Create Maven Project
On the Eclipse, create a Maven project
Click Next button and select Workspace location for project
Click Next button and select maven-archetype-webapp
Click Next button and enter Project Information:
- GroupId: LearnStrutsFrameworkWithRealApps
- Artifact Id: LearnStrutsFrameworkWithRealApps
- Package: com.demo
Click Finish button to finish create Maven project
Add Tomcat Server
Select current project, Right click and select Properties menu. In Properties dialog, select Targeted Runtime in left side after select Tomcat server from server list in right side
Click Ok button to finish
Add JRE System Library
Select current project, Right click and select Build Path\Configure Build Path menu Select JRE System Library in Libraries tab:
Click Edit button and select JRE System Library you need use as below:
Click Finish button to finish
Configure pom.xml
Open pom.xml file and add configurations for Struts 2 as below:
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>LearnStrutsFrameworkWithRealApps</groupId>
<artifactId>LearnStrutsFrameworkWithRealApps</artifactId>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>LearnStrutsFrameworkWithRealApps Maven Webapp</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- JSTL -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api</artifactId>
<version>1.2.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>taglibs</groupId>
<artifactId>standard</artifactId>
<version>1.1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- MySQL Driver -->
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>8.0.15</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Spring Data JPA -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-data-jpa</artifactId>
<version>2.1.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.persistence</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.persistence-api</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
<version>5.4.1.Final</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Struts 2 Framework -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
<artifactId>struts2-core</artifactId>
<version>2.5.20</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
<artifactId>struts2-convention-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.20</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
<artifactId>struts2-spring-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.20</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Spring Framework -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
<version>5.1.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
<version>5.1.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
<version>5.1.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
<version>5.1.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-core</artifactId>
<version>5.1.4.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-taglibs</artifactId>
<version>5.1.4.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
<version>5.1.4.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId>
<version>5.1.4.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
<version>5.1.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>LearnStrutsFrameworkWithRealApps</finalName>
</build>
</project>
Configure web.xml
Open web.xml file in src\main\webapp\WEB-INF folder and add configurations for Struts 2 as below:
<web-app xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee
http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_1.xsd"
version="3.1">
<display-name>Learn Struts 2 Framework with Real Apps</display-name>
<context-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>com.demo.config.AppConfig</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>contextClass</param-name>
<param-value>org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext</param-value>
</context-param>
<filter>
<filter-name>struts2</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.filter.StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter</filter-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>struts.devMode</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>struts.action.extension</param-name>
<param-value>html</param-value>
</init-param>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>struts2</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
<dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>INCLUDE</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
<listener>
<listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
</listener>
</web-app>
Create Database
Create a database with the name is learn_strust2_with_real_apps. This database have a table: Product table
--
-- Table structure for table `product`
--
CREATE TABLE `product` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL,
`name` varchar(250) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
`price` double NOT NULL,
`quantity` int(11) NOT NULL,
`description` text COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
`status` tinyint(1) NOT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_unicode_ci;
--
-- Dumping data for table `product`
--
INSERT INTO `product` (`name`, `price`, `quantity`, `description`, `status`) VALUES('Mobile 2', '1.0', 5, 'description 2', 1);
INSERT INTO `product` (`name`, `price`, `quantity`, `description`, `status`) VALUES('Mobile 1', '2.0', 2, 'description 1', 1);
INSERT INTO `product` (`name`, `price`, `quantity`, `description`, `status`) VALUES('Mobile 3', '3.0', 9, 'description 3', 1);
INSERT INTO `product` (`name`, `price`, `quantity`, `description`, `status`) VALUES('Computer 1', '5.0', 12, 'description 4', 0);
INSERT INTO `product` (`name`, `price`, `quantity`, `description`, `status`) VALUES('Computer 2', '7.0', 5, 'description 5', 1);
INSERT INTO `product` (`name`, `price`, `quantity`, `description`, `status`) VALUES('Computer 3', '12.0', 2, 'description 6', 1);
INSERT INTO `product` (`name`, `price`, `quantity`, `description`, `status`) VALUES('Laptop 1', '3.0', 8, 'description 7', 0);
INSERT INTO `product` (`name`, `price`, `quantity`, `description`, `status`) VALUES('Laptop 2', '4.0', 11, 'description 8', 0);
INSERT INTO `product` (`name`, `price`, `quantity`, `description`, `status`) VALUES('Laptop 3', '2.0', 15, 'description 9', 1);
Entities Class
Create new package named com.demo.entities. In this package, create new java class named Product.java as below:
package com.demo.entities;
import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.Table;
@Entity
@Table(name = "product")
public class Product {
@Id
@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
private int id;
@Column
private String name;
@Column
private double price;
@Column
private int quantity;
@Column
private String description;
@Column
private boolean status;
public int getId() {
return id;
}
public void setId(int id) {
this.id = id;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public double getPrice() {
return price;
}
public void setPrice(double price) {
this.price = price;
}
public int getQuantity() {
return quantity;
}
public void setQuantity(int quantity) {
this.quantity = quantity;
}
public String getDescription() {
return description;
}
public void setDescription(String description) {
this.description = description;
}
public boolean isStatus() {
return status;
}
public void setStatus(boolean status) {
this.status = status;
}
}
Create ProductRepository Interface
Create new package named com.demo.repositories. In this package, create new java interface named ProductRepository.java as below:
package com.demo.repositories;
import com.demo.entities.Product;
public interface ProductRepository {
public Product find(int id);
public void delete(Product product);
}
Create ProductRepositoryImpl Class
In com.demo.repositories package, create new java class named ProductRepositoryImpl.java as below:
package com.demo.repositories;
import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext;
import com.demo.entities.Product;
public class ProductRepositoryImpl implements ProductRepository {
@PersistenceContext
private EntityManager entityManager;
public Product find(int id) {
try {
return (Product) entityManager.createQuery("from Product where id = :id")
.setParameter("id", id)
.getSingleResult();
} catch (Exception e) {
return null;
}
}
public void delete(Product product) {
entityManager.remove(this.entityManager.merge(product));
}
}
Create ProductService Interface
Create new package named com.demo.services. In this package, create new java interface named ProductService.java as below:
package com.demo.services;
import com.demo.entities.Product;
public interface ProductService {
public Product find(int id);
public void delete(Product product);
}
Create ProductServiceImpl Class
In com.demo.services package, create new java class named ProductServiceImpl.java as below:
package com.demo.services;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
import com.demo.entities.Product;
import com.demo.repositories.ProductRepository;
@Transactional
public class ProductServiceImpl implements ProductService {
private ProductRepository productRepository;
public ProductServiceImpl(ProductRepository productRepository) {
this.productRepository = productRepository;
}
public Product find(int id) {
return this.productRepository.find(id);
}
public void delete(Product product) {
this.productRepository.delete(product);
}
}
Spring Configuration
Create new package named com.demo.config. In this package, create new java class named AppConfig.java as below:
package com.demo.config;
import java.util.Properties;
import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.dao.annotation.PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor;
import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource;
import org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager;
import org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaVendorAdapter;
import org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean;
import org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter;
import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.EnableTransactionManagement;
import com.demo.repositories.ProductRepository;
import com.demo.repositories.ProductRepositoryImpl;
import com.demo.services.ProductService;
import com.demo.services.ProductServiceImpl;
@Configuration
@ComponentScan("com.demo")
@EnableTransactionManagement
public class AppConfig {
@Bean(name = "entityManager")
public LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean entityManagerFactory() {
LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean entityManager = new LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean();
entityManager.setDataSource(dataSource());
entityManager.setPackagesToScan(new String[] { "com.demo.entities" });
JpaVendorAdapter vendorAdapter = new HibernateJpaVendorAdapter();
entityManager.setJpaVendorAdapter(vendorAdapter);
entityManager.setJpaProperties(additionalProperties());
return entityManager;
}
@Bean
public DriverManagerDataSource dataSource() {
DriverManagerDataSource dataSource = new DriverManagerDataSource();
dataSource.setDriverClassName("com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver");
dataSource.setUrl("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/learn_strust2_with_real_apps");
dataSource.setUsername("root");
dataSource.setPassword("123456");
return dataSource;
}
@Bean
public PlatformTransactionManager transactionManager(EntityManagerFactory emf) {
JpaTransactionManager transactionManager = new JpaTransactionManager();
transactionManager.setEntityManagerFactory(emf);
return transactionManager;
}
@Bean
public PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor exceptionTranslation() {
return new PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor();
}
public Properties additionalProperties() {
Properties properties = new Properties();
properties.setProperty("hibernate.dialect", "org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect");
return properties;
}
@Bean(name = "productRepository")
public ProductRepository productRepository() {
return new ProductRepositoryImpl();
}
@Bean(name = "productService")
public ProductService productService() {
return new ProductServiceImpl(productRepository());
}
}
Create Product Action
Create new package named com.demo.controllers.action in src/main/java folder. The action class in Struts 2 must be put in a package named action. In this package, create new java class named ProductAction.java as below:
package com.demo.controllers.action;
import org.apache.struts2.convention.annotation.Action;
import org.apache.struts2.convention.annotation.Namespace;
import org.apache.struts2.convention.annotation.Result;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import com.demo.services.ProductService;
import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionSupport;
@Namespace("/product")
public class ProductAction extends ActionSupport {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@Autowired
private ProductService productService;
private int id;
public int getId() {
return id;
}
public void setId(int id) {
this.id = id;
}
@Action(value = "index", results = {
@Result(name = SUCCESS, location = "/WEB-INF/views/product/index.jsp")
})
public String index() {
return SUCCESS;
}
@Action(value = "delete", results = {
@Result(name = SUCCESS, location = "/WEB-INF/views/product/success.jsp")
})
public String delete() {
this.productService.delete(this.productService.find(this.id));
return SUCCESS;
}
}
Create View
Create new folder named views in src\main\webapp\WEB-INF folder. In views folder, create new folder named product. In product folder, create new views as below:
Index View
In product folder, create new JSP file named index.jsp as below:
<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<%@ taglib prefix="s" uri="/struts-tags"%>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<title>Spring and Struts 2 Integration</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Delete Product</h3>
<s:form method="post" namespace="/product" action="delete">
<s:textfield label="Id" name="id"></s:textfield>
<s:submit value="Save" align="left"></s:submit>
</s:form>
</body>
</html>
Success View
In product folder, create new JSP file named success.jsp as below:
<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<title>Spring and Struts 2 Integration</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Success Page</h3>
</body>
</html>
Create Redirect Page
Create new jsp file named index.jsp in src\main\webapp folder as below:
<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<jsp:forward page="product/index.html"></jsp:forward>
Structure of Project
Run Application
Select project, right click and select Run on Server menu
Access index method in product action with following url:
http://localhost:8080/LearnStrutsFrameworkWithRealApps/product/index.html
Output
Input product id and click Save button
After delete product will show to success page