+42 I cannot imagine the problem with using an interface. I would, really, like to see what they are.
Jack On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 21:29:56 +0100, Manfred Wolff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ted Husted wrote: > > >(Of course, you can do this now, just by using a standard Action to > >call an Execute method on your subclass of ActionForm.) > > > > > > > I don't know the exactly english word: Iwill taper a bit (zu deutsch > zuspitzen :-) > > Most of real struts project do such things. They extend the Action to a > MyBaseAction and then they are in a trap: The developers have to > subclass the MyBaseAction (as a law in the programming guidelines of a > specific company) and are not able to use famous Standard Action such as > DispatchAction and so one because you can only subclass one class. But > you can extend many interfaces. An thats the only argument I say: Making > the Action to a class (not to an interface) is (in my opinion) a design > error! But it is not sad! As Ted wrote it is as easy to extend struts in > a way you can use both: MyBaseAction *AND* one of the standard actions. > It might be better, if struts itselfs avoid such problems. In my last > project there was five subclasses from Action (I really don't know but > such things as BaseAction, TechnicalAction, HotelAction, ....) and > *NOBODY* used the (in my opinion) famous Standard Actions. One developer > copied the whole code of a Standard-Action that this action extends a > MyBaseAction. > > Craigh said: > > I agree with Ted, and the reasoning he states. Indeed, in this > particular respect, Action *should* be inflexible because making it an > interface would encourage you to use it incorrectly. > > What is incorrectly. Sadly many developers uses the action to implement > business logic, although it is not an interface. Thats pity from my opinion. > But you don't avoid such thing, when you insist that Action has to be a > concrete Implementation. > > Thats only my 0,02 $ > > So thats my opinion: Making Action to an interface avoid many problems > in the real struts world. > > But in the end: Thanks the whole struts team for the famous framework. > > -Manfred > > -- > =========================================== > Dipl.-Inf. Manfred Wolff > Software Engineer > ------------------------------------------- > http://www.manfred-wolff.de > http://www.struts-it.org > ------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- "You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it float on its back." ~Dakota Jack~ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
