husted 2004/07/05 15:13:26
Modified: doc/faqs newbie.xml
doc/userGuide building_controller.xml
Log:
Routine updates.
Revision Changes Path
1.25 +21 -5 jakarta-struts/doc/faqs/newbie.xml
Index: newbie.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-struts/doc/faqs/newbie.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.24
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -r1.24 -r1.25
--- newbie.xml 1 Feb 2004 16:15:07 -0000 1.24
+++ newbie.xml 5 Jul 2004 22:13:25 -0000 1.25
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
</section>
-<section href="reload" name="Why was reload removed from Struts 1.1?">
+<section href="reload" name="Why was reload removed from Struts (since 1.1)?">
<p>
The problem with ReloadAction was that Struts was trying to act like a
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
</p>
<p>
-Meanwhile, as 1.1 was being developed, work progressed on things
+Meanwhile, as Struts 1.1 was being developed, work progressed on things
like Tomcat's reload command via the Manager webapp. This feature allows
you to quickly reload-on-demand, complete with saving and restoring your
session). It started to make even less sense for Struts to half-implement
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
but real improvement in performance for all users.
</p>
-<p>So, ReloadAction is not supported in 1.1 for two reasons:</p>
+<p>So, ReloadAction is not supported since Struts 1.1 for two reasons:</p>
<ul>
<li>
@@ -242,11 +242,16 @@
<li>module-relative: /myAction.do</li>
</ul>
+<p>
+ The Struts Examples application is a modular application that was assembled
from several
+ applications that were created independently.
+</p>
+
</section>
<section href="naming" name="Why are some of the class and element names
counter-intuitive?">
<p>
-The framework grew in the telling and as it evolved some of the names
+The framework grew in the telling and, as it evolved, some of the names
drifted.
</p>
<p>The good thing about a nightly build, is that everything becomes
@@ -291,6 +296,11 @@
Since the goal of struts is to enforce this separation, it just makes more sense
for Struts to own the ActionForm.
</p>
+<p>
+DynaActionForms relieve developers of maintaining simple ActionForms. For near
+zero maintenance, try Niall Pemberton's
+<a href="http://www.niallp.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/";>LazyActionForm</a>
+</p>
</section>
<section href="JavaBeans" name="Do ActionForms have to be true JavaBeans?">
@@ -299,7 +309,13 @@
the JavaBean patterns for mutators and accessors (get*,set*,is*). Since Struts uses
the Introspection API
with the ActionForms, some containers may require that all the JavaBean patterns be
followed, including
declaring "<code>implements Serializable</code>" for each subclass. The safest
thing is to review the
-<a href="../userGuide/preface.html#javabeans">JavaBean specification</a> and follow
all the prescribed patterns.</p>
+<a href="../userGuide/preface.html#javabeans">JavaBean specification</a> and follow
all the prescribed patterns.
+</p>
+<p>
+Since Struts 1.1, you can also use DynaActionForms and mapped-backed forms, which
are not true JavaBeans.
+For more see <a
href="../userGuide/building_controller.html#action_form_classes">ActionForm
classes</a> in the User Guide
+and <a href="#otherBeans">Using Hashmaps with ActionForms</a> in this FAQ.
+</p>
</section>
1.81 +6 -0 jakarta-struts/doc/userGuide/building_controller.xml
Index: building_controller.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-struts/doc/userGuide/building_controller.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.80 -r1.81
--- building_controller.xml 4 Jul 2004 23:58:28 -0000 1.80
+++ building_controller.xml 5 Jul 2004 22:13:26 -0000 1.81
@@ -611,6 +611,12 @@
String properties.
</p>
+ <p>
+ DynaActionForms relieve developers of maintaining simple ActionForms. For even
+ less maintenance, try Niall Pemberton's
+ <a href="http://www.niallp.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/";>LazyActionForm</a>.
+ </p>
+
</section>
<section name="4.3.2 Map-backed ActionForms" href="map_action_form_classes">
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