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| <h4 id="a20060125.1">25 Jan 2006 - Struts Scripting 1.0.1 |
| Released</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Struts team is pleased to announce the release of Struts |
| Scripting |
| 1.0.1 for General Availability. This is the first stable |
| release of |
| Struts Scripting (formerly Struts BSF). It allows Struts |
| Actions to be |
| written in the scripting language of one's choice rather than |
| as Java |
| classes. It uses the Bean Scripting Framework to allow scripts |
| to be |
| written in any language BSF supports like Perl, Python, Ruby, |
| JavaScript, Groovy, and even VBScript. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary and source distributions are available from the |
| Struts |
| download page: |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi"> |
| http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| You can find out more information about Struts Scripting at |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/struts-scripting/"> |
| http://struts.apache.org/struts-scripting/</a> |
| . |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| |
| <h4 id="a20060117.1">17 Jan 2006 - New Struts Committers: Jason |
| Carreira |
| and Patrick Lightbody</h4> |
| <p> |
| Please join me in welcoming Jason Carreira and Patrick |
| Lightbody as new |
| Struts committers. Jason and Patrick are the core WebWork 2 |
| developers |
| and they are joining us in an important step in the merger |
| process. I, and |
| many other Struts committers, have personally met and talked |
| at length with |
| both Patrick and Jason on several occasions and find them |
| dedicated, |
| skilled, and team players. Their dedication to WebWork 2 over |
| the years is |
| a testament to their perseverance, commitment to their |
| community, and |
| technical skill. We look forward to their contributions as |
| committers. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Welcome Jason and Patrick! |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| PMC vote: 8 +1 |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20051218.1">18 Dec 2005 - New Struts Committer: Richard |
| Feit</h4> |
| <p> |
| Please join us in welcoming Rich Feit as a new Struts |
| committer. Rich is |
| a Beehive committer and PMC member. In addition to being a |
| Struts user |
| for years (Beehive is built on Struts), he has been pivotal in |
| designing |
| and coding Struts Ti, both the initial annotationed Beehive |
| version and |
| the current WebWork merger effort. His experience in Struts |
| migration |
| tools in particular will be key to making Struts Action a |
| success. We |
| look forward to his continued contributions as a committer. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Welcome, Rich! |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| PMC vote: 7 +1, non-binding committer votes: 3 +1 |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20051214.4">14 Dec 2005 - Apache Struts to release Struts |
| 1.3.0 |
| as the "Action Framework"</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Apache Struts flagship product, |
| the leading web application framework for Java, |
| is now known as the "Struts Action Framework". |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| To make the framework easier to maintain, |
| Apache Struts subdivided the original monolithic distribution |
| into several |
| subprojects. |
| Each subproject has its own website, documentation, and |
| release cycle, |
| and may be downloaded separately. |
| For consistency, the original core framework component also |
| has its own name |
| now: "Struts Action Framework". |
| The JARs and external dependencies for the extensions to |
| Struts Action Framework |
| are being bundled into a convenient distribution known as the |
| "Struts Action |
| Framework Library". |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| The Struts Action Framework 1.3.0 release will include several |
| exciting new |
| features, including: |
| </p> |
| |
| <ul> |
| <li>Composable Request Processor</li> |
| <li>ActionDynaForm interfaces</li> |
| <li>Arbitrary configuration properties</li> |
| <li>Catalog and Command Elements</li> |
| <li>Enhanced Global Exception Handlers</li> |
| <li>Extends attribute for XML configurations</li> |
| <li>"isCommitted" Exception Handling</li> |
| <li>Postback Actions</li> |
| <li>Wildcard ActionConfig properties</li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| <p> |
| The key change in this release is the "composable request |
| processor". |
| The request processor is the framework's "kernal". |
| The request processor methods are now command objects in a |
| flexible chain of |
| commands. |
| Rather than subclassing a monolithic object, |
| developers can now just replace commands with their own |
| implementations. |
| Commands can also be inserted or removed, if needed, |
| to extend or streamline the request processing gauntlet, |
| to better meet the needs of different kinds of applications. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| The Struts Action Framework 1.3.0 release, |
| and other milestones on the Apache Struts roadmap, |
| were discussed at ApacheCon on Tuesday, December 13, 2005, in |
| a talk, |
| entitled "Struts 2006: An Embarrassment of Riches". |
| <a href="http://people.apache.org/~husted/apachecon-2005-action.pdf"> |
| Slides from the talk are available online</a> |
| . |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20051214.3">14 Dec 2005 - Apache Struts and Open Symphony |
| WebWork |
| communities to merge</h4> |
| <p> |
| Apache Struts, |
| the leading web application framework for Java, and Open |
| Symphony WebWork, |
| a leader in technical innovation, are working to merge their |
| communities |
| and codebases. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| "A merger is an elegant approach to evolution of existing |
| applications |
| based on action-oriented frameworks," |
| said Craig McClanahan, founder of the Struts project. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| The merger seems like a win-win for the frameworks. |
| "The technical benefit is that WebWork has already done most |
| everything |
| that is on the Struts Action roadmap," noted Ted Husted, a |
| Struts committer. |
| "This is a way that [Struts] shops can use incremental |
| integration to take |
| advantage of new technologies that are already part of |
| WebWork, such as Spring." |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| "My hope is to take advantage of a larger community (Struts) |
| to allow |
| all of us to do a bit less individual effort." |
| said Patrick Lightbody of WebWork. |
| "I would expect moving to Struts lets us focus on our families |
| and day |
| jobs a bit more." |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Apache projects help developers balance day jobs with |
| volunteer work |
| through the practice of collaborative developement. |
| Decisions are made jointly by the core community, |
| rather than by one or two key individuals. |
| The projects are organized so that individual developers can |
| focus on |
| other matters for a time, |
| and then return to the development community as schedules |
| allow. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Over the past few months, |
| Apache Struts has more than doubled its number of active |
| committers. |
| With the addition of two WebWork developers, |
| there are about fifteen active volunteers. |
| Right now, about half of the committers are working on the |
| original Struts |
| Action Framework and half are working on the new Struts Shale |
| Framework, |
| which utilizes JavaServer Faces. |
| Several volunteers are now working with both frameworks. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| The merger and other milestones on the Apache Struts roadmap |
| were discussed |
| in a talk at ApacheCon on Tuesday, December 13, 2005, entitled |
| "Struts 2006: |
| An Embarrassment of Riches" |
| [http://people.apache.org/~husted/apachecon-2005-action.pdf]. |
| The talk will be presented by Lightbody, Husted, and Don |
| Brown, another |
| Struts Committer. |
| The Struts Shale framework is being discussed at a second |
| talk, |
| presented by McClanahan, entitled "Shale: The Next Struts??" |
| <a href="http://people.apache.org/~craigmcc/apachecon-2005-shale.pdf"> |
| Slides from the talk are available online</a> |
| . |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20051214.2">14 Dec 2005 - Apache Struts offers "Shale" |
| for JSF</h4> |
| <p> |
| To give JavaServer Faces developers a head start on building |
| scalable |
| web applications for the enterprise, |
| Apache Struts now offers the Shale Framework. |
| Like the original "Struts Action Framework", |
| Shale provides developers with a front controller, |
| and several other components, |
| to provide the "invisible underpinnings that hold an |
| application together". |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| "When JavaServer Faces arrived," |
| explains the Struts website, |
| "our development community chose to 'make new friends but keep |
| the old'. |
| Some of us want (or need) to stick with the original |
| request-based |
| framework. |
| Others are ready to switch to an component-based framework |
| that builds on |
| JavaServer Faces. |
| We offer both frameworks because we have volunteers to create |
| and maintain |
| both frameworks." |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Shale is based on the recently standardized JavaServer Faces |
| APIs, |
| and focuses on adding value, |
| rather than redundantly implementing features that JSF already |
| provides. |
| Shale will run on any compliant JSF implementation, |
| including the one being developed by the Apache MyFaces |
| project. |
| It also includes many features that Struts users appreciate, |
| such as supporting client side validation and the Tiles |
| framework. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Struts Shale was discussed by Craig McClanahan in a talk at |
| ApacheCon on |
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005, entitled "Shale: The Next |
| Struts??". |
| <a href="http://people.apache.org/~craigmcc/apachecon-2005-shale.pdf"> |
| Slides |
| from the talk are available online</a> |
| . |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20051214.1">14 Dec 2005 - Apache Struts to release |
| "standalone" Tiles</h4> |
| <p> |
| Apache Struts introduced Tiles as a integral component of its |
| Struts 1.1 |
| release in June 2003. |
| Since then, several other projects have been using Tiles, |
| even though it was embedded in the Struts JAR. |
| Soon, it will be much easier to use Tiles with products like |
| Jakarta Velocity, |
| Apache MyFaces, and Struts Shale. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Tiles is a templating framework that can be used to create a |
| common look and |
| feel for a web site or application and to create reusable view |
| components. |
| A key aspect of Tiles is that it can be configured from a XML |
| configuration file. |
| A Tile definition can "extend" another definition, |
| giving the component an object-oriented feel. |
| Tile developers can create a base Tile (or screen layout), |
| and then indicate only how other Tiles differ from the base. |
| Changes made to a base Tile "cascade" to Tiles that extend |
| that base. |
| Significant changes can be made to the layout of a website |
| just by changing a single Tile definition. |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20051125">25 Nov 2005 - Struts 1.2.8 (General |
| Availability)</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Struts team is pleased to announce the release of Struts |
| 1.2.8 for |
| General Availability. This release is primarily to fix a Cross |
| Site |
| Scripting (XSS) vulnerability identified in Struts by |
| www.hacktics.com and |
| supersedes the earlier 1.2.7 version as the latest official |
| release of |
| Struts from The Apache Software Foundation. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| For more information on the XSS Vulnerability and solutions |
| please see the |
| following pages: |
| <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/struts/StrutsXssVulnerability"> |
| http://wiki.apache.org/struts/StrutsXssVulnerability</a> |
| and |
| <a href="http://www.hacktics.com/AdvStrutsNov05.html"> |
| http://www.hacktics.com/AdvStrutsNov05.html</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary, source and library distributions are available |
| from the Struts |
| download page: |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi"> |
| http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The Release Notes are available on the Struts web site at: |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/struts-doc-1.2.8/userGuide/release-notes.html"> |
| http://struts.apache.org/struts-doc-1.2.8/userGuide/release-notes.html</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Please check the wiki for the latest information on upgrading: |
| <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/struts/StrutsUpgrade"> |
| http://wiki.apache.org/struts/StrutsUpgrade</a> |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20051023.2">23 Oct 2005 - New Struts Committer: Laurie |
| Harper</h4> |
| <p> |
| Please join us in welcoming Laurie Harper as a new Struts |
| committer. Over |
| the last few months, he has made hundreds of helpful posts to |
| our lists. |
| Laurie is the author of the very cool |
| <a href="http://www.zotechsoftware.com/products/struts-sidebar"> |
| Struts Sidebar</a> |
| , |
| and he has contributed several patches to Struts Classic, |
| including fixes to our unit tests (a thankless job). |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Welcome, Laurie! .. We're looking forward to many more green |
| bars! |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| PMC vote: 7 +1 (binding), 1 +1 (non-binding) |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20051023.1">23 Oct 2005 - New Struts Committer: Sean |
| Schofield</h4> |
| <p> |
| Please join us in welcoming Sean Schofield as a Struts |
| committer. Sean is an |
| Apache MyFaces committer who also been been working on Struts |
| Shale. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Welcome, Sean! .. Now you can apply your own patches! |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| PMC vote: 5 +1, 1 +0 |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20051023.0">23 Oct 2005 - New Struts Committer: Greg |
| Reddin</h4> |
| <p> |
| Please join us in welcoming Greg Reddin as a Struts committer. |
| Greg has been |
| an active Struts contributor for a long time now, and has been |
| helping us |
| move Tiles towards a standalone subproject. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Welcome, Greg! .. We look forward to rapid progress on |
| Standalone Tiles! |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| PMC vote: 6 +1 |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20050821">21 Aug 2005 - New Struts Committer: Gary |
| vanMatre</h4> |
| |
| <p> |
| Please join us in welcoming Gary vanMatre as a new Struts |
| committer. |
| Gary has been quite busy proposing code for the "Clay" plug-in |
| on Shale, |
| and has also been supportive on the dev and user mailing lists |
| (for both Struts and MyFaces). |
| We look forward to his energy being available to the entire |
| Struts project as well. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Welcome, Gary! .. And now you can process some of your own |
| outstanding code diffs :-). |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| PMC vote: 5 +1 |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20050715">15 Jul 2005 - New Struts Committer: Wendy |
| Smoak</h4> |
| <p> |
| Please join me in welcoming Wendy Smoak as a new Struts |
| committer. |
| Wendy has been a tremendous asset to the Struts community for |
| several years now, |
| providing unflagging support to the user base as well as |
| invaluable input and feedback to the development team. |
| We look forward to her continued contributions as a committer. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Welcome, Wendy! |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| PMC vote: 7 +1, 2 +0. |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20050526">26 May 2005 - Struts 1.2.7 (General |
| Availability)</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Struts team is pleased to announce the release of Struts |
| 1.2.7 for |
| General Availability. This release includes new |
| functionality, as well as numerous fixes for bugs which were |
| reported |
| against the previous release, and supersedes the earlier 1.2.4 |
| version |
| as the latest official release of Struts from The Apache |
| Software |
| Foundation. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary, source and library distributions are available |
| from the |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi">Struts |
| download page</a> |
| . |
| The |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/userGuide/release-notes.html"> |
| Release Notes</a> |
| are available on the Struts web site. |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| <h4 id="a20050331">31 March 2005 - New Struts PMC Chair</h4> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/volunteers.html#martinc"> |
| Martin Cooper</a> |
| has been appointed |
| <strong>Struts PMC Chair</strong> |
| by the ASF Board at their |
| <strong>February 2005</strong> |
| meeting. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/volunteers.html#craigmcc"> |
| Craig McClanahan</a> |
| stepped down |
| as the Struts PMC Chair in February 2005. In Craig's words "I |
| will continue to be active, but it's time |
| for someone else to take the administrative |
| responsibilities.". |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The Struts PMC nominated Martin Cooper as their preferred |
| choice for the Struts PMC |
| Chair to the ASF Board which was approved unanimously. Minutes |
| of the ASF Board meeting should |
| be available |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html"> |
| here</a> |
| in due course. |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20050225">25 Feb 2005 - New Struts Committer: Hubert |
| Rabago</h4> |
| <p> |
| |
| We are pleased to announce that Hubert Rabago has accepted an |
| invitation to join the |
| Struts development community as a committer. We were impressed |
| by Hubert's sustained |
| participation in both the user and dev mailing lists, where he |
| has demonstrated |
| knowledge and respect for the community. He has clearly put |
| considerable energy into |
| how Struts works, both from a code perspective as well as a |
| community perspective. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| So, we've begun the formalities to get his account set up and |
| such, and we look forward |
| to the day when we can tell him to commit his own darn |
| patches. |
| |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20050217">17 Feb 2005 - New Struts subproject: Struts |
| Flow</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Apache Struts team is pleased to announce the adoption of |
| its latest |
| subproject, Struts Flow, a continuations-based approach to |
| complex web |
| workflows. Struts Flow orginated at the struts.sf.net project |
| and has |
| been formally adopted now as a Struts subproject. Struts Flow |
| is a port |
| of Apache Cocoon's Control Flow to Struts to allow complex |
| workflow, |
| like multi-form wizards, to be easily implemented using |
| continuations-capable Javascript and eventually Java. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Today, Struts is comprised of nine subprojects: Core, Taglib, |
| Tiles, El, |
| Faces, Scripting, Applications, Shale, and (now) Flow. Struts |
| Flow is |
| different from Struts Scripting/BSF as where scripting brings |
| any |
| BSF-supported scripting language to Struts Actions, Struts |
| Flow works on |
| redefining the traditional Model 2 state-driven workflow into |
| simplified |
| scripots whos eexecute spans multiple requests. Currently, the |
| Rhino |
| engine, a Javascript implementation, is used to provide |
| continuations |
| support, but with the maturation of |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/sandbox/javaflow/"> |
| Commans Javaflow</a> |
| - a Java-based continuations implementation, |
| Java will soon be supported as well. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| For more information, visit the |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/flow/index.html"> |
| Struts Flow website</a> |
| . |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| |
| <h4 id="a20050123">23 Jan 2005 - New Struts subproject: Shale</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Apache Struts team is pleased to announce the adoption of |
| its latest |
| subproject, Struts Shale, a JSF-based framework. The Shale |
| codebase was |
| initiated by Craig McClanahan in the Struts sandbox, and |
| development |
| traffic regarding Shale has steadily increased. As the product |
| is heading |
| towards an initial release, the Struts PMC felt it time to |
| formally adopt |
| Struts Shale as a subproject. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Today, Struts is comprised of eight subprojects: Core, Taglib, |
| Tiles, El, |
| Faces, Scripting, Applications, and (now) Shale. An initiative |
| is underway |
| to extract the Struts Tiles code into a standalone product. |
| Several Struts |
| developers plan to apply to the ASF to incubate |
| <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/struts/TilesTopLevel">Tiles as |
| a toplevel |
| project</a> |
| . |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| For more about the Struts Shale subproject, see the |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/kickstart.html">Kickstart |
| FAQ</a> |
| . |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20041212">12 Dec 2004 - Struts 1.2.6 (Beta)</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Struts team is pleased to announce the release of Struts |
| 1.2.6 |
| Beta. This release includes minor new functionality, and a |
| number of |
| fixes for bugs which were reported against previous versions. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary, source and library distributions are available |
| from the |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi">Struts |
| download page</a> |
| . |
| The |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/userGuide/release-notes.html"> |
| Release Notes</a> |
| are available on the Struts web site. |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20040919">19 Sep 2004 - Struts 1.2.4 (General |
| Availability)</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Struts team is pleased to announce the release of Struts |
| 1.2.4 for |
| General Availability. This release includes significant new |
| functionality, as well as numerous fixes for bugs which were |
| reported |
| against the previous release, and supersedes the earlier 1.1 |
| version |
| as the latest official release of Struts from The Apache |
| Software |
| Foundation. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary, source and library distributions are available |
| from the |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi">Struts |
| download page</a> |
| . |
| The |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/userGuide/release-notes.html"> |
| Release Notes</a> |
| are available on the Struts web site. |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20040831">31 Aug 2004 - Struts 1.2.2 (General |
| Availability)</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Apache Struts team is proud to announce the release of |
| Struts 1.2.2. |
| This release includes many new enhancements and features as |
| well as numerous |
| bug fixes since the last generally available release (1.1). |
| This release supersedes the earlier 1.1 version as the latest |
| official release |
| of The Apache Struts framework. |
| </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li> |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/userGuide/release-notes.html"> |
| http://struts.apache.org/userGuide/release-notes.html</a> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> |
| The binary, source, and library distributions are available at |
| </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li> |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi"> |
| http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi/</a> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> |
| The library distribution contains only the requisite JARs, |
| without the documentation or example applications. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| We invite your comments on how well this release works with |
| your own applications. Based on feedback from the Struts |
| community, this release may be dubbed "ready for prime time" |
| and promoted to "General Availabilty" quality. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Please note that Struts now uses "Tomcat-style" releases. If |
| the feedback on this release were positive, Struts 1.2.1 may |
| be promoted directly to "GA", without creating yet-another |
| distribution. If a serious problem were found and fixed, then |
| we will issue Struts 1.2.2 and try again. |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20040711">11 Jul 2004 - Struts 1.2.1 (Beta) |
| Available</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Struts team announces the release of Struts 1.2.1, |
| currently ranked at Beta quality. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| This release removes many features deprecated in prior |
| releases (Struts 1.1 and Struts 1.0.2) and also provides |
| several new features. Fixes to known problems have been |
| applied. More detail is available at: |
| </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li> |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/userGuide/release-notes.html"> |
| http://struts.apache.org/userGuide/release-notes.html</a> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> |
| The binary, source, and library distributions are available at |
| </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li> |
| <a href="http://cvs.apache.org/dist/struts/v1.2.1/"> |
| http://cvs.apache.org/dist/struts/v1.2.1/</a> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> |
| The library distribution contains only the requisite JARs, |
| without the documentation or example applications. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| We invite your comments on how well this release works with |
| your own applications. Based on feedback from the Struts |
| community, this release may be dubbed "ready for prime time" |
| and promoted to "General Availabilty" quality. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Please note that Struts now uses "Tomcat-style" releases. If |
| the feedback on this release were positive, Struts 1.2.1 may |
| be promoted directly to "GA", without creating yet-another |
| distribution. If a serious problem were found and fixed, then |
| we will issue Struts 1.2.2 and try again. |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20030630">30 Jun 2003 - Struts 1.1 Final released</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Struts team is proud, and extremely pleased, to announce |
| the Final |
| release of Struts 1.1. This release includes significant new |
| functionality, as well as numerous fixes for bugs which were |
| reported |
| against the previous release, and supersedes the earlier 1.0.2 |
| version |
| as the latest official release of Struts from the Apache |
| Software |
| Foundation. |
| </p> |
| <p>The binary distribution is available at: |
| <a href= |
| "http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/binaries/"> |
| http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/binaries/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p>and the source distribution is available at: |
| <a href= |
| "http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/source/"> |
| http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/source/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p>In addition, the library distribution, which contains updated |
| binaries |
| without the sample applications, is available at:</p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/library/"> |
| http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/library/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p>Details of the changes in this release are available in the |
| Release |
| Notes,which can be found here:</p> |
| <p> |
| <a href= |
| "http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/release-notes-1.1.html"> |
| http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/release-notes-1.1.html</a> |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20030223">23 Feb 2003 - Struts 1.1 Release Candidate 1 |
| Released</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Struts team is proud to announce the release of Struts 1.1 |
| Release |
| Candidate 1. This release includes some new functionality, as |
| well as |
| fixes for a number of bugs which were reported against earlier |
| versions. |
| The Struts Team believes that this release is ready for prime |
| time, hence |
| its designation as a release candidate. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary distribution is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/binaries/"> |
| http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/binaries/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| and the source distribution is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/source/"> |
| http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/source/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| In addition, the library distribution, which contains updated |
| binaries |
| without the sample applications, is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/library/"> |
| http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/library/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Details of the changes in this release are available in the |
| Release |
| Notes, which can be found here: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/release-notes-1.1-rc1.html"> |
| http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/release-notes-1.1-rc1.html</a> |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="S20021231">31 Dec 2002 - Struts 1.1 Beta 3 Released</h4> |
| <p>The Struts team is proud to announce the release of Struts 1.1 |
| Beta 3. This |
| release includes significant new functionality, while |
| retaining full |
| backwards compatibility with earlier versions of Struts. It |
| also |
| incorporates fixes for a number of bugs which were reported |
| against earlier |
| versions. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary distribution is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/binaries/"> |
| http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/binaries/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| and the source distribution is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/source/"> |
| http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/source/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| In addition, the library distribution, which contains updated |
| binaries |
| without the sample applications, is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/library/"> |
| http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/library/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Details of the changes in this release are available in the |
| Release Notes, |
| which can be found here: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/release-notes-1.1-b3.html"> |
| http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/release-notes-1.1-b3.html</a> |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20020813">12 Aug 2002 - Struts 1.1 Beta 2 Released</h4> |
| <p>The Struts team is proud to announce the release of Struts 1.1 |
| Beta 2. This |
| release includes significant new functionality, while |
| retaining full |
| backwards compatibility with earlier versions of Struts. It |
| also |
| incorporates fixes for a number of bugs which were reported |
| against earlier |
| versions. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary distribution is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b2/"> |
| http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b2/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| and the source distribution is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b2/src/"> |
| http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b2/src/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| In addition, the library distribution, which contains updated |
| binaries |
| without the sample applications, is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b2/lib/ |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Details of the changes in this release are available in the |
| Release Notes, |
| which can be found here: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/release-notes-1.1-b2.html |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20020319">19 Mar 2002 - Struts 1.1 Beta 1 Released</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Struts team announces the release of Struts 1.1 Beta 1. |
| This release |
| includes substantial new functionality, while retaining full |
| backwards |
| compatibility with earlier versions of Struts. It also |
| incorporates fixes |
| for a number of bugs which were reported against earlier |
| versions. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary distribution for this release is available |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b1/"> |
| <strong>here</strong> |
| </a> |
| and the source distribution |
| is available |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b1/src/"> |
| <strong>here</strong> |
| </a> |
| . |
| In addition, a library distribution, which consists of a |
| minimal |
| binary distribution, without sample web applications or |
| additional code, is |
| available |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b1/lib/"> |
| <strong>here</strong> |
| </a> |
| . |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20020211">11 Feb 2002 - Struts 1.0.2 Released</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Struts team announces the release of Struts 1.0.2. This |
| release is a |
| bug fix only release, which fixes a compatibility problem |
| inadvertently introduced |
| with the previous 1.0.1 release. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary distribution for this release is available |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0.2/"> |
| <strong>here</strong> |
| </a> |
| and the source distribution |
| is available |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0.2/src/"> |
| <strong>here</strong> |
| </a> |
| . |
| In addition, a library distribution, which consists of a |
| minimal |
| binary distribution, without sample web applications or |
| additional code, is |
| available |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0.2/lib/"> |
| <strong>here</strong> |
| </a> |
| . |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20020112">12 Jan 2002 - Struts 1.0.1 Released</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Struts team is proud to announce the release of Struts |
| 1.0.1. This |
| release is primarily a bug fix release, which fixes a number |
| of known |
| problems with the previous 1.0 release. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary distribution for this release is available |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0.1/"> |
| here</a> |
| and the source distribution is available |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0.1/src/"> |
| here</a> |
| . |
| In addition, a library distribution, which consists of a |
| minimal binary distribution, |
| without sample web applications or additional code, is |
| available |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0.1/lib/"> |
| here</a> |
| . |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| |
| <h4 id="a20010615">15 Jun 2001 - Struts 1.0 Released</h4> |
| |
| <p> |
| The production release of Struts 1.0, an open source framework |
| for building Web applications, is now available for download |
| at jakarta.apache.org. Struts encourages application |
| architectures based on the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern |
| and provides services common |
| to most Web applications. Struts helps developers deploy |
| products that are reliable, scaleable, and easier to maintain. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| The Struts framework offers services in three primary areas: |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| * A controller servlet to dispatch requests to specific Action |
| classes (provided by the application developer). |
| <br/> |
| * JSP custom tags to help developers create interactive |
| form-based applications. |
| <br/> |
| * Utility classes for XML parsing, automatic JavaBean |
| population, and internationalization of prompts and messages. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Struts' support for internationalization builds on top of the |
| Java Locale API, and have made it a popular choice for |
| applications worldwide. Struts contributors include developers |
| from Australia, France, Russia, and other parts of the globe. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| In addition to the Struts official distribution, several |
| third-party libraries are already available, which offer |
| enhanced support for JSP templates, HTML form validation, and |
| automatic JavaBean creation. Struts has also been integrated |
| with the Expresso Framework distributed by |
| JCorporate Ltd. (jcorporate.com). |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Struts can be used with a J2EE Application server to deploy |
| distributed applications, but will run under any compliant |
| Servlet container (Servlet API 2.2+, JSP 1.1+), including |
| Tomcat 3.2 or later. In fact, Struts is already used as an |
| informal compliance test for Java Servlet |
| containers and J2EE Application servers |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| The Struts project was founded in May 2000 by Craig |
| McClanahan. McClanahan is also the lead developer of Tomcat |
| 4.0, Sun's reference implementation for Java Servlet and |
| ServerPage containers. Both Tomcat and Struts are open source |
| available under the Apache Software License, |
| and may be downloaded at jakarta.apache.org. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Twenty-six independent developers contributed to the creation |
| of Struts 1.0, with the help of over 1300 subscribers to the |
| Struts mailing lists. |
| <br/> |
| </p> |
| |
| <hr/> |
| |
| </section> |
| |
| <section> |
| <p class="right"> |
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