Struts is model neutral. There are plenty tools out there for database access, Castor, J2EE, Torque, JRelational, Expresso. There's no reason for Struts to reinvent that wheel.
If you need a persistance layer ('cuz you don't got none), I'd suggest starting with Expresso. http://jcorporate.com and http://webAppWriter.com/ Struts provides a front controller, and a nifty JSP taglib to help you access the controller's "model". It also provides a handy Action class, where you can bridge the gap between the presentation and model layers. But it does not provide a persistence layor or O/R modeling. See http://husted.com/struts/links.htm#data_access for more packages that do. For searching and indexing, Lucene is highly recommended. http://jakarta.apache.org/lucene/docs/index.html A new player in the game is Simper. Just getting started, but looks good for Struts applications too. http://netmeme.org/simper/ -Ted. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > i have looked and i haven't really seen what struts can do with database...is it >able to do mapping? can you tell me briefly what it can do... > > thanks a lot!! > gaetan > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > NetCourrier, votre bureau virtuel sur Internet : Mail, Agenda, Clubs, Toolbar... > Web/Wap : www.netcourrier.com > Téléphone/Fax : 08 92 69 00 21 (0,34 E TTC/min - 2,21 F TTC/min) > Minitel: 3615 NETCOURRIER (0,15 E TTC/min - 1,00 F TTC/min) > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY USA. -- Building Java web applications with Struts. -- Tel +1 585 737-3463. -- Web http://www.husted.com/struts/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>