| This is the example project referred to in the Apache Struts documentation, [How To Create An Apache Struts Web Application](https://struts.apache.org/getting-started/how-to-create-a-struts2-web-application.html) tutorial. |
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| ## Building the war |
| ### Using Maven |
| To build the application's war file run `mvn clean package` from the project's root folder. |
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| The war file is created in the `target` sub-folder. |
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| ## Running the application |
| ### Using Maven |
| run the command `mvn jetty:run` |
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| ### Using a Servlet container |
| Copy the war file to your Servlet container (e.g. Tomcat) and then startup the Servlet container. |
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| ## Accessing the application |
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| In a web browser go to: [http://localhost:8080/basic-struts/index.action](http://localhost:8080/basic-struts/index.action) |
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| You should see a web page with |
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| ``` |
| Welcome To Struts 2! |
| ``` |
