What I'd like is to use Grails to develop my application, but have it
use Struts 2 under-the-covers instead of Spring MVC. As far as code
differences between writing a Spring MVC Grails Controller and a
Struts 2 Grails Controller - I don't think there needs to be any.
The problem I'm looking to solve is one where companies are using two
web frameworks: a dynamic one (Grails) and a static one (Struts 2).
The easy solution is to use Spring MVC for the static one, but I've
found Struts 2 easier to learn and use than Spring MVC. It's
difficult to sell companies on using 2 web frameworks (Spring MVC/
Grails and Struts 2), so I'm hoping to experiment with getting Grails
to use Struts 2. If that fails, I'll look into trying to redo my
existing Struts 2 prototype with Spring MVC.
One of the main reasons I chose Struts 2 for the prototype I've done
was because it allowed me to call methods with arguments from its EL.
Since I see a move away from OGNL (and possibly) this feature, it
makes me less inclined to use Struts 2. I may be able to see
FreeMarker as an alternative (since I believe this allows it), but
the tooling around FreeMarker is pretty poor, so that might be a
tough sell.
Matt
On Nov 7, 2007, at 10:29 AM, Mark Menard wrote:
Hi Matt,
I was actually thinking about this recently when I saw a mention of
the
Wicket plugin someplace. It got me thinking. I've done a lot of
work on
using Groovy with Struts 2, but it has a long way to go. If there
was a way
to integrate S2 with Grails that would be really interesting.
What would you see as the goals of a S2 plugin? Run S2 actions in
Grails and
forward to Grails views? Use a Grails controller and forward to a
S2 view?
Be able to use S2 interceptors?
Personally I'm interested if I could migrate my S2 actions, that
are written
in Groovy already, and my views into a Grails project and have them
run,
then be able to start using the Grails controllers or view mixed
with S2
stuff.
Mark
On 11/7/07 12:47 PM, "Matt Raible" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Has anyone thought about creating a Struts 2 Plugin for Grails?
There's one for Wicket - which proves you don't have to use the
default web framework (Spring MVC).
http://grails.org/Wicket+Plugin
IMO, Grails Controllers look a lot more like Struts Actions than they
do Spring MVC. I really like the productivity Groovy gives you and
I'm impressed with Grails. I especially like it because it uses all
the same underlying technologies as AppFuse - it just simplifies
things.
Thanks,
Matt
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