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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.

Maven Dependency

    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
      <artifactId>struts2-core</artifactId>
      <version>2.3.1</version>
    </dependency>

You can also use Struts Archetype Catalog like below

Struts Archetype Catalog

    mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=http://struts.apache.org/2.3.1/

Staging Repository

    <repositories>
      <repository>
        <id>apache.nexus</id>
        <name>ASF Nexus Staging</name>
        <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/</url>
      </repository>
    </repositories>

- 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:

      <action name="..." method="foo">
        <result ... />
        <allowed-methods>bar,baz</allowed-methods>
      </action>

- 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)