>From me
Total rest developer On Aug 27, 2011 6:10 PM, "Christian Grobmeier" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello guys, > > are there already plans for a Struts 3? > > I have several features I would love to see. The good user I am, I > share it with you :-) > > * JSR-330 > Currently Struts uses Spring as DI provider. But there is now a > standard. Should't it be used? Reference implementation is available > with Google Juice. Spring could be optional only. My guess is that > many features of Spring are unused for a normal webapp and using plain > Java is always nice, if it is not java.util.logging (kidding) > http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=330 > > * Annotation-driven Actionmapping > There was / is a Plugin doing that, but it was deprecated recently. > Why not break up Struts and check if Annotations aren't possible from > the core? XML is out - Annotations are in. These Annotations was one > of the "coolest" features when somebody has explained me why the Play > Framework is so cool > > * Log4j 2.0 > Currently there is some effort with Log4j 2.0. It is far from > proudction ready at the moment, but Struts 3 could take a while. > Besides, version used by struts is 1.2.9. But the current is 1.2.16. > Time for an upgrade in current development? > > * Complete assimilation of WebWork > As a user I always had some trouble with WebWork separated from > Struts. I remember the discussion when WebWork was merged - it was all > about easy migration for WebWork users and such. Now, with changing > the Actionmapping to Annotations and use of JSR-330 it might be a good > time to merge WebWork fully into Struts and change the package names. > I am not sure if I am aware on all complications, but my users heart > desires easy to understand modules :-) > > * OGNL 4.0 > OGNL is a Commons project now. It may take a while until the next > release, probably it is ready for a Struts 3, maybe even earlier. > Latest with Struts 3, OGNL 4.0 should be there. > > > > So, I am not sure if there is enough interest or enough manpower to do > the changes. Maybe there are some other roadmaps around. I couldn't > find them. In any case, I am interested in your thoughts of the future > Struts development, be it S2 or S3. > > Cheers > Christian > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
