Springing struts1 core module

An experimental project aimed at migrating legacy Struts 1.x-based applications to a Spring Boot architecture with minimal code changes. Springing Struts1 is a Spring Boot-based web framework that provides a Struts 1.x-compatible API, enabling legacy Java systems to migrate to a modern architecture with reduced cost and risk.

How to use

Springing Struts 1 Core Module works as a drop-in replacement for the following modules:

• org.apache.struts:struts-core:1.x
• org.apache.struts:struts-extras:1.x
• org.apache.struts:struts-taglib:1.x
• org.apache.struts:struts-tiles:1.x
• commons-validator:commons-validator:1.x
• javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.x

For example, if your project is built with Maven, replacing the <dependency> entries for the above modules with the following entry will work.

    <dependency>
      <groupId>io.github.iwauo.springing-struts</groupId>
      <artifactId>struts1-core</artifactId>
      <version>0.0.5</version>
    </dependency>

Examples

The following projects demonstrate migration from the official Struts 1.x demo applications using this library:

• Struts 1 Examples

  • Live Demo

• Struts 1 Mail Reader

How to build

Prerequisites

• A Unix-based system (Mac, WSL2, SteamOS, etc.)
• Mise version manager

Initial setup

Run the following commands in your terminal.

git clone https://github.com/springing-struts/struts1-core.git

cd struts1-core

mise install

build

./struts1-core/scripts/build.sh