Jquery with Struts

Question

Can we use a jquery function directly in struts like

$(document).ready(function(){
....................
...........
});

or do we have to follow the standard by using jquery.jar. I searched on google for an example and tutorial but couldn't find one.

Answer 1

You can use it as the way you want,though there is a plugin with Jquery and if you want to use that plugin, you need to add that jar in your class-path but if you want to use Jquery independently you can use that.

I have used this successfully is many projects.

Answer 2

Yes, you can directly use it, provided you have added the struts2-jQuery jar in your build-path and have used <sj:head /> tag in your JSP under HTML <head> tag.

<%@ taglib prefix="sj" uri="/struts-jquery-tags"%>

and the below code under head tag.

<head>
<title>MY TITLE</title>
<sj:head />
</head>

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

Here is an example. You can put this either in your .html or .jsp First you will need to import like in the code and then use the API.

<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("button").click(function(){
$("p").hide();
});
});
</script>
</head>

<body>
<h2>This is a heading</h2>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
<p>This is another paragraph.</p>
<button>Click me</button>
</body>
</html>