Struts Recipes is a detailed collection of useful strategies to help developers and architects solve real-life Struts business problems. The book is filled with 'tried and true' techniques, complete with detailed code listings, designed to save the reader time and money by jumping straight to the answer. In addition to a solution, each recipe clearly defines the business problem, provides the reader with the necessary background to understand the recipe, and discusses the implications of using the solution. The book highlights many little known 'gotchas' and is peppered with valuable best practices to ensure your applications are secure, robust and maintainable. Struts Recipes is directly aimed at the developer or architect who already understands the basics of Struts. If you are faced with projects that you need instant answers for, the book contains recipes for every layer of the Model View Controller (2) Design Pattern. There are detailed descriptions and real world examples of how to use Basic and Extended Tag Libraries (including Struts-Layout), Using Ant with Struts, Validation, Security and Complex Problem Solving. All of these recipes have been used and implemented in Enterprise-Level applications, and can be used with confidence.