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What is SiteMesh?

SiteMesh is a lightweight and flexible Java web application framework that applies the Gang of Four decorator pattern to allow a clean separation of content from presentation.

Imagine working with only the simple content of your website and having the complex presentation code applied (decorated) just before delivery to the browser.

• SiteMesh is easy to learn. 5 minutes to setup, and 10 minutes to start being useful.
• SiteMesh is integrates quickly starting with just 4 files.
• At the same time, SiteMesh has many advanced features and works with popular frameworks such as Spring and Struts.

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SiteMesh uses Filters introduced since Java Servlet version 2.3.

• SiteMesh intercepts requests to any static or dynamically generated HTML page requested through the web-server, processes the content and then merges it with one or more decorators to build the final result.
• SiteMesh can also be used compose large pages of smaller pages and layouts.
• SiteMesh can be used in Java based web-applications, or applied to content as an offline job.

For a good overview, see Mike Cannon-Brookes' PowerPoint presented at the Vegas Server Side Symposium.

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Download SiteMesh 2.4.2, a stable, rock solid and Production proven release or check out SiteMesh 3 Alpha.