1. Download struts-2.0.14-all.zip and struts-2.0.14-backport.zip packages.
2. Extract these two file to struts-2.0.14 folder. After extract, the structure should be like below:
apps/
backport/
docs/
lib/
src/
3. Navigate to backport directory.
4. Run the following command to generate jdk1.4.2 jar package.
java -jar retrotranslator-transformer-1.2.2.jar -advanced -srcjar ../lib/struts2-spring-plugin-2.0.14.jar -destjar struts2-spring-plugin-j4-2.0.14.jar
java -jar retrotranslator-transformer-1.2.2.jar -advanced -srcjar ../lib/ognl-2.6.11.jar -destjar ognl-j4-2.6.11.jar
java -jar retrotranslator-transformer-1.2.2.jar -advanced -srcjar ../lib/freemarker-2.3.8.jar -destjar freemarker-j4-2.3.8.jar
5. Run the following to install jdk1.4.2 jar files to maven repository.
mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=org.apache.struts -DartifactId=struts2-core-j4 -Dversion=2.0.14 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=struts2-core-j4-2.0.14.jar -DgeneratePom=true
mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=org.apache.struts -DartifactId=struts2-spring-plugin-j4 -Dversion=2.0.14 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=struts2-spring-plugin-j4-2.0.14.jar -DgeneratePom=true
mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=com.opensymphony -DartifactId=xwork-j4 -Dversion=2.0.7 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=xwork-j4-2.0.7.jar -DgeneratePom=true
mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=ognl -DartifactId=ognl-j4 -Dversion=2.6.11 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=ognl-j4-2.6.11.jar -DgeneratePom=true
mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=org.freemarker -DartifactId=freemarker-j4 -Dversion=2.3.8 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=freemarker-j4-2.3.8.jar -DgeneratePom=true
6. Add the following configuration in project pom.xml file.
7. Run "mvn package" to compile project or "mvn jetty:run" to start project.