> Since you have not responded, Martin, I will assume for the moment that > you agree with the foregoing.
Michael, now why would you think that Michael? Is this your policy when participating in a public forum Michael? Did it ever occur to you that some people, Michael, are just tired of corresponding with you Michael? -- James Mitchell Software Engineer / Open Source Evangelist EdgeTech, Inc. 678.910.8017 AIM: jmitchtx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael McGrady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 5:19 PM Subject: Re: File Upload > Michael McGrady wrote: > > > Martin Cooper wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 00:01:14 -0700, Michael McGrady > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Hello, Martin, > >>> > >>> What I am saying is very simple, and I am not sure what is the > >>> difficulty. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> As I've said, you are absolutely free to handle file uploads > >>>> however you want. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> The whole point is that this is not the case. > >>> > >> > >> > >> Wrong. You can do any of the following: > >> > >> 1) Disable Struts file upload handling completely. > >> 2) Implement the interface your own way. > >> 3) Use what's there. > >> > >> What other choice do you need? How does (1) above "tie people to using > >> a specific way of dealing with file uploads"? > >> > >> -- > >> Martin Cooper > >> > >> > > > > Martin, > > > > Now we are getting somewhere. I think. How do you do 1) consistent > > with using ActionForm? If I can do that, then I am happy as a clam. > > I don't think 1) does tie us up, if we can still use ActionForm. Tell > > me more. > > > > Michael McGrady > > > Since you have not responded, Martin, I will assume for the moment that > you agree with the foregoing. Anyway, I have decided that sticking with > the ActionForm so slavishly is probably not a good idea here. You may > have been thinking that as well. Were you? > > > I can build a special bean for the multipart situation rather than use > ActionForm without too much damage. I do think that my reasons for > doing so are sound. > > > Essentially I want to build a facade Upload.java which allow me to > garner sophisticated upload capabilities involving all the sorts of > options people want available and then to easily tie that to a taglib. > Commons upload is a great underlying mechanism for doing this, and so is > cos, although I like commons better. I just have not found Struts > uploader to give the flexibility and extensibility needed, among other > things. > > > No reflection on the code. Just not the ticket for something more > sophisticated is all. Different strokes for different folks. That is > why I suggested the team might want to decouple that particular > interface from the framework and leave ActionForm available not only to > this idea but also to competing ideas, more like the logging mechanism. > > > Michael > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
