Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-12-01 Thread Patrick Lightbody
Definitely getting a bit off topic, but... :) Matthew Porter, who works for Contegix, recently wrote an article that I think is very relevant: http://www.porterhome.com/blog/matthew/2005/11/15/1132088805733.html Contegix has tried to address these "single points of failure" by providing a broad

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-12-01 Thread Martin Cooper
On 12/1/05, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 11/30/05, Martin Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am very much against taking ASF content off-site, as it were. We have > a > > perfectly good wiki, and that's where our content should be. I know > there > > are a bunch of Confluence

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-12-01 Thread Ted Husted
On 11/30/05, Joe Germuska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Presumably the Struts committers are going to heavily involved in the > compatibility, so if for no other reason, it will be easier for us to > work on that in an Apache.org repository. I plan to be very heavily involved in compatiblity and mi

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-12-01 Thread Ted Husted
On 12/1/05, Patrick Lightbody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would volunteer that Contegix, the hosting company that handles > OpenSymphony, OpenQA, Spring, Atlassian, Jive, Cenqua, and others > would be happy to help Struts (and Apache, I suppose) in the future. > As I mentioned to Ted and Don, I'

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-12-01 Thread Patrick Lightbody
I think doing the compatibility layer after the code is imported in to Apache makes sense. WebWork has various developers who go in spurts of involvement. The two core developers are Jason and myself. Lately, there have been about 3 or 4 others pretty actively involved, but I'm sure they wo

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-12-01 Thread Patrick Lightbody
The docs are getting a _lot_ better. We're doing a 2.2 beta 4 release today that will have a bunch more docs. On Nov 30, 2005, at 10:15 AM, Don Brown wrote: Pilgrim, Peter wrote: If I understand you rightly the traditional `RequestProcessor' derived process flow, namely ActionServl

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-12-01 Thread Patrick Lightbody
I totally understand Martin's concerns. Let's not try to bite off more than we can chew just yet. We've got enough on our hands with the WebWork/Struts merger :) I would volunteer that Contegix, the hosting company that handles OpenSymphony, OpenQA, Spring, Atlassian, Jive, Cenqua, and othe

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-12-01 Thread Ted Husted
On 11/30/05, Martin Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am very much against taking ASF content off-site, as it were. We have a > perfectly good wiki, and that's where our content should be. I know there > are a bunch of Confluence fans out there, and maybe it's a better product in > some ways.

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-30 Thread Martin Cooper
On 11/30/05, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Or vice-versa. :) I have a strong preference for Confluence, and > Atlassian is providing this space for use of Apache projects. I'd > like to look into making similar arrangements for use of the Jive > forums. I am very much against taking

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-30 Thread Don Brown
Joe Germuska wrote: There isn't directly, and this was one of the first additions I made to WebWork when I started Struts Ti. In WebWork, the servlet dispatcher does everything prior and including identifying the Action, then hands it off to the interceptor chain. My code in Struts Ti replac

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-30 Thread Joe Germuska
There isn't directly, and this was one of the first additions I made to WebWork when I started Struts Ti. In WebWork, the servlet dispatcher does everything prior and including identifying the Action, then hands it off to the interceptor chain. My code in Struts Ti replaced this with a servle

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-30 Thread Don Brown
Pilgrim, Peter wrote: If I understand you rightly the traditional `RequestProcessor' derived process flow, namely ActionServlet => RequestProcessor => Action => View is gone to be replaced by the WebWork / X Work processing chain. If someone has invested in Commons Chain command will

RE: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-30 Thread Pilgrim, Peter
> -Original Message- > From: Don Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ==== > > Pilgrim, Peter wrote: > > > Ok great so is Ted Husted also involved in the 2nd edition > > and I presume Manning is fine with both Struts in Action > > and Webwork in Action in the future ``merging'' as one. >

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-30 Thread Ted Husted
Or vice-versa. :) I have a strong preference for Confluence, and Atlassian is providing this space for use of Apache projects. I'd like to look into making similar arrangements for use of the Jive forums. -Ted. On 11/29/05, Don Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ted, I've started to bring some o

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Don Brown
Ted, I've started to bring some of the merger stuff over to the Struts Ti wiki. Could I migrate the FAQ as well, or were you wanting to keep it where it is? Don Ted Husted wrote: On 11/29/05, Don Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Of course, as I send this, I see Patrick responded saying the

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Patrick Lightbody
Actually, Contegix does fully-managed hosting and we might even wish to use some of the services (wiki, jira, etc) for Struts Ti development. Contegix is _excellent_ and do everything from handling upgrades, to 24 hour monitoring and support. Atlassian has donated JIRA and Confluence licenses, howe

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Don Brown
Niall Pemberton wrote: I'm probably going to say something stupid and show my ignorance of WebWork now, but number one on my list would be CoR and integrating Commons Chain commands - both as a replacement for the Struts Action and as a way of inserting custom "request processing" behaviour. I un

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Ted Husted
On 11/29/05, Don Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Of course, as I send this, I see Patrick responded saying the same thing but > much better :) See also * http://opensource2.atlassian.com/confluence/oss/display/STRUTS2/WebWork+Merger+FAQ -Ted. ---

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Niall Pemberton
On 11/29/05, Don Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Niall Pemberton wrote: > > Its probably a great plan to switch to WebWork 2.2 but I still don't > > see how you can say its a "merger" if no Struts code is involved - > > merger in terms of community, but not software. > > I view this merger as fi

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Martin Cooper
On 11/29/05, Craig McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 11/29/05, Sean Schofield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Let's reserve Tuesday night, after the two Struts related sessions, > to > > have > > > > these conversations. > > > > Sounds good. Perhaps we should discuss over beer? >

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Craig McClanahan
On 11/29/05, Sean Schofield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Let's reserve Tuesday night, after the two Struts related sessions, to > have > > > these conversations. > > Sounds good. Perhaps we should discuss over beer? Beer is good :-). Indeed, the only bummer about ApacheCon this year is t

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Peter A. Pilgrim
Don Brown wrote: Craig McClanahan wrote: On 11/29/05, Don Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Actually, I'd love for Shale and Struts Ti to collaborate more, and in a perfect world, both depend on the same core. Struts Ti won't be JSF-specific (ever), but that doesn't mean it can't integrate wi

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Sean Schofield
> > Let's reserve Tuesday night, after the two Struts related sessions, to have > > these conversations. Sounds good. Perhaps we should discuss over beer? > Don sean - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional c

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Don Brown
Craig McClanahan wrote: On 11/29/05, Don Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Actually, I'd love for Shale and Struts Ti to collaborate more, and in a perfect world, both depend on the same core. Struts Ti won't be JSF-specific (ever), but that doesn't mean it can't integrate with JSF. I'm lookin

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Craig McClanahan
On 11/29/05, Don Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually, I'd love for Shale and Struts Ti to collaborate more, and in a > perfect world, both depend on the same core. Struts Ti won't be > JSF-specific (ever), but that doesn't mean it can't integrate with JSF. > I'm looking forward to Apac

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Don Brown
Michael Jouravlev wrote: On 11/29/05, Don Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Niall Pemberton wrote: Its probably a great plan to switch to WebWork 2.2 but I still don't see how you can say its a "merger" if no Struts code is involved - merger in terms of community, but not software. I view th

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread netsql
Great. I don't think it requires JSF. It also works w/ Ajax and has Ajax modules (and that has little to do w/ JSF afiak). Sounds like a simple resolution: Shale can be JSF centric but not require it so it works w/ other (rich, client side) views. We we lived happily ever after. .V Don Brown w

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Patrick Lightbody
> ...and learn Webwork *then* after all. Why not to simply say "Struts > sucks, let's drop it and march together into the better future under > OpenSymphony standard?" Why the need of keeping *this* community > *here* instead of moving/creating community *there* ? First time poster :) I would say

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Michael Jouravlev
On 11/29/05, Don Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Niall Pemberton wrote: > > Its probably a great plan to switch to WebWork 2.2 but I still don't > > see how you can say its a "merger" if no Struts code is involved - > > merger in terms of community, but not software. > I view this merger as firs

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Don Brown
The sticking point is Shale requires JSF, and Struts Ti does not want that dependency. My hope is we will be able to find code in both projects that could be shared, somehow. Don netsql wrote: The features that are in Ti and WebWork, can they be bolted on Shale? .V Don Brown wrote: Actual

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread netsql
The features that are in Ti and WebWork, can they be bolted on Shale? .V Don Brown wrote: Actually, I'd love for Shale and Struts Ti to collaborate more, and in a perfect world, both depend on the same core. Struts Ti won't be JSF-specific (ever), but that doesn't mean it can't integrate with

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Don Brown
Pilgrim, Peter wrote: Ok great so is Ted Husted also involved in the 2nd edition and I presume Manning is fine with both Struts in Action and Webwork in Action in the future ``merging'' as one. Ted has helped early on by reviewing our proposal and TOC, but the book is being written by Nick H

RE: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Pilgrim, Peter
> -Original Message- > From: Don Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 29 November 2005 16:27 > To: Struts Developers List > Subject: Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration > > > These are some great questions, and particularly relevant to >

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Nathan Bubna
On 11/29/05, Niall Pemberton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/29/05, Don Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First, we bring in the WebWork 2.2 code which forms the Struts Ti core. > > Then, we develop a Struts compatibility layer. Along the way, if we > > see anything from Struts Action 1.x t

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Don Brown
Niall Pemberton wrote: On 11/29/05, Don Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: First, we bring in the WebWork 2.2 code which forms the Struts Ti core. Then, we develop a Struts compatibility layer. Along the way, if we see anything from Struts Action 1.x that should also go into Struts Ti core, we

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Niall Pemberton
On 11/29/05, Don Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First, we bring in the WebWork 2.2 code which forms the Struts Ti core. > Then, we develop a Struts compatibility layer. Along the way, if we > see anything from Struts Action 1.x that should also go into Struts Ti > core, we can add it. Honest

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Don Brown
Actually, I'd love for Shale and Struts Ti to collaborate more, and in a perfect world, both depend on the same core. Struts Ti won't be JSF-specific (ever), but that doesn't mean it can't integrate with JSF. I'm looking forward to ApacheCon so we can sit down with Craig and look at ways we c

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Don Brown
First, we bring in the WebWork 2.2 code which forms the Struts Ti core. Then, we develop a Struts compatibility layer. Along the way, if we see anything from Struts Action 1.x that should also go into Struts Ti core, we can add it. Honestly, I don't really see anything of Struts Action 1.x t

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread netsql
idealy ... it be great to bolt on webwork and ti features on top of Shale code base, or at worst fork Shale as a starting point. there I said it! .V - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Niall Pemberton
On 11/29/05, Don Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 3) A users has invested his or her hard-earned cash in `WebWork' in Action > > book. > > Will contents of this tome still be relevant in Struts? > > Absolutely, since Struts Ti == WebWork 2.2, with some package name changes. > > > 5) What a

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Don Brown
These are some great questions, and particularly relevant to me as I'm working on the 2ed edition of Struts in Action. You can be sure our book will cover, at least in part, Struts Ti. Here is my 2c: Pilgrim, Peter wrote: Hi 1) Is the WebWork name going to exist still? No, at least not in

RE: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Pilgrim, Peter
> -Original Message- > From: Sean Schofield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ==== > > I have a few thoughts on this and I will try to avoid the "Which > framework is better?" discussion. > > Change is inevitable. Struts (as you know and use it today) will > eventually become obsolete. Nob

RE: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Pilgrim, Peter
> -Original Message- > From: Joe Germuska [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ==== > > > By no means do I consider myself the authority to answer these, but > here are some responses based on my understanding and my interest in > how things go. In summary, really a lot of these questions ar

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Sean Schofield
I have a few thoughts on this and I will try to avoid the "Which framework is better?" discussion. Change is inevitable. Struts (as you know and use it today) will eventually become obsolete. Nobody can say when the last meaningful Struts 1.x application will be written but that day will eventua

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Marky Goldstein
Hi Peter, I guess bringing together the masterminds of multiple web frameworks is a good idea, even if there is a transition phase and some blood that flows... it will make Java as a web platform much stronger. Best regards, Marky Pilgrim, Peter wrote: Hi 1) Is the WebWork name going to exi

Re: Tough Questions on Struts and Webwork Integration

2005-11-29 Thread Joe Germuska
By no means do I consider myself the authority to answer these, but here are some responses based on my understanding and my interest in how things go. In summary, really a lot of these questions are premature based on the likely pace of development, and as always, the community is going to se