Java for Web Development using Struts 2

Module 1: Introduction to Struts 2 Framework

• Introduction
• What is a Framework?
• Struts 2 Overview
• Struts 2 Implementation of MVC
• Processing Request
• Model – Action
• View – Result
• Interceptors
• Exception Handling
• The ValueStack and ONGL
• Advantages of Struts 2
• Struts 2 vs. Struts 1

Module 2: Struts 2 Architecture

• Two Ways of Declaring Architecture
• Declarative Architecture
• XML Based Declarative Architecture
• The struts.xml file
• The struts.xml file – include tag
• The struts.xml file – package tag
• Actions
• Actions –Single Result
• Actions –Multiple Results
• Request and Form Data
• Accessing Business Services
• Accessing Data from the Action
• Value Stack
• Example
• Exercise

Module 3: Struts Configuration File

• Overview
• The struts.xml File (package element)
• Package Inheritance
• The struts.xml File (include element)
• The struts.xml File (action element)
• The struts.xml File (result element)
• The global-results Elements
• Results
• Namespace Configuration
• Namespace Example
• The interceptor-related Elements
• Exercise

Module 4 : Action Classes

• Action
• What Does an Action Do?
• Encapsulates Interaction with the Model
• Provides Locus for Data Transfer
• Returns Control String for Result Routing
• Packaging Your Actions
• Implementing Action class
• ActionSupport Class
• ActionSupport Class validate method
• Using Resource Bundles
• Accessing Resources
• Aware Interface
• ServletContextAware Interface
• ServletRequestAware Interface
• SessionAware Interface
• ServletResponseAware Interface
• Example
• Exercise

Module 5: The Persistence Layer

• JDBC
• Overview of JDBC
• Connecting to the DataBase
• Submitting the SQL statements
• Retrieving and processing data
• DB_Action Class
• Data Access Object
• Exercise
• Hibernate
• Overview
• Hibernate
• Architecture Of Hibernate
• Code Example
• Creating Persistent Java Objects
• Mapping Persistent Object
• Hibernate Configuration File
• Inserting new record
• Querying the database
• Example
• Exercise

Module 6: The Interceptors

• Overview
• Invocation of an Action
• ActionInvocation Class
• Built-in Struts 2 interceptors
• Configuring Interceptors (struts.xml)
• Setting and Overriding Parameters
• Interceptor Interface
• Create Your Own  Interceptor
• Example
• Exercise

Module 7: Type Conversion

• Introduction
• Build in Converters
• Primitives And Wrapper Classes
• Customizing Error Messages
• Custom Type Converters
• Configuring the framework
• Example: Custom Type Converters
• Exercise
• Global Type Converters

Module 8:  OGNL and Tags Library

• Introduction
• OGNL and Struts 2
• The Value Stack
• The ActionContext
• Expression Language
• Reading Value Stack Object Properties
• Selecting The Root Object For OGNL
• ValueStack Details
• Working with List and Array
• Working with Map
• Invoking a Method
• An overview of Struts tags
• Using OGNL to Set Attributes on Tags
• The property tag
• The set tag
• bean Tag
• UI Struts Tag Library
• UI Input Tags
• The Form Tag
• The textfield, password Tags
• The submit Tag
• The reset Tag
• The checkbox Tag
• Non UI (Generic) Tags
• if Tag
• iterator Tag

Module 9: Validation Framework

• Overview
• Using a Validator
• Validator Configuration
• Validator Configuration (param)
• Strurs Build-in Validators
• Date validator
• double Validator
• requiredstring Validator
• Example
• Exercise
• Writing a Custom Validator
• Example
• Exercise

Module 10: Internationalization

• Introduction
• Java Support for I18n
• Struts 2 Support of i18n
• Request_locale Parameter
• Example
• Exercise
• Module 11: Inversion of Control
• Introduction
• Dependencies
• Injecting Dependencies 
• Setter Injection
• Problem Description
• Adding Spring to Struts 2
• Web.xml
• applicationContext.xml
• struts.xml After Integration
• Example
• Exercise

Module 12: Advanced Topics

• Alternative Method Invocation
• Wildcard Method
• Dynamic Method Invocation

Module  13:   Securing Struts 2 Applications (part 1)

• Overview
• How Web Security Works
• Security Definitions
• The Four Checks
• Filters
• FilterToBeanProxy
• FilterChainProxy
• Configuration
• The Filter Chain
• AuthenticationProcessingFilter
• The HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter
• The ExceptionTranslationFilter
• FilterSecurityInterceptor
• AuthenticationManager
• AccessDecisionManager
• AuthenticationEntryPoint
• Securing Web Resources
• Example
• Securing Method Invocation
• Example
• View-layer security
• Example
• Summary

Module  14:   Securing Struts 2 Applications (part 2)

• Final Project