WEB.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<!DOCTYPE web-app

  PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.2//EN"

  "http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2_2.dtd">

<web-app>

       <display-name>Struts Tiles Documentation</display-name>

       <!-- Action Servlet Configuration -->

       <servlet>

       <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>

       <!-- Specify servlet class to use:

       - Struts1.0.x: ActionComponentServlet

       - Struts1.1: ActionServlet

       - no Struts: TilesServlet

       -->

       <servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class>

       <!-- Tiles Servlet parameter

       Specify configuration file names. There can be several comma

       separated file names

       <init-param>

       <param-name>definitions-config</param-name>

       <param-value>/WEB-INF/tiles-defs.xml</param-value>

       </init-param>

       -->

       <!-- Tiles Servlet parameter

       Specify Tiles debug level.

       O : no debug information

       1 : debug information

       2 : more debug information

       -->

       <init-param>

       <param-name>definitions-debug</param-name>

       <param-value>1</param-value>

       </init-param>

       <!-- Tiles Servlet parameter

       Specify Digester debug level. This value is passed to Digester

       O : no debug information

       1 : debug information

       2 : more debug information

       -->

       <init-param>

       <param-name>definitions-parser-details</param-name>

       <param-value>0</param-value>

       </init-param>

       <!-- Tiles Servlet parameter

       Specify if xml parser should validate the Tiles configuration file.

       true : validate. DTD should be specified in file header.

       false : no validation

       -->

       <init-param>

       <param-name>definitions-parser-validate</param-name>

       <param-value>true</param-value>

       </init-param>

       <!-- Struts configuration, if Struts is used -->

       <init-param>

       <param-name>config</param-name>

       <param-value>/WEB-INF/struts-config.xml</param-value>

       </init-param>

       <init-param>

       <param-name>validate</param-name>

       <param-value>true</param-value>

       </init-param>

       <init-param>

       <param-name>debug</param-name>

       <param-value>2</param-value>

       </init-param>

       <init-param>

       <param-name>detail</param-name>

       <param-value>2</param-value>

       </init-param> 

       <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>

       </servlet>

  <!-- Action Servlet Mapping -->

  <servlet-mapping>

    <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>

    <url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>

  </servlet-mapping>

  <!-- The Welcome File List -->

  <welcome-file-list>

    <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>

  </welcome-file-list>

  <!-- Struts Tag Library Descriptor -->

  <taglib>

    <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-tiles.tld</taglib-uri>

    <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-tiles.tld</taglib-location>

  </taglib>

  <!-- Template Tag Library Descriptor -->

  <taglib>

    <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-template.tld</taglib-uri>

    <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-template.tld</taglib-location>

  </taglib>

</web-app>

struts-config.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>

<!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC

 "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 1.1//EN"

 "http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/struts-config_1_1.dtd">

<struts-config>

<action-mappings>

  <!-- Language Selection Action -->

</action-mappings>

 <plug-in className="org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesPlugin" >

    <set-property property="definitions-config"

                        value="/WEB-INF/tiles-defs.xml" />

    <set-property property="moduleAware" value="true" />

  </plug-in>

 </struts-config>

tiles-defs.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>

 <!DOCTYPE tiles-definitions PUBLIC

       "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Tiles Configuration 1.1//EN"

       "http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/tiles-config_1_1.dtd">

<tiles-definitions>

 <definition name="test.action.test1" path="/layout/classicLayout.jsp" >

  <put name="header" value="/common/header.htm" />

  <put name="menubar"   value="/common/header.htm" />

  <put name="sidebar"   value="/common/sidebar.htm" />

  <put name="content"   value="/common/content.htm" />

  <put name="footer"   value="/common/footer.htm" />

</definition>

<definition name="portal.page" extends="test.action.test1">

<put name="sidebar" value="/common/footer.htm" />

<put name="body" value="portal.body" />

</definition>

</tiles-definitions>

tailIndex.jsp:

<%@ page language="java" %>

<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-tiles.tld" prefix="tiles" %>

<tiles:insert definition="test.action.test1" flush="true" />