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The default configuration (struts-default.xml) configures the Dispatcher Result as the default result, which works well with JavaServer Pages. Any JSP 1.2+ container can work with Struts 2 JSP tags immediately.

Getting Started

Because JSP support occurs through the Dispatcher Result, which is the default result type, you don't need to specify the type attribute when configuring struts.xml:

Then in test-success.jsp:

Where name is a property on your action. That's it!

Servlet / JSP Scoped Objects

The following are ways to obtain Application scope attributes, Session scope attributes, Request scope attributes, Request parameters and framework Context scope parameters:-

Application Scope Attribute

Assuming there's an attribute with name 'myApplicationAttribute' in the Application scope.

Session Scope Attribute

Assuming there's an attribute with name 'mySessionAttribute' in the Session scope.

Request Scope Attribute

Assuming there's an attribute with name 'myRequestAttribute' in the Request scope.

Request Parameter

Assuming there's a request parameter myParameter (e.g. http://host/myApp/myAction.action?myParameter=one).

Context Scope Parameter

Assuming there's a parameter with the name myContextParam in our context.

Tag Support

See the JSP Tags documentation for information on how to use the generic Struts Tags provided by the framework.

Exposing the ValueStack

There are a couple of ways to obtain access to ValueStack from JSPs.

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