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        <title>Struts Release Notes (Version 1.0.1)</title>
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        <section name="Introduction" href="Introduction">

            <p>This document contains the release notes for
                <strong>Version 1.0.1</strong>
                of the Struts Framework,
                and covers changes that have taken place since
                <a href="release-notes-1_0.html">Version 1.0</a>
                was released. The following sections cover
                <a href="#New">New Features</a>
                and
                <a href="#Changes">Changes</a>
                to Struts.
            </p>

            <p>This version covers bug-fixes only; no new functionality.</p>

        </section>


        <section name="What's Included?" href="Included">

            <p>The binary distribution of this release includes the following
                files relevant to Struts 1.0.1:</p>
            <ul>
                <li>
                    <code>INSTALL</code>
                    - Brief installation instructions. See
                    the
                    <code>Struts Documentation Application</code>
                    , or online at
                    <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/">
                        http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/</a>
                    for more information.
                </li>
                <li>
                    <code>LICENSE</code>
                    - The Apache Software Foundation license that
                    defines the terms under which you can use Struts (and
                    other software
                    licensed by Apache).
                </li>
                <li>
                    <code>README</code>
                    - A brief introduction to Struts.
                </li>
                <li>
                    <code>lib/</code>
                    - Directory containing files you will need in
                    your own applications. The individual files of interest
                    are:
                    <ul>
                        <li>
                            <code>struts.jar</code>
                            - JAR file that contains the compiled
                            Java classes for version 1.0 of Struts. You must
                            place this file in the
                            <code>/WEB-INF/lib</code>
                            directory of
                            your web application.
                        </li>
                        <li>
                            <code>struts-xxxxx.tld</code>
                            - The tag library descriptor files
                            for the Struts 1.0.1 tag libraries (bean, html,
                            logic, and
                            template). You must place these files in the
                            <code>/WEB-INF</code>
                            directory of your web application, and reference
                            them with
                            appropriate
                            <code>&lt;taglib&gt;</code>
                            directives in your
                            web.xml file.
                        </li>
                        <li>
                            <code>jdbc2_0-stdext.jar</code>
                            - The JDBC 2.0 Optional Package
                            API classes (package
                            <code>javax.sql</code>
                            ). You will need to
                            include this file in the
                            <code>/WEB-INF/lib</code>
                            directory
                            of your application, if it is not already made
                            visible to web
                            applications by your servlet container.
                        </li>
                        <li>
                            <code>struts-config_1_0.dtd</code>
                            - The document type descriptor
                            (DTD) for the Struts configuration file (which is
                            typically named
                            <code>/WEB-INF/struts-config.xml</code>
                            . Your configuration file
                            will be validated against an internal copy of this
                            DTD -- this
                            copy is available for reference purposes only.
                        </li>
                        <li>
                            <code>web-app_2_2.dtd</code>
                            - The document type descriptor (DTD)
                            for web.xml files conforming to the Servlet 2.2
                            specification.
                            This copy is for reference purposes only.
                        </li>
                        <li>
                            <code>web-app_2_3.dtd</code>
                            - The document type descriptor (DTD)
                            for web.xml files conforming to the Servlet 2.3
                            specification.
                            This copy is for reference purposes only.
                        </li>
                    </ul>
                </li>
                <li>
                    <code>webapps/</code>
                    - Web Application Archive (WAR) files for the
                    web applications that are included with Struts.
                </li>
            </ul>

            <p>The struts 0.5 milestone API release is no longer supported,
                and has been removed as of Struts 1.1.</p>

        </section>


        <section name="What's New?" href="New">


            <p>The following new features have been added to the basic
                controller
                framework (package
                <code>org.apache.struts.action</code>
                ):
            </p>

            <p>The following new features have been added to the utility
                classes
                (package
                <code>org.apache.struts.util</code>
                ):
            </p>
            <ul>
                <li>LocalStrings: Correct message regarding replaceable
                    parameter so that it does not append an extraneous
                    character.</li>
                <li>MessageResources: Escape any single quote characters that
                    are included in the specified message string.</li>
                <li>Allow a transaction token to be the only parameter in
                    computeParameters().</li>
                <li>Change RequestUtils to encode ampersands when building a
                    query string.</li>
            </ul>

            <p>The following new features have been added to the
                <em>struts-html</em>
                custom tag library (package
                <code>org.apache.struts.taglib.html</code>
                ):
            </p>

            <p>The following new features have been added to the
                <em>struts-logic</em>
                custom tag library (package
                <code>org.apache.struts.taglib.logic</code>
                ):
            </p>

            <p>The following new features have been added to the
                <em>struts-template</em>
                custom tag library (package
                <code>org.apache.struts.taglib.template</code>
                ):
            </p>

            <p>The following new features have been added to the Struts
                Documentation
                application (and corresponding contents on the Struts web
                site):</p>

        </section>


        <section name="Changes and Bug Fixes" href="Changes">

            <p>The following changes and bug fixes have occurred in the
                configuration
                files related to Struts:</p>

            <p>The following changes and bug fixes have occurred in the basic
                controller framework (package
                <code>org.apache.struts.action</code>
                ):
            </p>
            <ul>
                <li>Modify ActionForm class to use ActionServletWrapper rather
                    than expose ActionServlet.</li>
                <li>Add ActionServletWrapper class. Used by ActionForm to
                    prevent the Public String properties of ActionServlet from
                    being changed via a query string.</li>
                <li>Unconditionally pass the selected mapping as a request
                    attribute under key Action.MAPPING_KEY, even if no form
                    bean is specified.</li>
                <li>Avoid a NullPointerException in corner cases caused by
                    failed initialization of ActionServlet.</li>
            </ul>

            <p>The following changes and bug fixes have occurred in the file
                upload
                package (package
                <code>org.apache.struts.upload</code>
                ):
            </p>
            <ul>
                <li>Fixed lost byte problem in
                    BufferedMultipartInputStream</li>
                <li>Fixed ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException situations</li>
                <li>Better reporting for premature closing of input streams
                    while reading multipart requests.</li>
                <li>Additional fix for file corruption problem with uploads
                    and new line characters.</li>
            </ul>

            <p>The following changes and bug fixes have occurred in the
                utilities
                (package
                <code>org.apache.struts.util</code>
                ):
            </p>
            <ul>
                <li>Modify RequestUtils class to use ActionServletWrapper
                    rather than expose ActionServlet.</li>
                <li>
                    <code>ConvertUtils.convertCharacter()</code>
                    will now detect empty strings and return the default
                    value.
                </li>
            </ul>

            <p>The following changes and bug fixes have occurred in the
                <em>struts-bean</em>
                custom tag library (package
                <code>org.apache.struts.taglib.bean</code>
                ):
            </p>
            <ul>
                <li>Correct the generated scripting variable type when the
                    &lt;bean:cookie&gt;, &lt;bean:header&gt;, or &lt;bean:parameter&gt;
                    tag is used with the "multiple" attribute.</li>
            </ul>

            <p>The following changes and bug fixes have occurred in the
                <em>struts-html</em>
                custom tag library (package
                <code>org.apache.struts.taglib.html</code>
                ):
            </p>
            <ul>
                <li>Fixed FormTag to exclude query string when identifying
                    action mapping name.</li>
                <li>Correct MultiboxTagdoAfterBody() to return SKIP_BODY
                    instead of SKIP_PAGE.</li>
                <li>Added the 'align' attribute to the &lt;html:image&gt;
                    tag.</li>
                <li>On the Options tag, if the property specified by the
                    "property" attribute returns null, it now throws an error
                    message that indicates what the real problem is, rather
                    than causing an NPE.</li>
                <li>Added 'style' and 'styleClass' attributes for &lt;html:option&gt;
                    and &lt;html:options&gt; tags.</li>
                <li>Correctly URLEncode the query string parameter value on
                    ImgTag, even if there is only a single parameter.</li>
            </ul>


            <p>The following changes and bug fixes have occurred in the
                <em>struts-logic</em>
                custom tag library (package
                <code>org.apache.struts.taglib.logic</code>
                ):
            </p>
            <ul>
                <li>The
                    <code>&lt;html:errors&gt;</code>
                    when the property tag is
                    specified, errors are no longer printed if the specified
                    property
                    has no errors. Previously errors were always printed!
                    Future
                    enhancements would include additional attributes to always
                    turn
                    off the header or footer.
                </li>
            </ul>

            <p>The following changes and bug fixes to the Struts Documentation
                application (and corresponding contents on the Struts web
                site) have
                occurred:</p>
            <ul>
                <li>Add installation notes for Jetty.</li>
                <li>In the Tag Developers Guide, add more detail regarding
                    file upload requirements.</li>
                <li>In the Introduction, added references to basic background
                    material.</li>
                <li>In Building View Components, clarify that additional i18n
                    support may be provided by the browser, and is outside the
                    scope of the framework.</li>
                <li>In Building Controller Components, document 'validating'
                    init-param, add defaults for various parameters, clarify
                    that some web.xml settings are not Struts-specific.</li>
                <li>Correct the example page in the User's Guide (Building
                    View Components) to reflect current practice.</li>
                <li>Revised installation instructions for SilverStream and
                    Resin.</li>
            </ul>

            <p>The following changes and bug fixes to the Struts Example
                Application
                have occurred:</p>
            <ul>
                <li>Remove references to saving database data from "tour"
                    document, since this functionality was removed.</li>
            </ul>

            <p>The following changes and bug fixes to the Struts Template
                Example
                Application have occurred:</p>


            <p>The following changes and bug fixes to the Struts Exercise
                Taglib Example
                Application have occurred:</p>
            <ul>
                <li>Added test case for &lt;html:select> using &lt;html:options>
                    based on a collection
                    saved in the page context.</li>
            </ul>

        </section>


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