That sounds good. We might want to start a new thread for this :) On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Obinna <obi...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's great to hear such interest. > > Wes, do you have links to any of the existing efforts you mentioned? > > I definitely agree that a thoughtful design is the right starting place. > Taking this to the extreme, one thing that I mentioned in my earlier post > (without too much thought) was that perhaps some kind of standardized > specification for binding ajax features to standard struts tags (including > perhaps standardized widget tags - which may not be functional without the > plugin) would be something worth thinking about as there are an increasing > number of struts-ajax library integration each with their own integration > mechanisms and syntax. Given the variety of ajax implementations, this might > be ambitious at the moment, but definitely worth a thought. This would > probably take the form of some kind of standardized <bind/> tag spec with > specified behaviour for implementations. > > At the moment, I have taken the other route and integrated a few jquery > ajax-enabled tags, but it shouldn't be too much work to switch these to a > <bind/> tag implementation. So far, I have integrated the div, anchor, > submit and tabbed pane tags (using a custom head tag to inject jquery > dependencies). I have NOT implemented the full set of tag attributes for > these that dojo provided, opting to start with the minimal, critical > attributes first. For the binding I have implemented a very lightweight > custom publish/subscribe jQuery extension framework which is one of the few > things I really liked about the dojo framework. (I'll be sharing this once > on jquery as well once well tested) > > Perhaps surprisingly, I have currently implemented the templates using the > javatemplates plugin (not yet freemarker), simply because I've been too lazy > to pick up the freemarker template syntax which I'm not very familiar with > yet (this might be a great starting place for some collaborative help). > > I'll look into creating a google code project for this and share with all > once done. > > - Eric > > > 2009/2/23 Wes Wannemacher <w...@wantii.com> > >> Me too! >> >> I've had some ideas about how this could be done. It seems like there >> are a lot of JQuery projects going on (Musachy's strutson project, >> example apps floating around the 'net, and even a JQuery plugin >> somewhere). It would be nice to unify everyone's effort... >> >> There are a few ways to do it, setting up a quick google code project >> comes to mind. Not that I wouldn't want the end result to become part >> of struts proper, but it would be easier to add non-struts-committers. >> >> I think before rushing to work, it'd be good to think through a good >> design. >> >> -Wes >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 1:08 PM, James Holmes <ja...@jamesholmes.com> >> wrote: >> > Hey Eric, I've done a ton of jQuery and would definitely like to see a >> > jQuery implementation and could probably collaborate with you. >> > >> > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Obinna <obi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> Yeah, the xwork FileManager fix is pretty key for me too. Also... awhile >> >> ago >> >> I posted some potential fixes/upgrades to the javatemplates plugin to >> make >> >> it more extensible. I don't see these issues in JIRA, so I suppose these >> >> weren't picked up and would not make it in? I shall re-post to JIRA. If >> >> necessary/possible I can even contribute directly to the source. Not >> sure >> >> how this works, but would love to contribute... >> >> >> >> On a related note, I have been working (slowly) on a struts jQuery >> >> integration which I'd like to share (anyone interested in >> collaborating?). >> >> What's the best way to go about this? (BTW, this is what I need the >> >> javatemplates upgrades for) >> >> >> >> -Eric >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Ronny Løvtangen <ro...@lovtangen.com >> >> >wrote: >> >> >> >> > Could dependency to spring in struts2-spring-plugin be upgraded from >> >> > version 2.5.3 to 2.5.6 for the 2.1.7 release? >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On Feb 23, 2009, at 5:24 PM, Musachy Barroso wrote: >> >> > >> >> > big +1 for it. The FileManager problems + conversion problem in xwork >> >> >> are annoying. We need to get an xwork release first, and go over Jira >> >> >> and tag anything important for 2.1.7. >> >> >> >> >> >> musachy >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:21 AM, James Holmes < >> ja...@jamesholmes.com> >> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> I'm curious what others are thinking about rolling a 2.1.7 release. >> I >> >> >>> think >> >> >>> there have been enough little "gotchas" from the 2.1.6 release that >> >> have >> >> >>> been fixed that we should consider rolling a 2.1.7 release soon. >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Thoughts? >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> "Hey you! Would you help me to carry the stone?" 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