Craig Burrows

Hi guys,

I am new to struts 2, I have a few simple queries whose solution can't seem to be found using a search engine.

1. Servlets
Are servlets usefull at all when implementing struts 2? It seems that everything can be performed with action classes and interceptors, so I assume a project implementing struts 2 would never use servlets (or filters)?

2. User authorisation.
With struts 2 is it standard practice to use j_security when implementing secure pages, or to use a custom made authorisation interceptor? (Assuming you are using no other framework for security).