Yeah, this seems like something's that unavoidable with the
progression of Struts -- some of our APIs may change because they
change some.

 Good luck with the upgrade.

Eddie



On 10/2/06, Rich Feit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This seems ok to me (and it does seem like the right thing to upgrade).
We'd just want to release-note it so that anyone who's overridden
processValidate() (struts-merge) will know what to expect upon recompile.

Rich

Carlin Rogers wrote:
> Looking at BEEHIVE-1128, the upgrade to use Struts 1.2.9 from 1.2.7
> includes a Struts API change. Version 1.2.9 includes a security fix
> for the Struts <html:cancel> tag and validation (Struts bug 38374)
> where the signature of the Struts RequestProcessor method
> processValidate() has changed. It now includes another checked
> exception in the throws clause, InvalidCancelException. It is a new
> exception, added to 1.2.9 for the fix to the Struts bug.
>
> The Beehive NetUI class, PageFlowRequestProcessor, extends the Struts
> RequestProcessor class and overrides the processValidate() method. For
> the Struts upgrade, the NetUI upgrade PageFlowRequestProcessor would
> get the same signature change. From what I understand, this should not
> be cause a binary compatibility issue. The throws clauses are only
> checked at compile time. See the Java language spec...
>
> 
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/binaryComp.doc.html#45262
>
>
> The only jar to change in the upgrade is the struts.jar. The commons
> validator, etc. are still the same.
>
> Does anyone have an issue or suggestion before going forward with the
> upgrade to Struts 1.2.9?
>
> Thanks,
> Carlin
>

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