• Using Struts actions and action mappings to take control of  HTTP requests/responses.
• Managing HTML form input and output with form beans, and use these beans to simplify data handling in the controller.
• Using persistent data in a Struts application with JDBC.
• To use JSTL and Struts custom tags to build robust and reusable JSP presentation logic.
• Supporting multiple client locales with various internationalization techniques.
• Defining validation rules for input forms, and providing clear user feedback
• To build complex presentations using decoupled, reusable tiles, screens and layouts. 

Eligibility
Experience in the following areas is essential.

• Java

• JSP

• Servlets

• Basic XML

Jakarta Struts Training Course Outline

• Jakarta Struts Architecture

• MVC (Model View Controler)
• Jakarta Struts
• Action Mappings
• Java Beans in Struts
• Working with Forms
• Validation
• Relational Models
• Presentation Technology
• Tiles

• Action Mappings 

• ActionServlet
• Action
• ActionMapping
• Struts Configuration
• Selecting a Forward
• Global Forwards
• Forwarding Actions
• Other Action Subtypes
• Exception Handling

• Forms with Jakarta Struts

• Working with HTML Forms
• Action Forms
• Relationship to Input
• Relationship to Actions
• Relationship to the Model
• Relationship to Output
• DynaActionForm and Map-Backed Forms
• Validation

• Dealing with Relational Data 

• JDBC
• JDBC Drivers
• DriverManager (JDBC 1.0)
• DataSource (JDBC 2.0)
• Connection
• Statement
• ResultSet
• The Struts Data-Source Manager
• Multi-Tier Design
• Business Logic Beans
• Persistence Logic
• EJB

• Jakarta Struts Tag Libraries

• Building View Components
• Struts Tag Libraries
• Attributes
• Building Forms
• <html:form>
• <html:text> 
• Forms and Form Beans
• Scope and Duration of Form Data
• Managing Hyperlinks
• Error Messages
• Logic Tags

• The JSP Standard Tag Library

• JSTL Overview
• JSP Expression Language
• Core Tags
• Formatting Tags
• XML Tags
• SQL Tags

• Input Validation 

• Validation in Struts
• The Struts Validator Plug-In
• Validating ActionForm Subtypes
• Configuring Validation
• Validators
• Rules
• Reporting Errors
• Multi-Page Validation
• Client-Side Validation
• Implementing a Validator
• Implementing ActionForm.validate

• Under the Hood of Jakarta Struts

• Global Objects and Keys
• Modules
• ActionServlet, RequestProcessor, ExceptionHandler
• Struts Configuration 
• The org.apache.struts.config Package
• Plug-Ins
• Logging with Commons and Log4J
• Configuring Log4J
• Logging in Web Applications
• The org.apache.struts.util Package
• Commons BeanUtils

• Jakarta Struts in Practices

• Many Actions from One View
• Multiple Forwards
• Many Mappings to One Action
• Chaining Actions
• Dynamic Forwarding
• Form Beans as Mediators
• Using Reflection and BeanUtils
• Reusing Validation Rules
• Mapping-Based Validation
• Graceful Validation

• Tiles

• Reusable Layouts and Content
• The Tiles Framework
• Tiles and Stylesheets
• Tiles Attributes
• The Tiles Context
• Definitions
• Aggregation and Inheritance
• The Tiles Plug-In