On 7/11/05, Rick Reumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, yes they'd have to extend that in order to utilize your processing > in the ActionForm functionality. Bottom line is I think all you've done > is move where you do the processing... you moved it from the Actions to > the ActionForms. If you like this approach definitely check out > StrutsDialog. (Sorry Michael, not trying to oversimplify all that your > stuff does, I realize it's much more than processing in the ActionForm, > but if he's going to do this he might as well stand on the shoulders of > someone who has done all the work already:)
On 7/11/05, Schaub, Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I took a brief look, but I don't see how StrutsDialogs corresponds to what > I'm suggesting. It appears to maintain a separation of Action and ActionForm, > which I am proposing to combine. First of all, to get it over with, Struts Dialogs has plans to combine Action and ActionForm but it is not there yet :) Second, the concept of Struts Dialogs is different. Stephen wants to have one class -> one page relation. JSF or ASP.NET is the way to go in this case. My library DOES NOT maintain one-to-one relations of Java class to a page. Quite contrary, the whole idea is to serve *different* pages from *one* location. And, if no other hi-tech stuff like mod-rewrite is used, it means to serve different pages from one action. This is NOT what Stephen wants. On the other hand, Stephen, why do you want to have one class per page? Page is not what you load by browser. You load a resource, which can potentially generate many different pages. This is much more flexible. Even MS is adding Front Controller to ASP.NET 2.0, realising limitations of Page Controller architecture, which it uses in current ASP.NET 1.1 Think again, why exactly you want to address to a *page* istead of addressing to a *resource*. P.S. As Craig M. explained, one of the reasons of having one-to-one class->page relationship in JSF is the simplicity of this concept to [current and former] desktop app developers. But it does not necessarily mean that this concept is better, than Front Controller used in Struts. Michael. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
