Committers may write to the <a
href="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/jakarta-struts/";>CVS</a>.
+ Developer contributions may be posted to <a
href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/bugs.html";>The Apache Bug
+ Database</a>.
</p>
</section>
@@ -61,595 +65,316 @@
<hr size="1" noshade=""/>
-->
- <h3><a name="20030318"></a>18 Mar 2003 - Struts-Faces Integration Library
Available</h3>
-
- <p>
- The <em>Struts-Faces Integration Library</em> is an add-on library
- that supports the use of
- <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2ee/javaserverfaces/";>JavaServer Faces</a>
- user interface technology in a Struts-based web application, in place of
- the Struts custom tag libraries. As a proof of concept, it also
- includes the canonical "struts-example" example web application,
- converted to use JavaServer Faces Tags, as well as tags from the JSP
- Standard Tag Library (JSTL), version 1.0.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- The source code for this library is in the
- <code>contrib/struts-faces</code> directory of the Struts CVS repository,
- and nightly builds are available at:
- </p>
-
- <p>
- <a
href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/nightly/struts-faces/";>
- http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/nightly/struts-faces/</a>
- </p>
-
- <p>
- This library is EA quality code, and is not going to be integrated into
- standard Struts releases until it has matured further, and until
- JavaServer Faces goes to 1.0 final release status. The library requires
- a Struts 1.1 nightly build (20030216 or later), or the upcoming 1.1 RC2
- or 1.1 final releases. It also requires the EA3 version of the
- JavaServer Faces reference implementation, available via:
- </p>
-
- <p>
- <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2ee/javaserverfaces/download.html";>
- http://java.sun.com/j2ee/javaserverfaces/download.html</a>
- </p>
-
- <p>
- The Struts-Faces integration download includes source code for the
- library (useful to see how the integration was accomplished, and also
- to learn how to build custom JavaServer Faces component and renderer
- classes), as well as an extensive <code>README.txt</code> that documents
- how to utilize the library in your own applications.
- </p>
-
-
- <h3><a name="20030223"></a>23 Feb 2003 - Struts 1.1 Release Candidate 1
Released</h3>
- <p>
- The Struts team is proud to announce the release of Struts 1.1 Release
- Candidate 1. This release includes some new functionality, as well as
- fixes for a number of bugs which were reported against earlier versions.
- The Struts Team believes that this release is ready for prime time, hence
- its designation as a release candidate.
- </p>
- <p>
- The binary distribution is available at:
- </p>
- <p>
- <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/binaries/";>
- http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/binaries/</a>
- </p>
- <p>
- and the source distribution is available at:
- </p>
- <p>
- <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/source/";>
- http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/source/</a>
- </p>
- <p>
- In addition, the library distribution, which contains updated binaries
- without the sample applications, is available at:
- </p>
- <p>
- <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/library/";>
- http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/library/</a>
- </p>
- <p>
- Details of the changes in this release are available in the Release
- Notes, which can be found here:
- </p>
- <p>
- <a
href="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/release-notes-1.1-rc1.html";>
- http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/release-notes-1.1-rc1.html</a>
- </p>
- <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
-
- <h3><a name="20030217"></a>17 Feb 2003 - Struts talk .. & labs live online
w/ 4 Authors</h3>
- <p>
- Ted & James have now both graciously agreed to join the WebEx labs.
- </p>
- <p>
- Try to see them in person! <br />
- (I just did DC 2 weeks ago).
- </p>
- <p>
- This in addition to doing real labs for multi row master detail processing
to DB, etc.
- I just added extra sessions.
- You can find out more and how to sign up at
- <a
href="http://www.mail-archive.com/mvc-programmers%40basebeans.net/msg00006.html";>http://www.mail-archive.com/mvc-programmers%40basebeans.net/msg00006.html</a>
- </p>
- <p>
- But if you can't ... you can see their presentation and hear them live from
your home or work,
- shortly after their live shows.
- </p>
- <p>
- The qualifier is that this is not intro to Struts
- and that you please do the hands on labs after each of the 5 sessions.
- </p>
- <p>
- Vic Cekvenich <br />
- - Best Training by readers of JDJ<br />
- - Project recovery
- </p>
- <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
-
- <h3><a name="20030216"></a>16 Feb 2003 - Struts talks at Lone Star</h3>
- <p>
- The Lone Star Software Symposium in Austin TX February 21-23 features
Struts presentations by
- Ted Husted as well as XDoclet presentations by Erik Hatcher.
- Erik is the originator of the popular LookupDispatchAction
- and has pioneered using XDoclet to create Struts ActionForms and other
components.
- </p>
- <p>
- For details about the symposium, visit <a
href="http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com";>http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com</a>.
- </p>
- <p>
- Ted's "Building applications ... with Struts!" talk is Friday at 1:15pm:
- </p>
- <p>
- "What is this web presentation tier framework that has gained such
widespread popularity?
- Struts, a Jakarta Model-View-Controller framework,
- allows clean separation between business logic and its presentation.
- This session will introduce Struts to those new to it or want a refresher
on the basics.
- An example application will be built during the presentation demonstrating
the primary features discussed."
- </p>
- <p>
- Sunday morning, Ted will be hosting a "More About Struts" talk:
- </p>
- <p>
- "Simple sites are simple to build in Struts. But most of our projects are
complex, not simple.
- This session delves beyond the basics, into areas such as the Struts
Validator, Struts TestCase,
- the Scaffold toolkit, and how to design the business-logic end of your
application."
- </p>
- <p>
- Erik's XDoclet presentations are not Struts-specific,
- but would be interest to any Struts practitioner.
- (You can bet that Ted will be sitting in!)
- Erik's "Introduction to XDoclet" and "eXtreme XDoclet" talks are on Sunday
Feb 23.
- Erik is also presenting talks on Lucene and Ant at the symposium.
- </p>
- <p>
- For more about the Lone Star Symposium, and others in this series,
- visit <a
href="http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/";>http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/</a>.
- </p>
- <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
-
- <h3><a name="20030215"></a>15 Feb 2003 - Struts quiz online at java.sun.com</h3>
- <p>
- As part of an ongoing series, a Struts Quiz is available at the
java.sun.com website
- <a
href="http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/Quizzes/misc.html";>http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/Quizzes/misc.html</a>.
- </p>
- <p>
- The quiz was written by Ted Husted, Struts Committer and lead author of
Struts in Action.
- The SIA quiz joins other recent Java quizzes on the topics of Ant and JMX.
- The Struts questions are designed to point out some useful but
underutilized aspects of the framework.
- </p>
- <p>
- So, pop over and have a bit of fun testing your Struts knowledge,
- and maybe even learn something at the same time. =:0)
- </p>
- <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
-
- <h3><a name="20030211"></a>11 Feb 2003 - Scioworks Camino 3.0</h3>
- <p>
- Announcing Scioworks Camino 3.0, visual modelling tool for Jakarta Struts
(v1.0 to v1.1-b3).
- For general information and list of new features, see
- <a href="">http://www.scioworks.net/servlets/ShowPage?pid=48&dp=2</a>
- </p>
- <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
-
- <h3><a name="20030206.1"></a>06 Feb 2003 - Expresso 5.0.3 Available for
Download</h3>
- <p>
- [Side note: As you may know, Version 4 of Expresso incorporated Struts for
its
- MVC patterns and since then we have never looked back!
- Great job to the Struts development team!!!
- We will probably have Struts 1.1 integrated by the next .1 release (5.1)]
- </p>
- <p>
- The Expresso development team would like to announce the release of
Expresso 5.0.3.
- Changes in this release include the introduction of the JSTL tag library and
- changes to allow full compatibility with JSTL's expression language.
- </p>
- <p>
- Bugfixes of note include better support for JNDI connections,
initialization race
- condition fixes in the DBObject,
- and a SQL Injection fix in DBObject.searchAndRetrieve(String).
- </p>
- <p>
- For the last reason, it is recommended that all Expresso 5.0 users upgrade
to 5.0.3 as soon as possible.
- </p>
- <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
-
-
- <h3><a name="20030206"></a>06 Feb 2003 - Easy Struts 0.6.3 for Eclipse is
out</h3>
- <p>
- Easy Struts 0.6.3 for Eclipse is now available.
- This release has no new features, only bug correction.
- </p>
- <p>
- <a href="http://easystruts.sf.net";>http://easystruts.sf.net</a>
- </p>
- <p>
- Changes on 0.6.3<br/>
- * Fix root dir problem with Tomcat Sysdeo plugin<br/>
- * Fix roles generation in <action.../><br/>
- * XML elements forward/form-property/exception/set-property respect DTD
order
- </p>
- <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
-
- <h3><a name="20030205"></a>05 Feb 2003 - Live Internet based Intermediate
Struts Training by "Best Training"
- as voted by Java Developers Journal.</h3>
-
- <p>
- Live Internet based Intermediate Struts Training by "Best Training" as voted
- by Java Developers Journal. Learn good (best?) practices of web application
- development!
- </p>
-
- <ul>
- <li>
- Multi row processing to DB
- </li>
- <li>
- Master/Detail processing
- </li>
- <li>
- Java Script Navigation
- </li>
- <li>
- and lots more, full agenda available, and it's all practical, no theory from me!
- </li>
- </ul>
-
- <p>
- The title of the class is "Pretenders vs. Pros" used to be Best and Worst
- Practices. This is version 3 of my intermediate advanced class.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- The class will meet online over 4 weeks, Saturdays at 10 AM Eastern on WebEx for
- about an hour or a bit more or less. My goal is to start on the 2/22.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- You should have a DSL or Cable connection, ( not sure how modem will work,
- Web Ex says yeah, I say nay. Maybe you can go to work on Saturday?), and the
- call in on a phone # to hear voice
- </p>
-
- <p>
- You will have a mail list and newsgroup to ask questions on, I expect a lot
- of questions on the labs.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- This is NOT a intro to MVC, it is suitable for people that did one
- Struts/MVC project or are very familiar with Servelts/JDBC/JSP/SQL. If you
- are a Struts experienced, this is the class for you! If you are new to Java
- / Web, this is not class for you. It help if you have production web/mvc
- experience.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- This is NOT for hands off types, it is lab based, for each hour of lecture,
- there is at least 8 hours of labs each week. I promise the labs will be
- challenging.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- If you can't or don't do the web labs, the next lesson will make no sense to
- you. Not doing "home work" labs, you will be invited not to attend the rest.
- I want to avoid pretenders, and nurturer pros.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- Scared? The labs are doable. Clients like BEA, Borland, Cisco, IBM, etc.
- already did the hand on in person labs. That is how baseBeans.com got voted
- for "Best Training" by Java Developers Journal. I am willing to put it on
- the line! by teaching the class over the web via WebEx.com. I really want
- to be the teach of the year next year as well!
- </p>
-
- <p>
- I also did Struts project recovery, and worked on 40,000 concurrent users
- Struts site, I guess I did more Struts training than all others combined,
- plus more.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- I am certified OO instructor, certified SQL performance and Tuning, J2EE
- certified and Java Certified by 3 different J2EE vendors! You will enjoy the
- class and learn, guranteed.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- You charges will be mostly for the WebEx + voice, so you can see my screen.
- When you register early, you will get a CD mailed to you with the lab
- materials. (International clients will have another way)
- </p>
-
- <p>
- If you register earlier, you get a cheaper price, goes up every few days,
- just like for seminars, the later your register, the more you pay.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- Since the cost is low, you can only register via the web, no P.O. or checks.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- To find the price, to discuss the class before hand, as well as lab
- questions later, etc. sign up at
- </p>
-
- <p>
- <a href="http://www.basebeans.net:8080/mailman/listinfo/mvc-programmers";>
- http://www.basebeans.net:8080/mailman/listinfo/mvc-programmers
- </a>
- </p>
-
- <p>
- Please use the
- <a href="http://www.basebeans.net:8080/mailman/listinfo/mvc-programmers";>
- MVC mail list</a>
- for any questions regarding this!
- </p>
-
- <p>
- </p>
-
- <p>
- Click here to register:
- <br/>
- <a
href="http://www.basebeans.com/do/classReservation";>http://www.basebeans.com/do/classReservation</a>
- </p>
-
- <p>
- The seminar is being given at near cost, on Open Source principles.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- Questions? Comments? On the
- <a href="http://www.basebeans.net:8080/mailman/listinfo/mvc-programmers";>
- MVC mail list
- </a>.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- Vic Cekvenich <<a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a>>
- </p>
- <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
-
-
- <h3><a name="20030204"></a>04 Feb 2003 - Struts Console v3.2</h3>
- <p>
- Struts Console version 3.2 is now available.<br />
- <a
href="http://www.jamesholmes.com/struts/";>http://www.jamesholmes.com/struts/</a>
- </p>
-
- <p>
- Download Now: <br />
- <a href="http://www.jamesholmes.com/struts/struts-console-3.2.zip";>
- http://www.jamesholmes.com/struts/struts-console-3.2.zip
- </a>
- -- OR --
- <a href="http://www.jamesholmes.com/struts/struts-console-3.2.tar.gz";>
- http://www.jamesholmes.com/struts/struts-console-3.2.tar.gz
- </a>
- </p>
-
- <p>
- Struts Console is FREE software.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- This release fixes some bugs and adds a few small
- features.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- Changes with Struts Console v3.2
- </p>
-
- <ul>
- <li>
- Fixed bug where Page and Forward Pattern were not
- being displayed on the Controller screen for
- Struts 1.1 config files.
- </li>
- <li>
- Fixed bug where Form Bean add dialog would throw
- exceptions if a type was not entered.
- </li>
- <li>
- Fixed bug where Resource checkbox was not being
- properly set for <field> elements in Validator
- config files.
- </li>
- <li>
- Fixed bug where Page Converter dialog was
- chopping off some of its tabs' contents.
- </li>
- <li>
- Fixed bug in Page Converter to properly convert
- <img> tags.
- </li>
- <li>
- Added support for new "size" attribute of
- <form-property> element.
- </li>
- <li>
- Added missing "indexListProperty" field for
- Validator config files.
- </li>
- <li>
- Added support for turning off config file
- validation in IDEA plugin.
- </li>
- <li>
- Removed "Debug" field from Controller screen for
- Struts 1.1 config files since it has been
- deprecated.
- </li>
- <li>
- Updated standalone version to preserve window
- size and location.
- </li>
- </ul>
- <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
-
-
- <h3><a name="20031701"></a>17 Jan 2003 - JSP taglibs + FreeMarker</h3>
- <p>
- The new 2.2 version of the FreeMarker template engine now natively supports
JSP tag libraries.
- The first preview release of the new version is downloadable from the
project home page at
- </p>
- <p>
- <a
href="http://freemarker.sourceforge.net";>http://freemarker.sourceforge.net</a>
- </p>
- <p>
- This new ability is of special significance to Jakarta Struts and Taglib
- communities, since you are no longer forced into a tradeoff. Before now, you
- had to make a choice: either you couldn't use a template engine, or you
- couldn't use the taglibs. With FreeMarker, you no longer need to abandon any
- of the valuable taglibs you came to know and love if you want to change your
- view technology from JSP to a template engine.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- Aside from the native JSP taglib support, FreeMarker 2.2 introduces many new
- improvements in areas of macro handling, namespaces, automatic escaping of
- interpolations and whitespace handling.
- </p>
- <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
-
- <h3><a name="20030118"></a>18 Jan 2003 - Struts Training in DC and NYC</h3>
- <p>
- Increase Your Struts Productivity - Attend the BaseBeans Public Struts
- Training!!!!
- </p>
- <p>
- We have a 11 hour public class in DC and in NYC in January.
- </p>
- <p>
- Washington DC Class -- January 18th 2003
- NYC Class -- January 24th 2003
- </p>
- <p>
- This class is taught by baseBeans Engineering, the company voted to have the
- best hands on training class by JDJ for their "Fast Track to Struts" class.
- </p>
- <p>
- Get your training from the #1 trainer with a money back guarantee!!!!
- </p>
- <p>
- You will pay $50 to register and be billed the balance. Upon registration,
- you will be shipped a CD that contains the tools needed for the class, such
- as an IDE, App. Server, some sample working source code, Struts, etc.
- </p>
- <p>
- Follow this link to register: http://www.basebeans.com/do/classReservation
- </p>
- <p>
- At the training, we will cover Struts, Java Server Faces, JDO, DAO,
- JDBC,etc.
- </p>
- <p>
- A pre-requisite for attendance is some Struts knowledge or at least Servlet
- and SQL knowledge. This class is targeted at tech leads. Bring your
- questions and receive practical advice from the baseBeans team.
- </p>
- <p>
- You can FedEx a check or a PO for the balance to BaseBeans.
- </p>
- <p>
- Prior paid students and clients are free for this class, as always, but we
- need to know you are coming.
- </p>
- <p>
- Hope to see you there,
- </p>
- <p>
- #1. We are looking for more people to develop basicPortal.sf.net (baseBeans.com
is on basicPortal).
- Now we are working on setup.exe (currently in beta but available) that will
install DB,
- Tomcat (because people do not know how to set up JDBC realms in server.xml).
- As you know bP demos master detail processing, XML, RSS, CMS, task
tracking, contact management,
- JDBC realms, BLOBs, CRUD, JMeter, JaserReports, etc.
- Just e-mail me if you know Struts and want to contribute to open source.
- </p>
- <p>
- #2. Bring a laptop to public training in DC/NYC training to get *FREE*
autographed "Struts in Action".
- Prices goes up tmrw by 9:30 AM Eastern.
- This is not intro to Struts, you must know some MVC (and JAVA and SQL well),
- I do not like teaching intro.
- </p>
- <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
-
- <h3><a name="20030106"></a>06 Jan 2003 - neteye actioncache 1.1</h3>
- <p>
- The neteye actioncache is a Struts extension that caches the result of
- actions and views. It can boost the performance of your website because
- time expensive operations like data retrieval, JSP processing or XSLT
- transformations are only performed when needed.
- </p>
- <p>
- The new release now uses the Struts 1.1 Plugin and RequestProcessor
- interfaces to handle request.
- </p>
- <p>
- Sources and documentation can be found at
- <a href="http://actioncache.neteye.de";>http://actioncache.neteye.de</a>
- </p>
- <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
-
- <h3><a name=""></a>4 Jan 2003 - JBoss Handbook</h3>
- <p>
- I am pleased to announce the availability of the book
- "JBoss 3.0 Deployment and Administration Handbook".
- The book provides a comprehensive coverage of the JBoss 3.0 server,
focusing on
- </p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- JBoss architecture
- </li>
- <li>
- Deploying and configuring EJBs, web applications, EAR files, JCA resource
adapters, JMX MBeans etc on JBoss
- </li>
- <li>
- JBoss CMP 2.0 features
- </li>
- <li>
- JBoss clustering
- </li>
- <li>
- Configuring JMS and JCA
- </li>
- <li>
- Configuring security, logging, JavaMail
- </li>
- <li>
- JBoss custom features like scheduling
- </li>
- <li>
- Administration and monitoring of the server.
- </li>
- </ul>
-
- <p>
- The book will be a valuable resource for anyone using JBoss in production
and development.
- The book is published by WROX Press and is available on
- <a
href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1861008120/hitchhikeguidetoA/";>
- Amazon</a> [ISBN # 1861008120].
- </p>
- <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
-
+ <h3><a name=""></a>29 Aug 2003 - Core J2EE Patterns -- Expanded and Updated
in Second Edition</h3>
+ <p>
+ From the Back Cover:
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <i>"The authors do a great job describing useful patterns for
application architectures.
+ The section on refactoring is worth the price of the entire book!"</i>
<br />
+ --Craig McClanahan, Struts Founder and Specification Lead for
JavaServer Faces
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Developers often confuse learning the technology with learning to
design with the technology.
+ In this book, senior architects from the Sun Java Center share their
cumulative design experience on Java 2
+ Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) technology.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The primary focus of the book is on patterns, best practices, design
strategies, and proven solutions using
+ the key J2EE technologies including JavaServer Pages (JSP), Servlets,
Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB), and Java
+ Message Service (JMS) APIs.
+ The J2EE Pattern Catalog with 21 patterns and numerous strategies is
presented to document and promote best
+ practices for these technologies.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Core J2EE Patterns, Second Edition offers the following:
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>J2EE Pattern Catalog with 21 patterns--fully revised and newly
documented patterns providing proven
+ solutions for enterprise applications</li>
+ <li>Design strategies for the presentation tier, business tier, and
integration tier</li>
+ <li>Coverage of servlets, JSP, EJB, JMS, and Web Services</li>
+ <li>J2EE technology bad practices</li>
+ <li>Refactorings to improve existing designs using patterns</li>
+ <li>Fully illustrated with UML diagrams</li>
+ <li>Extensive sample code for patterns, strategies, and
refactorings</li>
+ </ul>
+ <p>
+ Find links to <b>Core J2EE Patterns</b> and other great books in the
+ <a
href="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/resources/related_books.html";>Struts Resource
section</a>.
+ </p>
+ <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
+
+ <h3><a name=""></a>28 Aug 2003 - Commons Validator 1.1.0 Alpha is now
available for testing</h3>
+ <p>
+ Please refer to <a
href="http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/validator/tasks.html";>
+ http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/validator/tasks.html</a>
+ that details some of the changes that have taken place since the 1.0.2
release.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Downloads: <br />
+ <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/~rleland/ValidatorAlpha/";>
+ http://jakarta.apache.org/~rleland/ValidatorAlpha/</a>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Just a reminder: <br />
+ The release process is following the same general procedures
established for the
+ <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/dev/release.html";>Apache HTTPD
project</a> and
+ <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/releases/";>Jakarta Commons
products</a>, and utilize the HTTPD
+ numbering scheme.
+ The release will initially be given an Alpha status and made available
through the Release Manager's home
+ directory.
+ Pursuant to a Majority Vote on the /commons-dev/ Mailing List, the
release may be moved to the public
+ release directory.
+ The vote may also serve to reclassify the release to be of *Beta* or
*General Availability* (GA) quality,
+ as defined by the Apache HTTPD project.
+ Subsequent votes may reclassify the release, either to promote it or to
demote it, as need be.
+ </p>
+ <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
+
+ <h3><a name="20030825"></a>25 Aug 2003 - Model-driven Development for
Struts/EJB</h3>
+ <p>
+ Alpharetta, GA - Metanology releases new Model-driven Development
Environment (MDE) products
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Overview:<br />
+ MDE is a full featured, model-driven development environment that includes a
+ UML modeler and MetaProgramTM editor that integrates with a Java IDE. MDE
+ transforms a simple UML model of an application into the majority of the
+ implementation by executing MetaPrograms. Applications are completed using
+ traditional development techniques.
+ MDE for EJB and MDE for J2EE enhance the company's existing MDE for Struts.
+ MDE for EJB creates session beans, entity beans, message driven beans,
+ business objects and value objects from simple UML models. MDE for J2EE
+ enhances MDE for Struts and MDE for EJB by interfacing the Struts user
+ interface to EJB services.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Platform Independent Modeling Typical modeling techniques require a class
+ for each element in the implementation resulting in complex models that are
+ difficult to understand and maintain. MDE promotes modeling what the
+ application does, not how it is built, making modeling fast, easy, and
+ reusable across platforms.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ MetaPrograms A combination of Java and JSP-style syntax, MetaPrograms are
+ easy to write, contain all the technical details of architecture, and create
+ multiple files in the implementation from a single class in the model.
+ MetaProgramming with MDE gives you complete control of how the model is
+ turned into code. Rather than writing all the code by hand, MetaProgramming
+ let's you "write the code that writes the code."TM
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ MDE Life Cycle Life cycle benefits are two fold. First, life cycle tools
+ preserve your hand-written code from one generation to the next. Second,
+ they replace existing MetaProgram generated code with updated MetaProgram
+ code. Used to its fullest, MDE is ideal for iterative and incremental
+ development methods, Agile and Extreme Programming.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Learn more and download a free evaluation at <a
href="http://www.metanology.com";>"www.metanology.com</a>.
+ </p>
+ <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
+
+ <h3><a name="20030820"></a>20 Aug 2003 - Introduction to Hibernate
presentation</h3>
+ <p>
+ Introduction to Hibernate by Norman Klein:<br />
+ 6:30 pm on September 3rd in Mountain View
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The next meeting of the Silicon Valley Struts User BOF is scheduled to
take
+ place at VeriSign in Mountain View on Wednesday, September 3rd. You must
+ arrive between 6:30 and 7:00pm to register with VeriSign security as a
+ guest. Norman Klein, an independent software consultant, will present an
+ introduction to Hibernate. Hibernate is an open source data persistence
+ framework. Please refer to the online announcement for the details and
+ directions to the meeting site:
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <a
href="http://www.baychi.org/bof/struts/20030903/";>http://www.baychi.org/bof/struts/20030903/</a>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ It is important that I get an accurate headcount in advance for meeting
+ facility planning purposes. So, please RSVP for the meeting by sending
an
+ email to me with "Struts User September Meeting" as the subject.
+ </p>
+ <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
+
+ <h3><a name="20030730"></a>30 Jul 2003 - StrutsDoc 0.3.1 Released</h3>
+ <p>
+ StrutsDoc 0.3.1 has been released and can be found here:
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=49385";>
+ http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=49385</a>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ This release fixes a few minor bugs and includes a Spanish translation
of the user guide.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The strutsdoc for the struts-example application has been updated and
can be found at:
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <a href="http://www.systemmobile.com/strutsdoc/struts-example";>
+ http://www.systemmobile.com/strutsdoc/struts-example</a>
+ </p>
+ <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
+
+ <h3><a name=""></a>27 Jul 2003 - Log4J Administration Webapp built with
struts</h3>
+ <p>
+ Just thought I'd let you know that LogWeb, a fully functional
administration interface for Log4J,
+ has been implemented with Struts.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ LogWeb is freely available at:
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <a href="http://www.codeczar.com/projects/logweb/index.html";>
+ http://www.codeczar.com/projects/logweb/index.html</a>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Thanks to the struts team. Without struts, LogWeb would have taken much
longer to develop.
+ </p>
+ <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
+
+ <h3><a name=""></a>24 Jul 2003 - brief example using iBATIS from Struts</h3>
+ <p>
+ There are often newbie requests asking how to deal with a database layer
+ from Struts. Since there are so many ways this can be done,
+ 'simple' examples of how this can be done seem hard to come by. Since I
+ currently use iBATIS as my persistence mechanism of choice, I created a
+ simple Struts application demonstrating just one way a developer could
+ use database persistence:
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <a
href="http://www.reumann.net/do/struts/ibatisLesson1";>http://www.reumann.net/do/struts/ibatisLesson1</a>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ I didn't really have the time to write up a full lesson like the others
+ on the site, but I did provide some comments on a few of the components
+ that deal directly with iBATIS http://www.ibatis.com/.(The iBATIS
+ documentation is excellent and should be read first along side the
+ application). I've looked at the way others have plugged into the
+ database layer and happen to think the approach I demonstrate is simple
+ yet also very flexible.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ For a more powerful implementation the user should check out the
+ awesome JPetStore application at
+ <a
href="http://www.ibatis.com/jpetstore/jpetstore.html";>http://www.ibatis.com/jpetstore/jpetstore.html</a>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Also, Vic has an interesting approach using iBATIS demonstrated in
+ the basicPortal application that you can check out
+ here: <a
href="http://www.basicportal.com/";>http://www.basicportal.com/</a>
+ </p>
+ <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
+
+ <h3><a name="20030717"></a>17 Jul 2003 - Velocity Tools 1.0 released</h3>
+ <p>
+ The Velocity team is happy to announce the release of Velocity Tools
1.0.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Velocity Tools is a collection of Velocity subprojects offering
servlets and
+ tools for rapid, clean web development with Velocity, tools for using
Velocity
+ with Struts, and a set of generic tools to help with any Velocity
project.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Please see the Velocity Tools website
+ (<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/tools/index.html";>
+ http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/tools/index.html</a>) for more
information.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ For more info on Velocity+Struts see
+ <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/tools/struts/index.html";>
+ http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/tools/struts/index.html</a>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Both source (<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi";>
+ http://jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi</a>) and binary
+ (<a
href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi";>http://jakarta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi</a>)
+ distributions are availablethrough the the usual Apache mirror sites.
+ Please remember to verify the signatures of the distribution using the
keys found on the main Apache web
+ site (<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/velocity-tools/KEYS";>
+ http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/velocity-tools/KEYS</a>) when
downloading from a mirror.
+ </p>
+ <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
+
+ <h3><a name="20030714"></a>14 Jul 2003 - Struts updated in Out-of-the-Box
2.1 release</h3>
+ <p>
+ Struts 1.1 is included in Out-of-the-Box 2.1, an intelligent
distribution of over 100 Open Source projects
+ for Java developers on both Linux and Windows.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Major changes since Out-of-the-Box 2.0:
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Added Oracle and DB2 integration for JBoss and the sample
projects</li>
+ <li>Semi-automatic database switching for JBoss and the samples after
installation</li>
+ <li>Support for Red Hat, SuSE, and Mandrake Linux (in addition to
Windows XP/2000)</li>
+ <li>Added PHP, phpMyAdmin, and phpBB for LAMP developers</li>
+ <li>Dozens of project updates, including Struts, JBoss, Hibernate,
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Eclipse, and
+ more</li>
+ </ul>
+ <p>
+ The free Community Edition is fully functional, does not expire, and
does
+ not require registration. It installs just over 25 of the 100+
projects,
+ including JBoss, MySQL, and Castor, and comes with the Castor sample
project
+ and nearly all of the Enterprise Edition documentation.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Please visit <a
href="http://www.ejbsolutions.com";>http://www.ejbsolutions.com</a> for details or to
+ download the free Community Edition.
+ </p>
+ <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
+
+ <h3><a name="20030711"></a>11 Jul 2003 - new release of bP</h3>
+ <p>
+ A new build of bP Jasic v9.7_3 was released. bP is a Struts CMS app,
that requires a DB to run.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ It uses JSTL 1.1 (not 1.03), which requires JSP 2.0 (Tomcat 5 AND Resin
3 included).
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Also three are few new newsgroups added to new.baseBeans.com (new:
Oracle, MS SQL, C#, old are JDO,
+ Eclipse, JavaScript, etc.) so refresh your news reader if you are using
news.basebeans.com
+ </p>
+ <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
+
+ <h3><a name=""></a>09 Jul 2003 - Struts Studio Professional</h3>
+ <p>
+ Building on the tremendous success of the first release of Struts
Studio and incorporating substantial
+ feedback from the Struts community, Exadel, Inc. has now unveiled a
powerful new Web Integrated Development
+ Environment (WIDE) for Jakarta Struts:
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Struts Studio Professional
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Struts Studio Professional is available now for download and purchase
from
+ <a href="http://www.exadel.com/products_strutsstudio_professional.htm";>
+ http://www.exadel.com/products_strutsstudio_professional.htm</a>.
+ To read more about Struts Studio see <a
href="http://www.StrutsStudio.com";>http://www.StrutsStudio.com</a>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ New features.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ In addition to full support for Struts 1.0, this new tool from Exadel
also supports all of the features of
+ the recently announced 1.1 release of Jakarta Struts, including:
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Tiles - a new "template-based" page authoring framework</li>
+ <li>Validation Framework - a "rule-based" engine for validation of user
input</li>
+ <li>Modules - special framework for multi-modular web applications</li>
+ <li>Support for the use of arbitrary tag libraries</li>
+ <li>Ability to print Web Flow diagram with zooming</li>
+ <li>And many others...</li>
+ </ul>
+ <hr size="1" noshade=""/>
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