Ulrich Mayring wrote:
>
> Berin Loritsch wrote:
> >
> > That is a problem inherent in JSP, ASP, and ColdFusion. Each has their own
>proprietary
> > way of handling logic. XSP is the first "scripting" language that allows you to
> > use logicsheets defined in other languages--but any time you use the <xsp:logic/>
>tag,
> > you lose portability accross languages.
>
> Well, I don't need the <xsp:logic/> element, I can define my own custom
> taglibs. Then I can give the XML file to someone else and he can
> implement my custom tags using his personal framework. He can implement
> it in PHP, JSP or whatever else he fancies.
>
> > Also, XSP is only used in AxKit and Cocoon at this time. You are still fairly
>limited
> > in your frameworks you can choose.
>
> Yeah, but how many JSP frameworks are out there? How many PHP
> frameworks? I don't think the situation with XSP is particularly bad
> compared to other projects. The difference is that XSP provides a
> generic XML interface.
>
> > Lastly, you can set up Actions that respond to an XML document. Check out the
>action
> > with the longest name: AbstractComplimentaryConfigurableAction. It provides a
>mechanism
> > for you to specify a run-time Configuration setup (i.e. an XML file you specify as
>a
> > parameter). It loads and caches the XML in the form of an Avalon Configuration
>object.
>
> If I understand this correctly, the Avalon Configuration object is kind
> of a simplified XML structure without deeper nesting, right?
It can fully represent an XML structure, but it ignores namespaces and you
cannot traverse UP the hierarchy--only down. This is by design, so that
Components that create Components can pass a reference to a child Configuration
and the child Component cannot get information about the parent Component.
It's the Inversion of Control principle.
The XML can be however deep you need it--and have attributes as well.
> > Your action can now do very dynamic things and the XML representation of the logic
> > is in a portable XML file.
>
> This sounds interesting. If it works and is easy to use, it's
> undoubtedly better than XSP redirects. I'll try it when I have a few
> weeks :)
Sounds good ;)
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