Hello Best Practises Question

2001-07-18 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
Hi, I have a question regarding what the community would consider to be Best Practises when using Struts. I am doing an internal review of our own usage of Struts within our products, and I have constructed an example application to highlight my question(s) and talk around. I would appreciate

RE: Automatic Form Validation

2001-07-31 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
someone through the action to the view for the first time (as you mentionded). So I don't think there is anything wrong with not using the automatic validation. I think it just depends on your design preference. David --- Emaho, Ghoot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some further details on my

RE: Automatic Form Validation - A further question

2001-08-01 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
Form Validation --- Emaho, Ghoot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the reply David. Yeah, 'action' checking is another way of determining wether or not to do the validation. I guess I was wondering if it was possible to configure the Form to prevent first time checking

RE: Automatic Form Validation - A further question

2001-08-01 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Automatic Form Validation - A further question --- Emaho, Ghoot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks again David. I have explored extending ActionForm to check for and ignore first time validation. However, it seems from my debug, that the form bean is created

RE: Automatic Form Validation - A further question

2001-08-03 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
. -- Martin Cooper - Original Message - From: Emaho, Ghoot [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 1:49 AM Subject: RE: Automatic Form Validation - A further question Backing up in this thread a bit, I'm not clear on what your first time scenario

RE: Struts salability

2001-11-22 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
We have a system in production which serves the entire North Sea Offshore and Onshore Installations for BP, serving several thousand concurrent users and performance is excellent (i can provide metrics if you are interested) - although we did have to do the neccessary performance tuning.

RE: Struts salability

2001-11-22 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
on the servers you are using, that would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Kev -Original Message- From: Emaho, Ghoot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 22 November 2001 09:30 To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: Struts salability We have a system in production

RE: Struts salability - Chiki Wiki

2001-11-27 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
how soon soon is?! Cheers, Dave Emaho, Ghoot [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/22/2001 04:29:53 AM Please respond to Struts Users Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Struts Users Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: David Hay/Lex/Lexmark) Subject: RE: Struts

[ANNOUNCE] Chiki v0.23

2002-01-17 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
Chiki version 0.23 is now up and running. Chiki is a Wiki-like webapp built using Struts. This is the first publicly available release, so as much feedback as possible would be greatly appreciated. Chiki can be found at: http://chiki.emaho.org http://chiki.emaho.org If you have

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Chiki v0.23

2002-01-17 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
For people registering, I meant to mention you should pick a username that follows the Wiki-Word convention (basically two or more words with initial capitals) i.e. GhootEmaho instead of ghoot. This will allow links to be made to your homepage. If you dont follow the Wiki-word convention, the

RE: using struts for larger apps

2002-01-22 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
keep hearingfrom where ? As I have mentioned before, we have a large (several thousand users) complex app in production, and struts proved no problem. What exactly is it about Struts that makes people think it isnt suitable for larger applications ? As I said in a previous email, there are

[ANNOUNCE] Chiki v0.23 Source Available

2002-01-24 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
The Source Code for Chiki, the Wiki-like Community Building Tool is now available. See http://chiki.emaho.org http://chiki.emaho.org for details. There is now a mailing list for following all Chiki developments. If you are interested in further Chiki developments then please subscribe to the

RE: [ANNONCE] Chiki version 0.24 Released

2002-02-01 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
The XML Page could not be displayed when trying to download 0.23 war. Jack -Original Message- From: Emaho, Ghoot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 11:00 AM To: Chiki-Dev (E-mail); Alex N. MacLeod (E-mail); Allan Adams (E-mail); Amitkumar J Malhotra; Andreas

[ANNONCE] Chiki version 0.24 Released

2002-02-01 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
Version 0.24 Released and available for download - see http://chiki.emaho.org http://chiki.emaho.org for full details. This release includes: - now works on Tomcat 4.0 (and is in fact running now on tomcat 4) - Xml Binding of all persisted objects - Extracted Repository giving more control

[ANNOUNCE] Chiki v0.25 released

2002-02-06 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
http://chiki.emaho.org http://chiki.emaho.org Version 0.25 released and ready for download. This release includes: - Ant build scripts - email validation bugs fixed - other minor translator bugs fixed - minor 'buglets' with recent activity and user persistence fixed - other minor updates

RE: Log4J and Struts - using Chiki's log4j configuration and getting tons of messages

2002-02-13 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
Hi Matt I can only assume that the initial error (when you have no log4j.properties file) is down to the extensions you are using being dependant on log4j - which means you need the properties file so it knows what to do. Using the Chiki log4j sorts this out - but there are a couple of

RE: Ye olde ApplicationResources.properties ant -- tomcat?

2002-02-13 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
You need something like !-- Copy associated resource files -- copy todir=${web.build}/WEB-INF/classes fileset dir=${src.home} includes=**/*.properties/ /copy This may be being done when you compile, but not otherwise, but without seeing the build.xml

RE: A JNDI question

2002-02-13 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
Tomcat 3.2 doesn't support this (there is an article about it on the tomcat mailing list archives). Tomcat 4 does support it, hence the reason it works. Ghoot PS If you have no luck tracking down the article, I'll try and find reference to it again. -Original Message- From: Bob

RE: Confirm Style (was: Request: Property vs Attribute)

2002-02-15 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
Sometimes it is preferrable to have a 'generic dialog' page, rather than messages at the top of the screen. This isn't an either or situation, in our apps, both styles are often required and used. We implemented a solution that basically implements a 'navigation stack', as the needs of our

RE: EJB = bad = MS.net

2002-02-21 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
This has been an interesting discussion on many levels, but there doesnt seem to be much 'real world' substance there. We have been developing enterprise software (some utilising EJB, some not) since EJB were way back at 0.7 (ish) (1997). Systems with 1000's or 10,000's concurrent users. We

RE: form validation

2002-02-21 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
There are a number of ways to achieve this, and again (!) it's about choice, although I must say this can be confusing for newbie (and experienced!) struts users. 1. 2 Actions, 1 for 'pre' and 1 for 'post' processing 2. An 'action' parameter, with switch behaviour in the action class 3.

RE: Struts design question about maintenance screens

2002-02-21 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
There are a number of ways to achieve this, and again (!) it's about choice, although I must say this can be confusing for newbie (and experienced!) struts users. 1. 2 Actions, 1 for 'pre' and 1 for 'post' processing 2. An 'action' parameter, with switch behaviour in the action class 3.

RE: anyone using Castor with Struts?

2002-02-22 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
Message- From: Emaho, Ghoot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 3:26 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: anyone using Castor with Struts? Hi John, Chiki currently uses Castor for Xml Binding. You can download the source code as it's opensource. Take

User Registration with Struts query

2002-02-27 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
I have a question regarding registering new users of a struts web app. If the web app is using container managed security, and say form-based authentication, and a registration action is available for new users, is there a way to implement the registration process that is portable ? For

Role-based Validation Extension Question

2002-03-05 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
Hi, I think I might be missing something here. Can someone tell me what the Role-based Validation extension gives you over, say, setting security restraints in the web.xml ? I can set constraints on individual actions by mapping them in the web.xml. So what else does the extension give the

RE: Newbie Struts and Jbuilder6

2002-03-06 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
Goto 'Tools | Configure Libraries' menu, add new entry, and select your Struts.jar. Then goto 'Project | Project Properties' menu select the 'required libraries' tab, select add and then choose your newly added struts. This then enables struts within your project. Hope this helps Ghoot

RE: Role-based Validation ACTION ! Extension Question

2002-03-06 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
that this extension allows you to configure allowed roles to access each action. Yes, you can do it in your web.xml, but usually folks just protect *.do or /do/* and create an appropriate mapping - and do all other configuring in web.xml. Matt --- Emaho, Ghoot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I

RE: Newbie Struts and Jbuilder6

2002-03-06 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
. By answering such lame questions you encourage more lame questions. Mark -Original Message- From: Emaho, Ghoot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 7:09 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: Newbie Struts and Jbuilder6 Goto 'Tools | Configure

Struts Community Opportunity

2002-03-06 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
to the detriment of those you wish to help. And, as I said, it encourages more laziness on a list that is already way too busy handling inane queries. No flame war - have a beer! Cheers! Mark -Original Message- From: Emaho, Ghoot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March

RE: http://chiki.emaho.org

2002-03-06 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
Mark, The site is running and myself and others are accessing at this moment. Perhaps there is some other reason you cannot access it. Does your firewall permit port 8080 access ? Maybe it's something else, but the site is definately up ! Cheers Ghoot -Original Message- From:

RE: Struts Community Opportunity

2002-03-06 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
. -Ted. Emaho, Ghoot wrote: Hello all I think there is an opportunity here, particularly with the imminent 1.1 release. I imagine there are going to be a whole bunch of new questions when 1.1 is released. There IS a lot of documentation for Struts. The work Ted and others have

RE: Struts Community Opportunity

2002-03-06 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
application Ghoot Gr Ronald -Original Message- From: Emaho, Ghoot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 2:08 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Struts Community Opportunity Hello all I think there is an opportunity here, particularly

RE: Struts Community Opportunity

2002-03-06 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
Gabriel I see it's built on TWiki. Chiki has many similarities to Twiki re functionality. Obviously it's written in Java using Struts (not perl). Have you taken a look at Chiki ? I'd be interested in any feedback you might have. The current release has everything you listed (except version

RE: Best Practice for parsing an XML file - Code Review Requested

2002-03-07 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
Matt As an aside you may want to consider how you retrieve the config xml file. Currently you are using the code InputStream is = new FileInputStream(Constants.USER_HOME + configFile) While this is fine, it may not always be portable, or as portable as other methods. For instance Chiki has a

RE: Struts Community Opportunity

2002-03-07 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
Gabriel As you might know, I am working on the Struts/Velocity integration. My personal interest in Chiki is to find out how easily it could be turned into a show case for Struts/Velocity. Cool ! This is on my list, so maybe we can collaborate ? I'd like to see Chiki grow to use more than

RE: [Fwd: Introducing Enterprise Object Broker]

2002-03-07 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
On this note, has anyone used McKoi ? (http://mckoi.com) Its an Open Source Java SQL Database System that I've just started looking at, and it looks very promising. Wondered if anyone else had come across it. In the context of Struts apps, it allows you to bundle the db with your app, great

RE: [Off-Topic ?] Problem with Struts/Tomcat/Jbuilder/ ?

2002-03-08 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
I have run with a similar environment and found no problems at all, so it's not a problem with JBuilder per se, perhaps they way you have it confgiured. I would recomend you install the latest patch for JBuilder 6 (available at the website) and try it against an External instance of Tomcat 4

[ANNOUNCE] Chiki v0.27 released (now with Revision Control)

2002-03-12 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
Version 0.27 released and ready for download. This released includes: - Simple Revision Control: providing Revision History and Tracking and the option to Revert to a previous revision. ('diff' not included in this release) Uses Xml binding (via Castor) to provide 'out-of-the-box'

RE: Stress Testing

2002-03-20 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
One of the best Stress/Load Testing tools out there is 'The Grinder' an Open Source tool looked after by Philip Aston. https://sourceforge.net/projects/grinder/ We have used this tool over many of the others that are commercially available in the testing of our large scale production systems.

RE: DTD Question - SIMPLE SOLUTION

2002-05-31 Thread Emaho, Ghoot
A simple way of bypassing the need to access the DTD externally (as the Struts 'automatic' resolution within the jar does NOT always work - see mail archives) is to change the DOCTYPE def to something like the following: !DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC -//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application