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<h1 id="core-developers-guide">Core Developers Guide</h1>
<p>Struts 2 processes requests using three core types: <a href="interceptor-configuration">interceptors</a>, <a href="action-configuration">actions</a>
and <a href="result-configuration">results</a>. Each may be configured via XML or annotations.</p>
<h2 id="developing-applications-with-struts-2">Developing Applications with Struts 2</h2>
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<li><a href="exception-configuration">Exceptions</a>, <a href="include-configuration">Includes</a>, <a href="interceptor-configuration">Interceptors</a></li>
<li><a href="namespace-configuration">Namespaces</a>, <a href="package-configuration">Packages</a>, <a href="result-configuration">Results</a></li>
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