These are the notes for the Struts version 7.0.0-M9 distribution.

For prior notes in this release series, see Version Notes 6.4.0

Maven users

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

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
  <artifactId>struts2-core</artifactId>
  <version>7.0.0-M9</version>
</dependency>

You can also use Struts Archetype Catalog like below

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

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

Internal Changes

• Java 17 is used as minimal supported version
• Migrated to JakartaEE
• Stronger security options

Improvement

• WW-5441 Bump net.sf.jasperreports:jasperreports to 6.21.3
• WW-5428 Stop further excessive logging in DevMode
• WW-5443 Bump Spring dependencies to 5.3.37
• WW-5442 Enforce allowlist for OgnlReflectionProvider
• WW-5440 Fix OGNL allowlist compatibility with Convention plugin

Other resources

• Commit Logs
• Source Code Repository