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<p>
<strong>Deprecations</strong> - Many constructs were deprecated for the
Struts 1.1 release, most of which have now been removed. Before moving to this
release, you should clean-compile your application with deprecation warnings enabled.
Alternatives should be available for all decprecated constructs.
- <strong>You are strongly advised</strong>to resolve all Struts 1.1.
deprecations before moving to this release. Removed constructs most likely to affect
developers are:</p>
+ <strong>You are strongly advised</strong> to resolve all Struts 1.1.
deprecations before moving to this release. Removed constructs most likely to affect
developers are:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<code>org.apache.struts.Action</code>statics: Use
@@ -98,16 +98,27 @@
<code>Action.execute</code>instead.</li>
</ul>
<p>Although not removed, in many cases
- <strong>you should replace</strong>the deprecated
+ <strong>you should replace</strong> the deprecated
<code>ActionErrors</code>with the preferred
<code>ActionMessages</code>to ensure correct operation.</p>
- <p>
- <strong>ValidWhen?</strong>- The Struts Validator now supports a ValidWhen
rule, so that one validation can be dependant on another.</p>
- <p>
- <strong>TagUtils and ModuleUtils</strong> - Many utility methods
previously found in
- <code>org.apache.struts.utils.RequestUtils</code>have been moved to
- <code>org.apache.struts.taglibs.TagUtils</code>or 0
- <code>org.apache.struts.utils.ModuleUtils</code>.</p>
+ <p>
+ <strong>TagUtils and ModuleUtils</strong> - Many utility methods
previously found in
+ <code>org.apache.struts.utils.RequestUtils</code> have been moved to
+ <code>org.apache.struts.taglibs.TagUtils</code> or 0
+ <code>org.apache.struts.utils.ModuleUtils</code>.</p>
+ <p>
+ <strong>GenericDataSource / GenericConnection implementations
removed</strong> - The datasources manager is still supported, but our own
datasource
+ <em>implementation</em>is not. You are welcome to plug in your own
DataSource implementation, but we do not have the resources to maintain one of our
own. If your container does not supply a DataSource implementation, the DBCP package
from the Jakarta Commons is suggested.</p>
+ <p>
+ <strong>Validator enhancements</strong> 
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>ValidWhen? - The Struts Validator now supports a ValidWhen
rule, so that one validation can be dependant on another. <a
href="dev_validator.html#validWhen">Details ...</a></li>
+ <li>IntRange now checks select-one and radio fields. Example: This
allows populating combo boxes with valid choices plus one additional choice with a
caption something like "Choose one" and a value 0f "-1". Then when the user attempts
to submit the form, you can look for the value of "-1" and yell at them if they failed
to pick something.</li>
+ <li>You can now force the clientside Javascript validation to check
all constraints, instead of stopping at the first error. By setting a new property,
<code>stopOnFirstError</code>, on the Validator PlugIn to false. <a
href="dev_validator.html#stopOnFirstError">Details ...</a></li>
+ <li>The "required" validation can now handle checkboxes,
radio,select-one, and select-multiple field types. See the updated Validator example
application to see these new features in action.</li>
+ <li>A standard <code>validateUrl</code> rule lets you check if a
property contains a well-formed URL.</li>
+ </ul>
<p>
<strong>DigestingPlugIn</strong> - [:TODO:]</p>
<p>
@@ -121,9 +132,6 @@
<p>
<strong>New Committers</strong> - We are pleased to welcome Steve
Raeburn, Don Brown, and Joe Germuska to the team of Struts Committers.</p>
<p>
- <strong>GenericDataSource / GenericConnection implementations
removed</strong> - The datasources manager is still supported, but our own
datasource
- <em>implementation</em>is not. You are welcome to plug in your own DataSource
implementation, but we do not have the resources to maintain one of our own. If your
container does not supply a DataSource implementation, the DBCP package from the
Jakarta Commons is suggested.</p>
- <p>
<strong>Struts-Chain</strong> - Still experimental, this new "contrib"
package utilizes the new Chain of Responsibilty package in the Jakarta Sandbox to
create a new breed of RequestProcessor. Look for this to become the default
implementation in a future release.</p>
<p>
<strong>MappingDispatchAction</strong> - A new standard Action that
dispatches to a method named by the ActionMapping parameter.</p>
@@ -136,24 +144,8 @@
<p>
<strong>Tiles EL</strong>- The Tiles tags are now avaiable through the Struts
EL taglib, which is based on JSTL.</p>
<p>
- <strong>Versatile required</strong> - The Struts Validator's "required"
validation can now handle checkboxes, radio,select-one, and select-multiple field
types. See the updated Validator example application to see these new features in
action.</p>
- <p>
<strong>Wildcard Mappings</strong> - You can now use wildcards in your
action-mappings. For details see
- <a href="building_controller.html#action_mapping_wildcards">Using Wildcards
in ActionMappings</a>.</p>
- <p>Unstoppable Validations: You can now force the clientside Javascript
validation to check all constraints, instead of stopping at the first error. By
setting a new property, stopOnFirstError, on the Validator PlugIn to false. Thisis set
thorugh the struts-config.xml as follow:
- <pre>
-<code>
-<![CDATA[
- <plug-in className="org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn">
- <set-property property="pathnames"
- value="/WEB-INF/validation.xml,/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml"/>
- <set-property property="stopOnFirstError" value="true"/>
- </plug-in>
- ]]>
-
-</code>
-</pre></p>
- <p>validator-rules.xml[intRange]: IntRange now checks select-one and radio
fields. Example: This allows populating combo boxes with valid choices plus one
additional choice with a caption something like "Choose one" and a value 0f "-1". Then
when the user attempts to submit the form, you can look for the value of "-1" and yell
at them if they failed to pick something.</p>
+ <a href="building_controller.html#action_mapping_wildcards">Using Wildcards
in ActionMappings</a> as well as the Struts Mailreader Example application.</p>
</section>
<section name="What Changed?" href="Changes">
<p>This section highlights some of the changes that have taken place since
the last release. For a complete review of all changes, see the
@@ -284,6 +276,11 @@
<p>
<strong>HTML Taglib Package Changes</strong> [
<code>org.apache.struts.taglib.html</code>]:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ 2003-11-28 JavascriptValidatorTag - Removed getNextVar() and
replaceChar() methods and use a simpler javascript identifier naming scheme. All
variables with be named a0, a1, etc. to prevent using reserved words as variable names.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
<ul>
<li>2003-08-19 - Remove "request scope" references from messages tag. The
messages are searched for in all scopes.</li>
<li>2003-08-10 - struts-html.xml,RewriteTag.java: Added action attribute to
rewrite tag.</li>
@@ -351,6 +348,9 @@
<p>
<strong>Upload Package Changes</strong> [
<code>org.apache.struts.upload</code>]:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>2003-11-26 DiskMultipartRequestHandler: Deprecate
DiskMultipartRequestHandler and friends, which is the buggy old upload implementation,
no longer used as the default as of Struts 1.1. This will be removed after 1.2
(meaning as of 1.3/2.0).</li>
+ </ul>
<ul>
<li>2003-07-31 - MultipartElement: Remove deprecated methods.</li>
</ul>
@@ -377,8 +377,13 @@
<p>
<strong>Validator Package Changes</strong> [
<code>org.apache.struts.validator</code>]</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ 2003-10-06 FieldChecks - Add validateUrl. Remove deprecated
validateRange.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
<ul>
- <li>2003-09-26 FieldChecks,ValidWhen: Changed validator signatures to use
ActionMessages rather than ActionErrors, was breaking validations.</li>
+ <li>2003-09-26 - FieldChecks,ValidWhen: Changed validator signatures to use
ActionMessages rather than ActionErrors, was breaking validations.</li>
<li>2003-09-26 - validator-rules.xml: Modify JavaScript to honor
datePattern option.</li>
<li>2003-09-24 - validator-rules.xml: Add ability of required to handle
checkboxes, radio,select-one, and select-multiple field types.</li>
</ul>
@@ -396,11 +401,14 @@
<strong>Documentation Application Changes</strong> [
<code>struts-documentation.war</code>]:</p>
<ul>
- <li>No signficant changes.</li>
+ <li>2003-11-27 - resource: Move resource area to <a
href="http://struts.sf.net/";>Struts SourceForge site</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>
<strong>MailReader Example Application Changes</strong> [
<code>struts-example.war</code>]:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>2003-10-25 - Updated to include the usage of wildcards in action
mappings</li>
+ </ul>
<ul>
<li>2003-08-30 -
AlternateApplicationResources_ja.properties,ApplicationResources_ja.properties:
Provide Japanese resources.</li>
<li>2003-08-16 - Changed ActionError to ActionMessage.</li>
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