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Simple Usage

If your actions do not extend ActionSupport, and you are not using Spring then convert your jar that contains Actions, Velocity files, and a struts.xml file into a bundle, add a few lines in the jar's manifest.mfAdd these lines to MANIFEST.MF:

Bundle-Activator: org.apache.struts2.osgi.StrutsActivator
Export-Package: com.mycompany.myapp.actions
Bundle-Version: 1.0.0
Bundle-SymbolicName: foo.actions
Import-Package: com.opensymphony.xwork2

Now the jar is ready to be deployed. Drop the jar into the /WEB-INF/classes/bundles directory and it will automatically be installed when the application starts up.

Advanced Usage

If your actions extend ActionSupport, or use other classes distributed with Struts, you will have to list their package names in the jar's manifest.mf:

Import-Package: com.opensymphony.xwork2

Using Spring

If you want to use the Spring as the object factory for your actions, then follow these steps:

1. Place your Spring xml files under /META-INF/spring in the bundle jar file
2. Copy all the bundle jar files into /WEB-INF/classes/bundles in your application
3. Make sure that the following properties are set in struts.xml or struts.properties in your application:

   Code Block
   XML XML
   <constant name="struts.objectFactory" value="osgi" /> <constant name="struts.objectFactory.delegate" value="springspringOsgi" /> <constant name="struts.freemarker.manager.classname" value="org.apache.struts2.osgi.BundleFreemarkerManager" />

4. Install the Struts 2 Spring plugin in your applicationAdd , like in normal Struts 2 applications.
5. Configure your web.xml like:

   Code Block
   XML XML
   <listener> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app id="WebApp_9" version="2.4" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd"> <display-name>Struts Blank</display-name> <filter> <filter-name>struts2-execute</filter-name> <filter-class>org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.filter.StrutsExecuteFilter</filter-class> </filter> <filter> <filter-name>struts2-prepare</filter-name> <filter-class>org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.filter.StrutsPrepareFilter</filter-class> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>struts2-prepare</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>struts2-execute</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> <listener> <listener-class>org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.listener.StrutsListener</listener-class> </listener> <listener> <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class> </listener>

   to web.xml and an empty applicationContext.xml: Code BlockXMLXML

   
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC 
   	"-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN" 
   	"http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd">
   <beans></beans>
   

   under /WEB-INF/ in your application. This is a hack, but the Spring support doesn't work otherwise. TODO: find a way around this dirty hack

   <context-param> <param-name>contextClass</param-name> <param-value>org.springframework.osgi.web.context.support.OsgiBundleXmlWebApplicationContext</param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name> <param-value>osgibundle:/META-INF/spring/*.xml</param-value> </context-param> </web-app> </listener> # Add the Spring OSGi dependency to your web app, if you are using maven: {code:xml} <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.osgi</groupId> <artifactId>spring-osgi-web</artifactId> <version>1.1.2</version> </dependency>

6. Download Spring OSGi and copy all the required bundles under /classes/bundles/other. For Struts OSGi 1.1.2, these are the required bundles:

   No Format

   com.springsource.org.aopalliance-1.0.0.jar com.springsource.org.apache.commons.logging-1.1.1.jar org.springframework.aop-2.5.5.A.jar org.springframework.beans-2.5.5.A.jar org.springframework.context-2.5.5.A.jar org.springframework.core-2.5.5.A.jar org.springframework.osgi.core-1.1.2.A.jar org.springframework.osgi.extender-1.1.2.A.jar org.springframework.osgi.io-1.1.2.A.jar org.springframework.osgi.web-1.1.2.A.jar org.springframework.web-2.5.5.A.jar

Using Velocity

If you are going to use Velocity results, then add Velocity and Common Digester jars to your application. Using maven:

<dependency>
    <groupId>velocity</groupId>
    <artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
    <version>1.5</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
    <groupId>velocity-tools</groupId>
    <artifactId>velocity-tools</artifactId>
    <version>1.3</version>
</dependency>
        
<dependency>
    <groupId>commons-digester</groupId>
    <artifactId>commons-digester</artifactId>
    <version>1.8</version>
</dependency>

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@ResultPath("/content")
public class HelloWorldAction extends ActionSupport
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}

Example

Here is how an example architecture would look:

Settings

The following settings can be customized. See the developer guide.

Installation

Follow these steps to use this plugin:

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Building bundles with Maven

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