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*Struts flow

Browser => Controller Servlet(Action Servlet) => Create or Retrieve form bean => Store the form bean specified scope => call reset() method => populate form bean with requested data => call validate() method

if errors = Forward to Input page

If no errors = execute() method

*ActionServlet can be configured in 2 ways

1. Extension map (*.do)
2. Path map (/do/*)

*Struts Actions

1. org.apache.struts.action.DispatchAction
2. org.apache.struts.action.ForwardAction
3. org.apache.struts.action.IncludeAction
4. org.apache.struts.action.LookupDispatchAction
5. org.apache.struts.action.MappingDispatchAction
6. org.apache.struts.action.LocaleAction
7. org.apache.struts.action.SwitchAction

*Struts Architecture

*Important tags in struts-config.xml

1. DataSource
2. FromBean
3. action
4. message-resources
5. plugin

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