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Johannes Geppert edited this page May 31, 2023 · 11 revisions

Struts2 jQuery Plugin

A Plugin for the popular java web framework struts2 to provide ajax functionality and UI Widgets based on the jQuery javascript framework.

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AJAX support

Easy AJAX Form submission and remote call with the anchor and div tag. Support for AJAX in the Tabs.

<%@ taglib prefix="s" uri="/struts-tags"%>
<%@ taglib prefix="sj" uri="/struts-jquery-tags"%>
<html>
  <head>
    <sj:head/>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="div1">Div 1</div>
    <s:url id="ajaxTest" value="/AjaxTest.action"/>

    <sj:a id="link1" href="%{ajaxTest}" targets="div1">
      Update Content
    </sj:a>
  </body>
</html>

Support for themes

Built in themes from jQuery

  • black-tie
  • blitzer
  • cupertino
  • dot-luv
  • eggplant
  • excite-bike
  • flick
  • hot-sneaks
  • humanity
  • le-frog
  • mint-choc
  • overcast
  • pepper-grinder
  • redmond
  • smoothness
  • start
  • sunny
  • swanky-purse
  • trontastic
  • ui-darkness
  • ui-lightness
  • vader
  • Your custom theme create with jQuery ThemeRoller

More about themes see the Head Tag.

Use of Build in themes:

<%@ taglib prefix="s" uri="/struts-tags"%>
<%@ taglib prefix="sj" uri="/struts-jquery-tags"%>
<html>
  <head>
    <sj:head jqueryui="true" jquerytheme="cupertino"/>
  </head>
  <body>
  </body>
</html>

Use of your costume theme:

<%@ taglib prefix="s" uri="/struts-tags"%>
<%@ taglib prefix="sj" uri="/struts-jquery-tags"%>
<html>
  <head>
    <sj:head jqueryui="true" jquerytheme="mytheme" customBasepath="template/themes"/>
  </head>
  <body>
  </body>
</html>

UI widgets

Installation

How can I use the Plugin?

  • Download the struts2-jquery-plugin-x.x.x.jar
  • Put it into your Classpath (WEB-INF/lib)
  • Add the Tag-Lib to your JSP <%@ taglib prefix="sj" uri="/struts-jquery-tags"%>
  • Place the HeadTag inside your html head tags

How can I use the Plugin from Maven?

Since version 1.8.3 the plugin is found in the central Maven repository. Just add to your dependencies section:

<dependencies>
    ...
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.jgeppert.struts2.jquery</groupId>
        <artifactId>struts2-jquery-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>5.0.3</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.jgeppert.struts2.jquery</groupId>
        <artifactId>struts2-jquery-grid-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>5.0.3</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.jgeppert.struts2.jquery</groupId>
        <artifactId>struts2-jquery-datatables-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>5.0.3</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.jgeppert.struts2.jquery</groupId>
        <artifactId>struts2-jquery-richtext-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>5.0.3</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.jgeppert.struts2.jquery</groupId>
        <artifactId>struts2-jquery-tree-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>5.0.3</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.jgeppert.struts2.jquery</groupId>
        <artifactId>struts2-jquery-mobile-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>5.0.3</version>
    </dependency>
    ...
</dependencies>

To access SNAPSHOT builds, you need to declare the snapshot repository lookup in your pom.xml:

...
<repositories>
    ...
    <repository>
        <id>sonatype.oss.snapshots</id>
        <name>Sonatype OSS Snapshot Repository</name>
        <url>http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
        <releases>false</releases>
        <snapshots>true</snapshots>
    </repository>
</repositories>
...

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