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(tick) These are the notes for the Struts 2.5 distribution.

(tick) For prior notes in this release series, see Version Notes 2.3.24

  • If you are a Maven user, you might want to get started using the Maven Archetype.
Maven Dependency
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
  <artifactId>struts2-core</artifactId>
  <version>2.5</version>
</dependency>

You can also use Struts Archetype Catalog like below

Struts Archetype Catalog
mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=http://struts.apache.org/
Staging Repository
<repositories>
  <repository>
    <id>apache.nexus</id>
    <name>ASF Nexus Staging</name>
    <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/</url>
  </repository>
</repositories>

Internal Changes

  • XWork source was merged into Struts Core source, it means that there be no more xwork artifact nor dedicated jar
  • OGNL was upgraded to version 3.0.11 and it breaks access to properties as it follows Java Bean Specification, see WW-4207 and WW-3909
  • Spring dependency for tests and spring plugin was upgraded to version 4.1.6, see WW-4510.
  • Struts2 internal logging api was marked as deprecated and was replaced with new Log4j2 api as logging layer, see WW-4504.
  • Struts2 is now build with JDK7, see WW-4503.
  • New plugin to support bean validation is now part of the distribution, see WW-4505.
  • Deprecated plugins are now removed from the distribution and are not longer supported anymore.
    • Dojo Plugin
    • Codebehind Plugin
    • JSF Plugin
    • Struts1 Plugin

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