since 2005 “Real World” since 2008 (Spring 2.5 onward) today’s leader in Action-Land Struts 2 around since 2004 (WebWork 2) “Real World” since 2007 (Struts 2.0.9 onward) still widely adopted
since 2005 “Real World” since 2008 (Spring 2.5 onward) today’s leader in Action-Land Struts 2 around since 2004 (WebWork 2) “Real World” since 2007 (Struts 2.0.9 onward) still widely adopted 3 Years till getting Real!
371: „Standing on the Shoulder of Giants“ JAX-RS / Jersey CDI Bean Validation Interceptors Facelets, Thymeleaf, Freemarker, Velocity Adds on Top Lightweight Top Layer Extension Points
DI Struts 2 Controllers as POJOs Coupling to Servlet API required Coupling to Servlet API supported Model Abstraction Spring MVC Yes No Yes Model Container, Return value Struts 2 Yes No Yes Controller Instance, Value Stack JSR 371 / Ozark Yes No Yes Scoped CDI Beans, Model Container
Spring DI Struts 2 Unit Testing Mocking Support Integration Test Framework Spring MVC Easy Easy Spring Test MVC Struts 2 Easy Easy Struts 2 Test Framework JSR 371 / Ozark Easy Easy No / presumably Jersey Test Framework
Layer on Top of well established Technologies Easy to extend Addresses most Common Needs Some Gaps and Glitches most can easily addressed by Implementations and Extensions some might be gone in the final Specifications