These are the notes for the Struts 2.1.8 distribution.

For prior notes in this release series, see Release Notes 2.1.6

• If you are a Maven user, you might want to get started using the Maven Archetype.
• Another quick-start entry point is the blank application. Rename and deploy the WAR as a starting point for your own development.

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
  <artifactId>struts2-core</artifactId>
  <version>2.1.8</version>
</dependency>

<repositories>
  <repository>
    <id>apache.snapshots</id>
    <name>ASF Maven 2 Snapshot</name>
    <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository</url>
  </repository>
</repositories>

Backward compatibility issues with prior development release

• The bean named-variable was renamed to namedVariable ww-3092
• If the @Result annotation is marked at the method level, it will override class-level @Result annotations ww-3043
• The @ParentPackage annotation can now be inherited ww-3162
• The DefaultActionMapper now honors the dynamic method invocation configuration value as well as using the newer camelCase naming conventions for its shortcuts (redirectAction: instead of redirect-action:) ww-3129

New Features and Plugins

• Struts now has a JSON plugin to support a JSON result type
• Struts has an embeddedjsp plugin for compiling JSPs possibly packaged within a jar
• The Struts 2 Spring plugin now supports spring's reloading class loader
• Struts now supports a full-featured OSGi Plugin osgi plugin

Issue Detail

• JIRA Release Notes 2.1.8

Issue List

• Struts 2.1.8 DONE
• Struts 2.1.9 TODO

Other resources

• Commit Logs (Struts 1 and Struts 2)
• Source Code Repository (includes change browsing)