Hank,

On the contrary the Web Application Controller is best used when you
do not use Struts or JSF. It is designed to integrate smoothly with
XForms. There is detailed information here:

http://www.orbeon.com/oxf/doc/processors-controller

I paste the first paragraphs of that page below:

"The OXF Web Application Controller is the heart of OXF-based Web
 applications. It maps incoming user requests to individual pages and
 defines how each page is built out of a model and a view, following
 the model-view-controller (MVC) architecture.

 The Web Application Controller features an easy to use yet powerful
 workflow engine that allows developers to declare the entire site
 navigation logic. With a central place where the navigation logic is
 defined, pages can be developed completely independently from each
 other."

In addition to the WAC, you typically write, for each page, a model
and / or a view. Those can be static XML files, XSLT stylesheets, or
full-fledged XML pipelines.

Definitely, if you do not plan to use Struts or JSF, the WAC is the
way to go.

-Erik

Hank Ratzesberger wrote:
>  seem to be over my first hurdle, and sorry to
> make it such a burden to the list.  This I hope
> is a more useful discussion.
>
> Earlier, it was mentioned that the webapp-controller
> processor is designed for integration with struts, etc.,
> but it seems to me that OXF is preferable to struts.
>
> On the other hand, the webapp-controller allows
> you to configure what files are delivered directly and
> easily map urls to pages.  Also, if you are using xforms,
> is there a sample that uses the pipeline processor?
>
> I am going to attempt to avoid JSP and JSF as far
> as possible, should I use the webapp-controller anyway,
> or does it matter?
>
> Thanks,
> Hank


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