The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts
2.0.8 is
available as a "General Availability" release. The
GA designation is
our highest quality grade.
Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for
creating
enterprise-ready Java web applications. The framework is
designed to
streamline the full development cycle, from building, to
deploying, to
maintaining applications over time.
Apache Struts 2 was originally known as WebWork 2. After
working
independently for several years, the WebWork and Struts
communities
joined forces to create Struts2. This new version of Struts
is simpler
to use and closer to how Struts was always meant to be.
* Build!
o Easy startup - Jumpstart new projects with our bootstrap
tutorial
and
template application or Maven archetype.
o Improved Design - Code clean against HTTP-independent
framework
interfaces.
o Enhanced Tags - Code less with stylesheet-driven form
tags that
provide
their own markup.
o Stateful Checkboxes - Avoid special handling with smart
checkboxes
that know when they are toggled.
o Flexible Cancel Buttons - Go directly to a different
action on
cancel.
o First-class AJAX support - Add interactivity and
flexibility with
AJAX tags
that look and feel just like standard Struts tags.
o Easy Spring integration - Inject dependencies into
Actions using
Spring
without glue code or red tape. (Plexus support also
available.)
o Enhanced Results - Do more with specialty results for
JasperReports,
JFreeChart, Action chaining, and file downloading.
o POJO forms - No more ActionForms! Use any JavaBean to
capture form
input or put properties directly on an Action class.
Use both
binary and
String properties!
o POJO Actions - Use any class as an Action class -- even
the
interface
is optional!
* Deploy!
o Easy plugins - Add framework extensions by dropping in a
JAR. No
manual
configuration required! Bundled plugins add support for
JavaServer Faces,
JasperReports, JFreeChart, Tiles, and more ...
o Integrated profiling - Peek inside Struts2 to find where
the
cycles are going!
o Precise Error Reporting - Flip directly to the location
and line
of an error.
* Maintain!
o Easy-to-test Actions - Test Struts2 Actions directly,
without
resorting to mock
HTTP objects.
o Intelligent Defaults - Skip obvious and redundant
settings. Most
framework
configuration elements have a default value that we can
set and
forget. Say
it once!
o Easy-to-customize controller - Customize the request
handling per
action, if
desired. Struts2 only does what you want it to do!
o Integrating Debugging - Research problem reports with
built-in
debugging
tools.
o Easy-to-tweak tags - Customize tag markup by editing a
FreeMarker
template. No need to grok the taglib API! JSP,
FreeMarker, and
Velocity
tags are fully supported.
This release has over 60 bug fixes and improvements since
2.0.6!
New Features include:
o Cookie Interceptor
Inject cookie with a certain configurable name / value
into action.
o Restful2ActionMapper
Allow automatic id setting from Restful2ActionMapper.
Struts 2.0.8 is available in a full distribution, or as
separate
library, source, example and documentation distributions.
* http:
//struts.apache.org/download.cgi#struts208
The release is also available through the central Maven
repository
under Group ID "org.apache.struts".
The 2.0.8 series of the Apache Struts framework has a
minimum
requirement of the following specification versions:
* Servlet API 2.4
* JSP API 2.0
* Java 5
The release notes are available online at:
* http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/release-notes-208.html
Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the
Struts
framework, please post your comments to the user list, and,
if
appropriate, file a ticket with JIRA.
-- The Apache Struts group.
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