Rather than writing actions in an xsp, I write actions
in Cocoon way, in pure .java files.
I found this approach is easier and more reusable;
and the source has provided sufficient example actions
that we can learn from. An alternative to Cocoon
action could be logicsheets which I found somewhat
encapulating but with a steeper learning curve. (you
have to be familiar with XSL and mix it with Java
code)
One disadvantage I could think of about actions is
once an action (either in jar or in classes) is
modified, I have to restart the servlet engine for
reload.
--- Litrik De Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For my project I have used XSP to write actions.
>
> Advantages:
> - The is no need to do manual compiles. Cocoon will
> compile it when the
> source has changed.
> - The XSP can be stored in a location relative to a
> subsitemap instead of
> the WEB-INF directory.
>
> It took me a while to figure out how to do it
> (almost no documentation and
> only a few entires in the mailing list archive).
>
> If you need some help, let me know and I'll post a
> summary.
>
> Litrik De Roy
> www.litrik.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Geoff Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 12:51 AM
> Subject: RE: Making a new Action
>
>
> >
> > > Actions are java code which i write seperatly
> from everything else.
> >
> > right.
> >
> > > Do i save this file as a.java or .jsp?
> >
> > .java, and then you compile it.
> >
> > > What directories do i have to place in into in
> order for it to properly
> > compile
> >
> > you can compile it from anywhere, but you need
> your classpath set up to
> > include anything mentioned in your .java file.
> >
> > > and for the sitemap to see it?
> >
> > after it's compiled, place it in WEB-INF/classes
> (if you've used a package
> > declaration, remember to duplicate the directory
> structure of the
> package).
> > Alternatively you can jar it up with any other
> classes you create and
> place
> > it in WEB-INF/lib
> >
> > > Does this compiling happen automatically or do i
> have to do it manually?
> >
> > manually.
> >
> > Hope that helps,
> > Geoff Howard
> >
>
>
>
>
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