Can anyone post or point me in the direction of a clear example of a from scratch implementation of Model 2 architecture?
Below is a detailed descri
Maybe Struts 1 (with tiles) would be easier to grok than Spring, if you want to see how MVC works in a Java web application. Ignoring all the Struts tags, you end up with Actions (which are called by the Struts servlet), JSPs and a configuration file or two to tie them together. Lots of information online.
I would download Spring and check out some Spring examples too. Also take a look at this tutorial
I like Bear Bibeault's article from a few years ago. High level explanation, but very clear.
This is his implementation of an MVC "framework". I learned a lot by going through it:
Bear Bibeault's Frontman
Try the Sun Java petstore:
http://java.sun.com/developer/releases/petstore/
Or an older version:
http://java.sun.com/developer/releases/petstore/petstore1_3_1_02.html