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Include Configuration
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A popular strategy is "divide and conquer". The framework lets you apply "divide and conquer" to configuration files using the `<include .../>` element.

Each included file must be in the same format as `struts.xml`, including the `DOCTYPE`. The include files can be placed anywhere on the classpath and should be referred to by that path by the "file" attribute.

In a large-team environment, the include files can be used to organize different modules of the application that are being developed by different team members.