Simple Quick Struts2 Eclipse Project Setup

quick notes for simple eclipse struts2 project

Struts tools - http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/stable/helios

new project ->other ->maven ->maven-archetype-webapp

The superclass "javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet" was not found on the Java Build Path

add facet runtime server

<dependency>

<groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>

<artifactId>struts2-core</artifactId>

<version>2.3.20</version>

</dependency>

<dependency>

<groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>

<artifactId>struts2-convention-plugin</artifactId>

<version>2.3.20</version>

</dependency>

<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
<artifactId>struts2-tiles3-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.15.1</version>
</dependency>


web.xml

<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC
 "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
 "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd" >

<web-app>
<display-name>Archetype Created Web Application</display-name>
<filter>
<filter-name>StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.filter.StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter</filter-class>
</filter>

<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
</web-app>

struts.xml

<struts>
<constant name="struts.devMode" value="true" />
<package name="default" extends="struts-default" namespace="/">
<action name="index">
<result>/index.jsp</result>
</action>
</package>
</struts>

forward

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<%@ taglib prefix="s" uri="/struts-tags"%>
<s:property value="name" />