These are the notes for the Struts 2.3.1 distribution.

For prior notes in this release series, see Version Notes 2.2.3

• 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.

You can also use Struts Archetype Catalog like below

• The DTD has been updated to provide whitelisting of functions that can be called via Dynamic Method Invocation, via the <allowed-methods> tag inside <action>. (The method specified in the <action> tag is automatically whitelisted.) For example, the following XML allows methods foo, bar, and baz to be called via DMI:

• the Spring Dependencies were upgraded from version 2.5.6 to version 3.0.5.
• a new plugin to support CDI was added, to use CDI support inside your application add struts2-cdi-plugin.jar to your application WEB-INF/lib folder

Internal Changes

• New Portal 2 Plugin replaced the old one Portal Plugin
• OGNL was upgraded to version 3.0.2 to solve problem with running Struts 2 on JDK 5

Issue Detail

• JIRA Release Notes 2.3.1

Issue List

• Struts 2.3.1 DONE
• Struts 2.3.x TODO

Other resources

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