>> feel free to create your own tagged values for JSF, tagged values are >> used for the platform specific extras that cannot be modeled in pure UML > > >You are right... However, some concept can be expressed the same way >without being completely platform specific. > >
agreed, there are cases like this, but what happens when you have a platform independent tagged value that is not supported for a specific platform ? anyway, if you have some concrete examples I can take a closer look >> can you let me know what bothers you in the activity diagrams ? I >> tried to make it as easy as possible for the end-user, nevertheless, I >> welcome any suggestions/improvements. > > >I believe that your goal is achieved. However for larger application, it >does not lead to easy reuse of the views (because the view is defined as >the argument to an action method). reuse of views only exists within the scope of a single use-case, IMHO this is a good practice, Struts Tiles is a better way to encourage reuse of views and this is directly supported by bpm4struts >From what I've seen, it does not support decision point. bpm4struts supports decision points, take a look at the animal quiz; or do you mean something else ? >It is also not possible to call another activity >diagram thru an Activity State (this is very usefull to allow for reuse >of flow and to break down complex flow). > > actually we do not call 'diagrams', but use-cases, bpm4struts is mostly use-case oriented AFAIK UML 1.4 does not support a nice way to model the flow between use-cases, in bpm4struts I tackled this issue by using the name of a final state to target the use-case (the name must match, and since you should not have different use-cases with the same name this should not be a problem) so in order to navigate through use-cases you use the final states, jumping from an action state directly to another use-case is like using 'goto' in Java: perhaps sometimes tempting, but not recommended >I'll try to do a simple model with how we did the activity diagram and >views and I will post it here so you can see it. > > okay, thanks >SeeU! > > > bye -- Wouter. >> Hi, >> >> I'm actually working on a project with Codagen to generate JSF >> code. While I cannot just port the Codagen template directly to >> AndroMDA (for obvious legal reasons), it still itch me to create a >> AndroMDA cartridge based on my experience. I'll probably give it a >> scratch soon (when I find some free time) while everything is >> still fresh in my memory. >> >> Unfortunately, the UML model annotations (tags) will probably be >> very different than the one used by the BPM4Struts cartridge (the >> tags used by that cartridge are a bit too linked with Struts and I >> don't really like how one has to create the activity diagrams for >> the cartridge to work). >> >> I know it's a bit vaporware for now, but the itching is very real ;-) >> >> >> Chad Brandon wrote: >> >>> There currently aren't any plans to write one, unless someone >>> volunteers. Would you like to? >>> >>> Chad >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> *From:* niksa_os <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> *Sent:* Monday, May 17, 2004 3:41 AM >>> *Subject:* [Andromda-user] Does/will AndroMDA support JSF - >>> Java Server Faces? >>> >>> Hi. >>> >>> Does/will AndroMDA support Java Server Faces, and if not when >>> it will add JSF cartridge? >>> >>> myFaces is open source JSF implementation >>> http://myfaces.sourceforge.net >>> >> > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ Introducing the New Netscape Internet Service. Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: SourceForge.net Broadband Sign-up now for SourceForge Broadband and get the fastest 6.0/768 connection for only $19.95/mo for the first 3 months! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=2562&alloc_id=6184&op=click _______________________________________________ Andromda-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/andromda-user
