On 10/22/07, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bringing together a couple of other threads, for Struts 2.1.x (or > even Struts 2.2.x), we seem to be talking about > > * Creating a "plugin" artifact, along the lines of the "apps" > artifact, which would include all the plugins we maintain in the > Struts repository > > * Creating a "struts2-core-plugin" artifact that would include the > plugins that are needed to write a "typical" Struts 2 application. > > The "struts2-core-plugins" artifact would contain the equivalent of the > > * codebehind plugin (including zero-config) > * JSON plugin > * restful plugin > > along with new > > * annotations plugin > * tags plugin > > I haven't looked into yet, but we might also consider a "persistence" > plugin with JPA support, if that makes any sense.
I'd just as soon see persistence left out of this "core plugins" artifact. Perhaps I'm some weird corner case, but in over 7 years of building enterprise web apps, I've never been in a position to use any kind of standard persistence mechanism. That being the case, it doesn't strike me as something that should be part of "core" anything. -- Martin Cooper The Struts "lib" artifact would host the struts2-core.jar, the > struts2-core-plugins.jar, and whatever dependencies these artifacts > require. > > We could use strut2-core.jar with the struts2-core-plugins.jar, and > just add any other plugins we like that do not overlap with the core > plugins, or mix and match strut2-core.jar with whatever plugins are > preferred (if any). > > Ideally, the same code would be available in the > struts2-core-plugin.jar and as standalone plugins. The key problem > might be glomming together the struts-plugin.xmls, since I believe we > only get one to a JAR. > > Arguably, we could also include an Ajax plugin in the "standard > array", but I would like to explore alternatives to the Dojo plugin. I > think we should maintain a Dojo plugin, just as we plan to maintain a > Spring plugin, but I'd also like to try an AjaxParts or a (complete) > YUI plugin before we pull the trigger. > > We might also want to consider whether we should grow the JSON plugin > into a web-services plugin. Starting next month, I'll be doing a lot > more work with web services myself. > > -Ted. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
