That should be:
public EmployeeDTO create(EmployeeDTO employee)
^^^^^^^^
Thinking and typing at the same time. ;-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dahnke, Eric (Company IT)
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 10:56 AM
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: RE: Searching pattern/best-practise for forms
>
>
>
> Look into the DAO pattern. Create, for example, an
> EmployeeDTO (transport object) and an EmployeeDAO class with
> create(EmployeeDTO employee), update(EmployeeDTO employee),
> delete(EmployeeDTO employee) and getById(...) - is also a
> crucial method in the DAO pattern.
>
> Here's the create method for example:
>
> public EmployeeDTO create(EmployeeDTO mailbox) {
> PreparedStatement stmt = null;
> try {
> this.conn = this.getDatabaseConnection("someString");
> String query = "INSERT " +
> "INTO employee " +
> "(company_id, first_name, last_name) " +
> "VALUES " +
> "(?, ?, ?) ";
> stmt = this.conn.prepareStatement(query);
> stmt.setInt(1, employee.getCompanyId().intValue());
> stmt.setString(2, employee.getFirstName());
> stmt.setString(3, employee.getLastName());
> stmt.execute();
>
> // get the last insert id (sequence)
> employee.setId(new Integer(this.getSequence()));
>
> } catch (Exception e) {
> e.printStackTrace();
> } finally {
> try {
> stmt.close();
> this.conn.close();
> } catch (SQLException e) {
> e.printStackTrace();
> }
> }
> return employee;
> }
>
> Then lookin into the DispatchAction class of struts, and
> you'll need the BeanUtils class to copy the properties from
> your ActionForm objects to your transport objects within your
> struts Actions.
>
> Stick to the pattern, avoid overly complex things like object
> caching and persistance unless/until you really need them.
>
> HTH - Eric
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alexander Czernay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 8:30 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Searching pattern/best-practise for forms
> >
> >
> > I'm searching for a pattern/best-practise for handling standard
> > data-manipulation forms (like list, create, edit, update, delete
> > functionality) in Struts. I've read about the CRUD
> > (create/read/update/delete) pattern many times, but
> couldn't find any
> > in-depth papers on it.
> >
> > Is there any recommended how-to/tutorial/paper on this?
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> > Alexander
> >
> >
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