> Ted, > My opinion on this is that the ! syntax should be > used strictly as a URL pattern and not anywhere else. > That means we shouldn't name files like > foo!bar-validation.xml, but instead figure out > another way to map it to a context. > > Currently, you can name those files > "foo-bar-validation.xml" where foo is the class and > bar is the "context" (ie: the action name). It might > be time to instead re-evaluate the context being in > the file name and instead allow for validation rules > to be bound to the "context" and/or method invocation > _inside_ the XML file. > > Ie: you'd have one foo-validation.xml and then in > there you could have validation rules that only map > to certain action aliases (contexts) or only when > certain methods are being invoked. > > Make sense? > > PS: The reason I say the ! syntax should be strictly > left to a URL pattern thing is that we should > encourage people experimenting with their own > ActionMapper any time they choose. They could, for > example, change ! to be "/" so that it looks more > like a path. We wouldn't want to bleed our the "!" > pattern to other parts of the application. >
I think it's problematic to try to specify things like action methods in the XML file. Keep in mind that there's the JSR-303 spec that's getting started up to deal with validation in a completely environment-agnostic way. It's not going to take into account things like "I was called with the 'foo' execute method in Struts". It will have the concept of validation contexts. It will be up to the calling environment to map to the validation context based on whatever is going on in that environment. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.opensymphony.com/thread.jspa?threadID=39135&messageID=82530#82530 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
