I'm pleased to announce the first public release of Strecks, a set of
open source extensions to the Struts framework aimed at Java 5 users.
Strecks (which stands for "Struts Extensions") is built on the existing
Struts 1.2 code base.
Strecks contains a range of features aimed to streamline the Struts
programming model. Some key features include:
- pure POJO action beans with zero framework dependencies
- action vs controller separation. Request processing logic is
encapsulated into Action controllers, simplifying action implementations
- annotation-based dependency injection (typed request parameters,
session attributes, Spring beans, and many others)
- annotation-based form validators (XML and code-free)
- annotation-based data binding from form properties to domain model
- annotations for additional per-field control over type conversion
- simplified mechanisms to support navigation and redirecting after posts
- pluggable navigation using annotations
- pre and post action interceptors
For a more complete list, see http://strecks.sourceforge.net/features.php
The main design goals of Strecks are to:
- introduce no compatibility issues apart from Java 5
- simplify the action/form programming model in line with recent
software development best practices
- offer or even improve on advanced features offered by competitive
frameworks
- keep easy to learn for existing Struts users
Strecks 1.0-alpha-1 is available for download from
http://strecks.sourceforge.net/.
Phil Zoio
web: http://www.realsolve.co.uk/
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