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Struts——anopen-sourceMVCimplementation

ThisarticleintroducesStruts,aModel-View-ControllerimplementationthatusesservletsandJavaServerPages（JSP）technology.StrutscanhelpyoucontrolchangeinyourWebprojectandpromotespecialization.EvenifyouneverimplementasystemwithStruts,youmaygetsomeideasforyourfutureservletsandJSPpageimplementation.

Introduction

KidsingradeschoolputHTMLpagesontheInternet.However,thereisamonumentaldifferencebetweenagradeschoolpageandaprofessionallydevelopedWebsite.Thepagedesigner（orHTMLdeveloper）mustunderstandcolors,thecustomer,productflow,pagelayout,browsercompatibility,imagecreation,JavaScript,andmore.Puttingagreatlookingsitetogethertakesalotofwork,andmostJavadevelopersaremoreinterestedincreatingagreatlookingobjectinterfacethanauserinterface.JavaServerPages（JSP）technologyprovidesthegluebetweenthepagedesignerandtheJavadeveloper.

Ifyouhaveworkedonalarge-scaleWebapplication,youunderstandthetermchange.Model-View-Controller（MVC）isadesignpatternputtogethertohelpcontrolchange.MVCdecouplesinterfacefrombusinesslogicanddata.StrutsisanMVCimplementationthatusesServlets2.2andJSP1.1tags,fromtheJ2EEspecifications,aspartoftheimplementation.YoumayneverimplementasystemwithStruts,butlookingatStrutsmaygiveyousomeideasonyourfutureServletsandJSPimplementations.

Model-View-Controller（MVC）

JSPtagssolvedonlypartofourproblem.Westillhaveissueswithvalidation,flowcontrol,andupdatingthestateoftheapplication.ThisiswhereMVCcomestotherescue.MVChelpsresolvesomeoftheissueswiththesinglemoduleapproachbydividingtheproblemintothreecategories:

·Model

Themodelcontainsthecoreoftheapplication'sfunctionality.Themodelencapsulatesthestateoftheapplication.Sometimestheonlyfunctionalityitcontainsisstate.Itknowsnothingaboutthevieworcontroller.

·View

Theviewprovidesthepresentationofthemodel.Itisthelookoftheapplication.Theviewcanaccessthemodelgetters,butithasnoknowledgeofthesetters.Inaddition,itknowsnothingaboutthecontroller.Theviewshouldbenotifiedwhenchangestothemodeloccur.

·Controller

Thecontrollerreactstotheuserinput.Itcreatesandsetsthemodel.

MVCModel2

TheWebbroughtsomeuniquechallengestosoftwaredevelopers,mostnotablythestatelessconnectionbetweentheclientandtheserver.Thisstatelessbehaviormadeitdifficultforthemodeltonotifytheviewofchanges.OntheWeb,thebrowserhastore-querytheservertodiscovermodificationtothestateoftheapplication.

Anothernoticeablechangeisthattheviewusesdifferenttechnologyforimplementationthanthemodelorcontroller.Ofcourse,wecoulduseJava（orPERL,C/C++orwhatever）codetogenerateHTML.Thereareseveraldisadvantagestothatapproach:

·Javaprogrammersshoulddevelopservices,notHTML.

·Changestolayoutwouldrequirechangestocode.

·Customersoftheserviceshouldbeabletocreatepagestomeettheirspecificneeds.

·Thepagedesignerisn'tabletohavedirectinvolvementinpagedevelopment.

·HTMLembeddedintocodeisugly.

FortheWeb,theclassicalformofMVCneededtochange.Figure1displaystheWebadaptationofMVC,alsocommonlyknownasMVCModel2orMVC2.

Figure1.MVCModel2

Struts,anMVC2implementation

Strutsisasetofcooperatingclasses,servlets,andJSPtagsthatmakeupareusableMVC2design.ThisdefinitionimpliesthatStrutsisaframework,ratherthanalibrary,butStrutsalsocontainsanextensivetaglibraryandutilityclassesthatworkindependentlyoftheframework.Figure2displaysanoverviewofStruts.

Figure2.Strutsview

Strutsoverview

lClientbrowser

AnHTTPrequestfromtheclientbrowsercreatesanevent.TheWebcontainerwillrespondwithanHTTPresponse.

lController

TheControllerreceivestherequestfromthebrowser,andmakesthedecisionwheretosendtherequest.WithStruts,theControllerisacommanddesignpatternimplementedasaservlet.Thestruts-config.xmlfileconfigurestheController.

lBusinesslogic

Thebusinesslogicupdatesthestateofthemodelandhelpscontroltheflowoftheapplication.WithStrutsthisisdonewithanActionclassasathinwrappertotheactualbusinesslogic.

lModelstate

Themodelrepresentsthestateoftheapplication.Thebusinessobjectsupdatetheapplicationstate.ActionFormbeanrepresentstheModelstateatasessionorrequestlevel,andnotatapersistentlevel.TheJSPfilereadsinformationfromtheActionFormbeanusingJSPtags.

lView

TheviewissimplyaJSPfile.Thereisnoflowlogic,nobusinesslogic,andnomodelinformation--justtags.TagsareoneofthethingsthatmakeStrutsuniquecomparedtootherframeworkslikeVelocity.

Strutsdetails

DisplayedinFigure3isastripped-downUMLdiagramoftheorg.apache.struts.actionpackage.Figure6showstheminimalrelationshipsamongActionServlet（Controller）,ActionForm（FormState）,andAction（ModelWrapper）.

Figure3:

therelationshipbetweenActionServlet（Controller）、ActionForm（FormState）andAction（ModelWrapper）

TheActionServletclass

Doyourememberthedaysoffunctionmappings?

Youwouldmapsomeinputeventtoapointertoafunction.Ifyouwhereslick,youwouldplacetheconfigurationinformationintoafileandloadthefileatruntime.FunctionpointerarrayswerethegoodolddaysofstructuredprogramminginC.

LifeisbetternowthatwehaveJavatechnology,XML,J2EE,andallthat.TheStrutsControllerisaservletthatmapsevents（aneventgenerallybeinganHTTPpost）toclasses.Andguesswhat--theControllerusesaconfigurationfilesoyoudon_thavetohard-codethevalues.Lifechanges,butstaysthesame.

ActionServletistheCommandpartoftheMVCimplementationandisthecoreoftheFramework.ActionServlet（Command）createsandusesAction,anActionForm,andActionForward.Asmentionedearlier,thestruts-config.xmlfileconfigurestheCommand.DuringthecreationoftheWebproject,ActionandActionFormareextendedtosolvethespecificproblemspace.Thefilestruts-config.xmlinstructsActionServletonhowtousetheextendedclasses.Thereareseveraladvantagestothisapproach:

·Theentirelogicalflowoftheapplicationisinahierarchicaltextfile.Thismakesiteasiertoviewandunderstand,especiallywithlargeapplications.

·ThepagedesignerdoesnothavetowadethroughJavacodetounderstandtheflowoftheapplication.

·TheJavadeveloperdoesnotneedtorecompilecodewhenmakingflowchanges.

CommandfunctionalitycanbeaddedbyextendingActionServlet.

TheActionFormclass

ActionFormmaintainsthesessionstatefortheWebapplication.ActionFormisanabstractclassthatissub-classedforeachinputformmodel.WhenIsayinputformmodel,IamsayingActionFormrepresentsageneralconceptofdatathatissetorupdatedbyaHTMLform.Forinstance,youmayhaveaUserActionFormthatissetbyanHTMLForm.TheStrutsframeworkwill:

·ChecktoseeifaUserActionFormexists;ifnot,itwillcreateaninstanceoftheclass.

·StrutswillsetthestateoftheUserActionFormusingcorrespondingfieldsfromtheHttpServletRequest.Nomoredreadfulrequest.getParameter（）calls.Forinstance,theStrutsframeworkwilltakefnamefromrequeststreamandcallUserActionForm.setFname（）.

·TheStrutsframeworkupdatesthestateoftheUserActionFormbeforepassingittothebusinesswrapperUserAction.

·BeforepassingittotheActionclass,Strutswillalsoconductformstatevalidationbycallingthevalidation（）methodonUserActionForm.Note:

Thisisnotalwayswisetodo.TheremightbewaysofusingUserActionForminotherpagesorbusinessobjects,wherethevalidationmightbedifferent.ValidationofthestatemightbebetterintheUserActionclass.

·TheUserActionFormcanbemaintainedatasessionlevel.

Notes:

·Thestruts-config.xmlfilecontrolswhichHTMLformrequestmapstowhichActionForm.

·MultiplerequestscanbemappedUserActionForm.

·UserActionFormcanbemappedovermultiplepagesforthingssuchaswizards.

TheActionclass

TheActionclassisawrapperaroundthebusinesslogic.ThepurposeofActionclassistotranslatetheHttpServletRequesttothebusinesslogic.TouseAction,subclassandoverwritetheprocess（）method.

TheActionServlet（Command）passestheparameterizedclassestoActionFormusingtheperform（）method.Again,nomoredreadfulrequest.getParameter（）calls.Bythetimetheeventgetshere,theinputformdata（orHTMLformdata）hasalreadybeentranslatedoutoftherequeststreamandintoanActionFormclass.

Note:

"Thinkthin"whenextendingtheActionclass.TheActionclassshouldcontroltheflowandnotthelogicoftheapplication.ByplacingthebusinesslogicinaseparatepackageorEJB,weallowflexibilityandreuse.

AnotherwayofthinkingaboutActionclassisastheAdapterdesignpattern.ThepurposeoftheActionisto"Converttheinterfaceofaclassintoanotherinterfacetheclientsexpect.Adapterletsclassesworktogetherthatcouldn_totherwisebecauseofincompatibilityinterface"（fromDesignPatterns-ElementsofReusableOOSoftwarebyGof）.TheclientinthisinstanceistheActionServletthatknowsnothingaboutourspecificbusinessclassinterface.Therefore,Strutsprovidesabusinessinterfaceitdoesunderstand,Action.ByextendingtheAction,wemakeourbusinessinterfacecompatiblewithStrutsbusinessinterface.（AninterestingobservationisthatActionisaclassandnotaninterface.Actionstartedasaninterfaceandchan