Chapter 11. The Struts Framework: Doing More

Topics in This Chapter

  • Using properties files for messages
  • Creating parameterized messages
  • Internationalizing Web sites
  • Using Tiles to create a common layout
  • Creating template files and layout pieces
  • Using Definitions to create parent layouts and derived layouts
  • Handling URLs correctly with html:rewrite

In Chapter 10 (The Struts Framework: Basics), we covered the basics of the Struts framework for creating simple Web applications. However, Struts provides a lot more capabilities than controlling request flow and populating beans.

In this chapter, we dig deeper into Struts, explaining how to use properties files for messages in your JSP pages. The beauty of properties files is that you don’t have ...

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