一、简介
Struts-Menu是一组从基于XML的配置文件中生成多种样式的菜单的JSP Tags，并且可以结合API开发通过数据库生成的动态菜单。Struts-Menu支持国际化和多种权限控制。
二、运行环境
Windows 2000 Professional
JDK 1.4.2_03
Eclipse 3.1
Tomcat 5.0.28
Tomcat Plugin 3.1Beta
Struts 1.2.7
Commons-Lang 2.1
Commons-Collections 3.1
Struts-Menu 2.3
MySQL 4.1.10a-nt
三、下载与安装
1：从http://java.sun.com下载J2SDK，当前1.4.x系列的最新版本为1.4.2_08
2：从http://www.eclipse.org下载Eclipse，当前最新版本为3.1正式版
3：从http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat下载Tomcat，当前5.x系列的最新版本为5.0.28
4：从http://www.sysdeo.com/eclipse/tomcatplugin下载Eclipse的Tomcat插件，对应Eclipse3.1x的最新版本为3.1Beta
5：从http://struts.apache.org下载Struts，当前最新版本为1.2.7
6：从http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/下载Commons-Lang，当前最新版本为2.1，下载Commons-Collections，当前最新版本为3.1
7：从http://struts-menu.sourceforge.net下载Struts Menu，当前最新版本为2.3
8：从http://www.mysql.com下载MySQL数据库，4.x系列的最新版本是4.1.12a
9：MySQL、JDK、Eclipse、Tomcat和TomcatPlugin的安装及配置请参考相关资料
四、运行示例程序
1：安装好Tomcat后，解压缩struts-menu-2.3.zip，将struts-menu.war释放到Tomcat安装目录下的webapps下，运行Tomcat
2：在地址栏输入http://localhost:8080/struts-menu
五、安装与配置
1：在Eclipse中新建Tomcat项目，Context为/mymenu，Subdirectory为/web
2：在项目目录下面新建lib目录和web目录及WEB-INF，在web/WEB-INF目录下新建web.xml，内容如下：
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE web-app
PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
"http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd">
<web-app>
<display-name>My Example Application -- Vinton Lee</display-name>
<!-- ============= The Struts ActionServlet Configuration ============= -->
<servlet>
<servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>config</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/struts-config.xml</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<!-- ================================================================== -->
<!-- ============= The Struts Action Servlet Mapping ================== -->
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<!-- ================================================================== -->
<!-- The Welcome File List -->
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
<!-- =============== The Struts Taglib Definition ===================== -->
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>struts-bean</taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>struts-html</taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>struts-logic</taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>struts-nested</taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-nested.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>struts-tiles</taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-tiles.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
<!-- ================================================================== -->
<!-- ============= The Struts-Menu Taglib Definition ================== -->
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>struts-menu</taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-menu.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
<!-- ================================================================== -->
</web-app>
3：解压缩struts-1.2.7.zip，将压缩包中的lib目录下所有的8个jar释放到lib目录中，将5个tld文件释放到web\WEB-INF目录中，在web\WEB-INF目录中新建struts-config.xml，内容如下：
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC
"-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 1.2//EN"
"http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-config_1_2.dtd">
<struts-config>
<!-- ========== Data Source Configuration =============================== -->
<data-sources />
<!-- ========== Form Bean Definitions =================================== -->
<form-beans />
<!-- ========== Global Exception Definitions ============================ -->
<global-exceptions />
<!-- ========== Global Forward Definitions ============================== -->
<global-forwards />
<!-- ========== Action Mapping Definitions ============================== -->
<action-mappings />
<!-- ========== Controller Configuration ================================ -->
<!-- ========== Message Resources Definitions =========================== -->
<message-resources parameter="application" />
<!-- ========== Plug Ins Configuration ================================== -->
<plug-in className="net.sf.navigator.menu.MenuPlugIn">
<set-property property="menuConfig" value="/WEB-INF/menu-config.xml"/>
</plug-in>
</struts-config>