see below:
Martin Cooper wrote:
> I am currently looking at building a large application based on servlets and
> JSP. The principles behind the Model 2 architecture are solid, and this
> seems like the right approach. However, I have some concerns, and would like
> to hear people's thoughts.
>
> The application I am building will likely comprise somewhere between 100 and
> 150 forms. The use of a single controller servlet, a la Model 2, is
> attractive because it provides a focal point for security and database
> connectivity, amongst other things. However, it raises some concern
> regarding the manageability of so many "entry points" (for lack of a better
> term).
>
> It seems that I would need some further structure to partition the
> application. I have thought about creating "zones" of functionality, but
> it's not clear (to me, at least) what the cleanest and most maintainable way
> of doing this would involve.
>
> I have been looking at the Jakarta Struts framework, and very much like the
> way that forms and actions are hooked up. However, I'm concerned that it
> won't fly for an application with so many forms as I will have.
>
> By the way, this is an intranet app, not an Internet app, and, as such,
> there will be a relatively small number of users. Scalability in number of
> users is not important to me, but scalability in number of forms is.
I don't see that using the model 2 type architecture will have any negative impact
on the speed of your application.
Just because all requests are being channelled through one servlet (the dispatcher)
does not imply any any performance degradation compared to, say, calling the jsp
files directly.
This is assuming the dispatcher has been written correctly - the main thing to bear
in mind is that your dispatcher must not be a thread bottleneck - this is ensured
by not storing any state between requests in your dispatcher - ie everything should
be on the stack.
>
>
> Any thoughts would be very much appreciated.
>
> --
> Martin Cooper
> Tumbleweed Communications
>
> ===========================================================================
> To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST".
> Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at:
>
> http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html
> http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html
> http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=JSP
> http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=Servlets
--
Tim Fox (��o)
Hyperlink interactive
http://hyperlink.com
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
phone: +44 (0) 207 240 8121
===========================================================================
To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST".
Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at:
http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html
http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html
http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=JSP
http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=Servlets
