> -----Original Message----- > From: Ted Husted [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 10:36 AM > To: Struts Developers List > Subject: RE: TilesServlet deleted > > > On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 21:10:53 -0700, Martin Cooper wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: David Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> IMO, commons is the wrong place for Tiles. > >> > > > > That was my initial reaction as well, so I went off to look at the > > Commons charter, and discovered that it doesn't actually preclude > > components like Tiles. > > Craig once mentioned the idea of a Web Applications Commons, > where we could share components like Tiles and Validator, and > whatever might come up for JavaServer faces. > > Another likely suspect might be Velocity Tools. This component > has utility outside of Velocity. I believe the Scriptable Actions > reinvents VelTools to an extent. > > Struts Velocity applications are also consumers of Tiles these > days, as well as the Validator as well. It wouldn't take much to > make these available to Velocity apps outside of Struts as well. > Along with JSF apps, of course. :) > > Bringing components like Chain, Resources, Tiles, Tools, and > Validator together might create some synergy. These are all > things that more than one web application framework (or just > plain application framework) might use.
I agree that bringing these things together might create some synergy, especially for folks building web application. However, we'd want to be careful about pigeon-holing these components, since most of the ones listed above are also useful outside of web applications. -- Martin Cooper > It could be another project, or just a grouping within Commons, > or even a Struts subproject, depending on who wanted to be > involved and how they felt about it. > > -Ted. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
