Struts Framework

Multi Languages in Struts 2

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>

		<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>

		<!-- 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>

	</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>

	<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>

</web-app>

Create Properties Files

In src/main/resources folder, create new properties files as below:

Properties for English

In src/main/resources folder, create new properties file named messages_en.properties as below:

home=Home
aboutus=About Us
news=News

Properties for French

In src/main/resources folder, create new properties file named messages_fr.properties as below:

home=Maison
aboutus=Ã Propos De Nous
news=Nouvelles

Properties for German

In src/main/resources folder, create new properties file named messages_de.properties as below:

home=Nach Hause
aboutus=Wir Ãber Uns
news=Nachrichten




Create Configuration File

Create new xml file named struts.xml in src/main/resources folder as below:

<!DOCTYPE struts PUBLIC
"-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 2.0//EN"
"http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-2.0.dtd">

<struts>

	<constant name="struts.custom.i18n.resources" value="messages"></constant>

</struts>

Create Demo Action

Create new package named 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 DemoAction.java as below: 

package controllers.action;

import org.apache.struts2.convention.annotation.Action;
import org.apache.struts2.convention.annotation.InterceptorRef;
import org.apache.struts2.convention.annotation.InterceptorRefs;
import org.apache.struts2.convention.annotation.Namespace;
import org.apache.struts2.convention.annotation.Result;

import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionSupport;

@InterceptorRefs({
	@InterceptorRef(value = "defaultStack", params = {"i18n.parameterName", "lang"})
})
@Namespace("/demo")
public class DemoAction extends ActionSupport {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	@Action(value = "index", results = {
		@Result(name = SUCCESS, location = "/WEB-INF/views/demo/index.jsp")
	})
	public String index() {
		return SUCCESS;
	}

}




Create Views

Create new folder named views in src\main\webapp\WEB-INF folder. In views folder, create new folder named demo. In demo folder create new views as below:

Index View

In demo folder, create new JSP file named index.jsp as below: 

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" pageEncoding="UTF-8" isELIgnored="false"%>
<%@ taglib prefix="s" uri="/struts-tags" %>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>Learn Struts 2 with Real Apps</title>
</head>
<body>

	<s:url var="url_lang_en" namespace="/demo" action="index">
		<s:param name="lang">en</s:param>
	</s:url>
	<s:a href="%{url_lang_en}">English</s:a> |
	<s:url var="url_lang_fr" namespace="/demo" action="index">
		<s:param name="lang">fr</s:param>
	</s:url>
	<s:a href="%{url_lang_fr}">French</s:a> |
	<s:url var="url_lang_de" namespace="/demo" action="index">
		<s:param name="lang">de</s:param>
	</s:url>
	<s:a href="%{url_lang_de}">German</s:a>
	<br><br>
	<s:i18n name="messages">
		<s:text name="home"></s:text> |
		<s:text name="aboutus"></s:text> |
		<s:text name="news"></s:text>
	</s:i18n>

</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="demo/index.html"></jsp:forward>

Structure of Project




Run Application

Select project, right click and select Run on Server menu

Access index method in demo action with following url:

http://localhost:8080/LearnStrutsFrameworkWithRealApps/demo/index.html

Output

Click French menu

Output

Click German menu

Output

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