Jeff Schnitzer wrote: > I'm not just writing this to publicize a competing framework > (http://mav.sourceforge.net :-). I am beginning to wonder if maybe > there is some potential to merge it with the Struts codebase. It sounds > like Struts is being decoupled from JSP and generally moving in the > direction of a view-agnostic MVC framework. If a year ago I had > suggested making changes to the Struts config file format to accommodate > XSL, I think I would have been booed, but I'm not so sure anymore. Any > thoughts?
I think we are all onboard with view agnosticism now. Though, the Struts config file will accomodate any URI, and does not prefer JSPs in anyway whatsoever. Personally, I'm liking the model we're seeing in X2 and VelServlet, where other "helper" servlets are loaded to handle whatever presentation devices someone might use. I think what we are moving towards is exposing the Struts controller API as a standard object in the request that will be easy to use with any helper servlet or presentation system, including JSTL when it ships. Does this jive with where Maverick is going? The ActionMapping object is pluggable. Would extending that provide the support you need in the config to assist with the transformations? -- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY USA. -- Java Web Development with Struts. -- Tel +1 585 737-3463. -- Web http://www.husted.com/struts/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
