Here's how I see what Pat is saying, if it makes it any clearer: Have WW internally use a.. configuration factory. This factory will look up something in webwork.properties, and if it's not there, have a default. The factory returns a valid ViewMapper (okay, crappy name, sue me for all the frobnigators I've got) given a request-of-some-kind.
Now, the value in webwork.properties resolves to a classname, such as com.localcompany.webwork.MyCustomViewMapper, which will implement the ViewMapper interface by definition. If the value isn't there, WebWork would use the DefaultViewMapperFactory, which looks for actions.xml, and - presuming actions.xml exists - returns the XMLViewMapper. If actions.xml is NOT there, it uses the handy-dandy PropertyViewMapper, which looks for views.properties and voila! (Note that I'm making an assumption about view mappings here, one that I'm not sure is correct: it could be that the default view mapping looks in actions.xml FIRST and THEN views.properties for every request. If this is, indeed, the case, then alter this paragraph accordingly. Again, sue me for all the widgets in my possession.) If done properly, this means that current users might NEVER KNOW they have this capability, outside of reading the sure-to-come copious docs on configuring view mappers. This is a Good Thing. On the other hand, people who want to use the FrobnigatingViewMapper (which uses a db+LDAP to map views and actions) now have an easy path to get their killer ViewMapper working. They have docs, naturally, so they can implement the interface, add the optional property to webwork.properties, and they're off to the races. I think this is a win. --------------------------------------------------------- Joseph B. Ottinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://enigmastation.com IT Consultant ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ApacheCon, November 18-21 in Las Vegas (supported by COMDEX), the only Apache event to be fully supported by the ASF. http://www.apachecon.com _______________________________________________ Opensymphony-webwork mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork
