The Struts Framework is a standard for developing well-architected
Web
applications. Based on the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design paradigm, it
distinctly separates all three levels (Model, View, and Control). It also offers
the following features: [Source:
Struts Visual
Tutorials]
Open source
Implements the JSP Model 2 Architecture
Stores application routing information and request mapping in a single
core file, struts-config.xml
The Struts Framework, itself, only fills in the View and Controller
layers. The Model layer is left to the developer.
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