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Examine the struts.xml configuration in the Hello World tutorial and you will find this:

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<action name="hello" class="org.apache.struts.helloworld.action.HelloWorldAction" method="execute">
  <result name="success">/HelloWorld.jsp</result>
</action>
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Add the following markup to index.jsp after the Hello Bruce Phillips link.

<p>Get your own personal hello by filling out and submitting this form.</p>

<s:form action="hello">

  <s:textfield name="userName" label="Your name" />
	
   <s:submit value="Submit" />

</s:form>

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In the Hello World tutorial's example application on JSP HelloWorld.jsp was this code:

<s:property value="messageStore.message" />

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One very useful feature of the Struts 2 property tag is that it will automatically convert the most common data types (int, double, boolean) to their String equivalents. To demonstrate this feature let's add a static int variable to class HelloWorldAction.

private static int helloCount = 0;
	
public int getHelloCount() {
	return helloCount;
}

public void setHelloCount(int helloCount) {
	HelloWorldAction.helloCount = helloCount;
}

Each time the execute method is called we'll increase helloCount by 1. So add this code to the execute method of class HelloWorldAction.

helloCount++;

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To include the value of the helloCount attribute in the HelloWorld.jsp we can use the Struts 2 property tag. Add the following to HelloWorld.jsp after the h2 tag.

<p>I've said hello <s:property value="helloCount" /> times!</p>

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If the value returned by the get method is an object, then the property tag will cause Struts 2 to call the object's toString method. Of course, you should always override Class Object's toString method in your model classes. Add the following toString method to the MessageStore class:

public String toString() {
		
	return message + " (from toString)";
		
}	

Add the following to HelloWorld.jsp

<p><s:property value="messageStore" /></p>

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