Don
On 10/25/06, Alexandru Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On 10/26/06, Don Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hmm...probably because I didn't know about it :)
>
> .... perhaps :-)
> > Should we move the code back into Struts 2?
>
> At some point I guess it may make sense to do this. For the moment
> (and until it stabilizes and the struts2 stabilizes), I think it is
> better for it out there.
>
> > What exactly does it do?
>
> Simply put it allows you to call from DWR a normal action, passing
> through its normal execution chain. The result can be the rendered
> result (as in normal action invocations) or a serialized action object
> (as in <ww:action executeResult="false" />).
>
> ./alex
> --
> .w( the_mindstorm )p.
>
> > Don
> >
> > Alexandru Popescu wrote:
> > > Wille, I have contributed a long time ago some (similar?) code
to DWR.
> > > You can find it in the DWR trunk (a webwork package) . This
> > > integration code is based on some work I initially done for
InfoQ.com.
> > >
> > > Sure, if you find places where your ideas look better then my
approach
> > > I would be happy to hear from you and improve it. I am a bit
puzzled
> > > that Don haven't pointed you to this existing code, as the
discussions
> > > about where this code should live have been public by that time.
> > >
> > > ./alex
> > > --
> > > .w( the_mindstorm )p.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 10/26/06, Wille Faler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >> Hi.
> > >> I raised the question today on Don Browns blog about being
able to have
> > >> integration between Struts2 and DWR, to get a full MVC model
if you only
> > >> want to re-render a snippet of a web-page.
> > >> I am not sure if this has been discussed previously, but Don
encouraged
> > >> me to send my ideas if I had any, so here goes:
> > >> When I have done AJAX-based stuff, 9 times out of 10, all I
really want
> > >> to do i execute some business logic, and re-render a portion
of a page.
> > >> This would seem to fit well with a traditional MVC-approach,
with the
> > >> exception that I don't want to re-render the full page.
> > >>
> > >> Earlier this year, I implemented such a simple framework,
basically
> > >> using Webwork2/XWork and DWR, adding some code to glue it all
together.
> > >> It consists of the following things:
> > >> - Some generic JavaScript that can interpret parameters
(either from a
> > >> form or URL) into a Map of parameters, akin to what Webwork uses.
> > >> - A Controller that is called by DWR, taking the Map, a
callback-target
> > >> (in the web-page) and the name of an action as its arguments.
This
> > >> Controller then invokes an xwork ActionProxy to invoke the
Action.
> > >> - Custom Result-implementations for getting JSP-elements
defined in the
> > >> xwork results. These results use the DWR
> > >> WebContextFactory.get().forwardToString() functionality, to
get the
> > >> resulting JSP-snippet as a String.
> > >> - Said Result can then be sent back by the Controller through
DWR, which
> > >> is then handled by generic JavaScript and rendered to the
predefined
> > >> callback-target on the page.
> > >> - When using forms, it can also do AJAX-based validation which
makes use
> > >> of proper Xwork-validation.
> > >>
> > >> As I said, I have already written code for this, it is quite
compact and
> > >> only a few hundred lines (11 implementation classes + generic
JavaScript
> > >> + dwr config), so obviously this integration is quite easy to
create. I
> > >> would love to see something similar within the upcoming Struts2!
> > >> I haven't attached the code to this mail, but it is available for
> > >> download here: www.infonatural.com/ajax-mvc.zip (including
> > >> jar-dependencies and some unit-tests, 3.6mb).
> > >>
> > >> If anyone wants to pick the code for ideas, or adapt it, feel
free to do
> > >> so as long as you retain the original @author comments as part
of it (I
> > >> am the sole copyright holder of the code, and you may use it
under the
> > >> ASF if you want).
> > >> It would probably need some minor improvements to make it more
in line
> > >> with the rest of the Struts2-code (so tags work etc), as I
only did the
> > >> code originally for my needs and didn't bother doing more than
I needed
> > >> at the time.
> > >>
> > >> I apologise if this or something similar is already part of
Struts2, but
> > >> I got the impression that it may not be.
> > >>
> > >> regards
> > >> Wille Faler
> > >>
> > >>
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