Struts seems mediocre

The Struts front end framework was one of the first java web application tools to be published, and it enjoys wide popularity.

(Calling Struts an "application framework" is inaccurate. Struts assists the developer in building only the front end of an application. It does nothing for the model layer or the database layer.)

It can be argued with some force that Struts is a mediocre tool. Here are some reasons why.