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STRUTS 2 In Action covers the fundamental features of the Apache STRUTS 2 web application framework in the latest version. It aims at increasing the web application developer’s productivity and proficiency and guides you step by step on how to build a professional website. The book’s content is divided into five parts. The first part is an introduction to STRUTS 2 web application framework and its setup. The second part covers working with STRUTS 2 Actions, adding workflow with interceptors and data transfer, OGNL and Type conversion. The third part is about building a view that includes tags, UI components, and results. The fourth part covers integrating with the rest of the application, understanding internationalization, and validating form data. The final portion of the book explains migrating from STRUTS Classic, extending STRUTS with plugins, the best practices and advanced topics. The book is easy to follow and has accurate and well researched information with numerous examples, that covers everything about the revised version of STRUTS1, including new features like XML free configuration, Java Server faces integration, Spring Framework integration, annotation based configuration options, and Ajax tags. Donald Brown is a member of the Apache Software Foundation and has been involved with STRUTS since 2003. He is the Technical Lead for Hosted Services at Atlassian Software Systems and is a regular speaker at Apachecon and JavaOne. Chad Davis is a software consultant, and J2EE developer. He is a poet, a writer, and a regular contributor to several computer science journals. He has also written papers for Government research and drafts legislations at the state level. Scott Stanlick is a web site developer, software writer, and corporate IT instructor.