Can you explain the directory structure for a Struts folder in brief?

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Hi We are going to study struts we want to know about the directory structure for struts folder.

Satyapriya Nayak · Answer

Hi Abhishek, Normal 0 Creating a form based application in struts Requirements 1.Create the Jsp to contain the form. 2.Create a form-bean to contain values of form fields. 3.Create a form-action to validate input of user and to provide appropriate forwards names to controlling servlets. 4.Provide information in struts-config.xml. 5.Create page for each forwards. Creation of form bean 1.Create a class in a package by inheriting org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm. 2.Provide variables in the form-bean class as the properties.Name of these variables must match with the value of property attributes present in form field tags. 3.Provide setter and getter methods for each of the property. 4.Optionally override reset () method to provide default values to the properties. Creation of form action 1.Create a class in the same package where form-bean exists and this class must inherit org.apache.struts.action.Action class. 2.Override execute () method to implement validation logic and to return a forward.Return type of this method must be org.apache.struts.ActionForward.This method accept four parameters as follows below. a.org.apache.struts.action.Actionmappings:- This represents all forward name and present in struts-config.xml and helps to create object of actionforward. b.org.apache.struts.action.Actionform:- This represent form bean. c.javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest:- This represent user request. d.javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse:- This represent service response. Compilation of bean and action: - Compile formbean and action file simultaneously by using servlet-api.jar and struts-core-1.3.8.jar in classpath.The jar file of struts(struts-core-1.3.8.jar) can be found in lib folder of the context,after installation of structs. --- \classes\logs\javac – classpath servlet-api.jar ;struts-core-1.3.8.jar *.java Here logs is the package folder where we stored both the form bean and fom action files. Providing information in struts-config.xml file 1.provide information about formbean by using following tags in struts-config.xml as 2.Supply information about form-action and forwards by using the following tags in struts-config.xml file Using form tag of structs Attribute This contains a name to refer the form-action in the configuration fle. This is mandatory attribute. Whenever the form gets submitted then the extension specified in the url-pattern of the controlling servlet gets added with the attribute value. Methods This contains value as get or post to specify the process of data submission. Please refer the below link http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/satyapriyanayak/creating-a-form-based-application-in-struts/default.aspx Thanks