Building a Web Application Using Struts 2 - Learn Java for Web Development - page 172

The directory structure illustrated in Figure 4-8 follows the normal Maven directory structure.

Table 4-4 describes the directory structure of the HelloWorld application.

Table 4-4. Directory Structure of a Maven-Based Application

Directory Description

Src All source

: - main

Main source directory

: : - java Java source

: : - helloworld Package defined by the groupID parameter

: : - action

The package from the archetype

: :- resources Resources(configuration, properties, and so on)

: - webapp

Web application files

: : - WEB-INF WEB-INF folder

The directory structure of a non-Maven HelloWorld application might look like Table 4-5 .

Table 4-5. Directory Structure of a Non-Maven-Based Application

Directory Description

Src

All source

: - helloworld

Helloworld package

: - action

Action package

- struts.xml

Resources(configuration, properties, and so on)

Web

Web application files

: - WEB-INF WEB-INF folder

You need to add the struts 2-core dependency to the generated pom.xml file of the HelloWorld
application. Listing 4-13 shows the code fragment to add to pom.xml .

Listing 4-13. struts 2-core Dependency

<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
<artifactId>struts 2-core</artifactId>
<version>2.3.15.1</version>
<type>jar</type>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>