Thanks Guys. Being new to Struts is the only issue I have right now and this is the reason I am not able to use my own ideas to the fuller. Your suggestions have helped a lot.
Baran newton.dave wrote: > > mitch gorman wrote: >> Baran wrote: >>> This is about implementing reusability in the actions. I am struggling >>> to >>> identify the ways how we can share some comming functionality between >>> different actions. Lets say I got a list of users i need to use as a >>> combobox list at multiple pages. Right now I have to push the code in >>> every >>> action I need that list displayed for. >>> >>> any idea if I can use that list at multiple places without repeating the >>> code. I guess we need to have it static, but not sure how we can use a >>> list >>> as an static element >> >> it's a matter of reorganizing your Java classes. extract all the >> code that's common to all your user-related classes into a class called >> UserActionSupport, and then have all those user-related classes extend >> from UserActionSupport. > > For another option, consider moving that kind of code into service > objects. I'm not convinced the implementation of that behavior belongs > in the action class unless it's *very* tightly-focused and never used > anywhere else. > > There are various mechanisms that allow us to pull common code into our > actions without inheritance (think DI/IoC). Using them keeps our action > class hierarchy thin and light. > > Putting the code into our actions proper *could* lead to a heavier > action hierarchy than necessary, where we'd use only a small portion of > the functionality at any given time. > > A combination of the two, where we split the app into areas of > functionality, create base classes for each that pull in required > services, and add additional services in sub-classes only when we need > to, may be the most flexible. > > Dave > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Struts-access-static-list-tp23018571p23032982.html Sent from the Struts - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
