Compare Sun Blueprints vs Jakarta Struts

Question

I currently use Sun Blueprints for my projects, following the Petstore application.
But I never use Struts.
So, I'd like to know what is the different between them?
Which is the mostly use in the market?

Answer 1

I would answer this question by asking another question. What is the difference between plain and spicy food?
The answer lies in the taste and some improvements to your palate. I can and am trying to realte the same to the Sun Blue Prints and Struts.
Sun Blue Prints are the base for developing and nurturing your applications using the best practices and industry standards being developed/suggested by the Gurus working at SUN.
Struts on the other hand is the next step to MVC architecture(another blue print from SUN) eveloved over time with some new features added to it to make the development easier with a differnt paradigm all together.
As for the question, what is used more in the industry, SUN blueprints are used invariably everywhere whether you use Struts or not. I have come across many companies and friends using Struts as the new framework for developing J2EE applications.
I guess this is the next step in evolution of J2EE applications. But all said and done, the business needs, budgets, time and resources are some of the factors to keep in mind before jumping on to the bandwagon of using struts for applications which can be developed easily and at a relatively lower cost by using plain Blue Prints from SUN without any gizmos on to it.
Hope i was able to answer some of the queries and concerns.
Thanks