Version Notes 2.5.21

These are the notes for the Struts 2.5.21 distribution.

For prior notes in this release series, see Version Notes 2.5.20

If you are a Maven user, you might want to get started using the Maven Archetype.

Maven Dependency

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
  <artifactId>struts2-core</artifactId>
  <version>2.5.21</version>
</dependency>

You can also use Struts Archetype Catalog like below

Struts Archetype Catalog

mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=http://struts.apache.org/

Staging Repository

<repositories>
  <repository>
    <id>apache.nexus</id>
    <name>ASF Nexus Staging</name>
    <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/</url>
  </repository>
</repositories>

Internal Changes

Bug

[WW-4958] - File upload fails from certain clients
[WW-4991] - Not existing property in listValueKey throws exception
[WW-4999] - Can't get OgnlValueStack log even if enable logMissingProperties
[WW-5004] - No more calling of a static variable in Struts 2.8.20 available
[WW-5006] - NullPointerException in ProxyUtil class when accessing static member
[WW-5009] - EmptyStackException in JSON plugin due to concurrency
[WW-5011] - Tiles bug when parsing file:// URLs including # as part of the URL
[WW-5013] - Accessing static variable via OGNL returns nothing
[WW-5024] - HttpParameters.Builder can wrap objects in two layers of Parameters
[WW-5025] - Binding Integer Array upon form submission
[WW-5026] - Double-submit of TokenSessionStoreInterceptor broken since 2.5.16
[WW-5027] - xerces tries to load resources from the internet
[WW-5028] - Dispatcher prints stacktraces directly to the console
[WW-5029] - The content allowed-methods tag of the XML configuration is sometimes truncated
[WW-5031] - OGNL: An illegal reflective access operation has occurred
[WW-5040] - java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException - Class: com.opensymphony.xwork2.inject.ContainerImpl$ConstructorInjector

New Feature

[WW-5005] - Struts2 convention plugin lacks Java 11 support

Improvement

[WW-5023] - Upgrade SLF4J to latest 1.7.x version
[WW-5034] - Minor enhancement/fix to AbstractLocalizedTextProvider
[WW-5035] - Provide mechanism to clear OgnlUtil caches

Task

[WW-5015] - Struts 2 unit testing using StrutTestCase class

Dependency

[WW-5007] - Upgrade Jackson library to the latest version
[WW-5008] - Upgrade to OGNL version 3.1.22
[WW-5033] - Update a few Struts 2.5.x libraries to more recent versions
[WW-5037] - Upgrade commons-beanutils to version 1.9.4
[WW-5038] - Upgrade jackson-databind to version 2.9.9.3
[WW-5041] - Upgrade to OGNL 3.1.26 and adapt to its new features

Issue Detail

JIRA Release Notes 2.5.21

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