On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Ted Husted wrote:
> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 13:53:55 -0500
> From: Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: Struts Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Struts Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Validator/Tiles integration in Struts
>
> "Craig R. McClanahan" wrote:
> > A meta-question, though ... would you guys be interested in capping the
> > 1.1 release after we deal with validator/services/tiles? If we agreed for
> > that, we oculd probably get a 1.1 release out in time for JavaOne 2002
> > (end of March this year).
>
> Generally, yes. There are some small items I would like to slip in, but
> that can be done in short order.
>
I don't have a problem with the little stuff on your list.
> + A fix for htlm:form truncating extensions
>
> + Using an ActionForward as a html:form parameter (I have some
> contributed code to post)
>
> + I also have a standard SuperAction and SuperActionForm that I would
> like to submit, when the smoke clears.
>
> I also keep thinking that we really need a tag to handle context-based
> references to stylesheets, you know the
>
> <link rel= ...
>
> tag. But I don't know what to call it :( I get by using base and
> relative references now, but that's a little sloppy.
>
> Did we want to pursue the Declarative Exception handling thing, or maybe
> just slip in a standard Action (e.g. DispatchExceptionAction) for now
> that demonstacted how to do that.
>
Umm, declarative exception handling is already in the HEAD branch ... see
the <global-exception> and <exception> elements, plus the new
Action.execute() method ...
> There's also Nic Hobb's extension. People seem to like it, but I haven't
> been able to look at it myself.
>
> http://husted.com/struts/resources/struts-security.htm
>
This is role-protected actions, right? Yah, that seems like a good
addition -- although what you do when the role isn't satisfied remains a
question in my mind (simplest is to just throw the 403 status and let the
user's error page (configured in web.xml) take care of it).
> I'd still like to split the JAR into struts.jar and struts-taglib.jar,
> to start sending the "right message" about the custom tags and the
> presentation layer. But that can wait.
>
I'm OK if we want to do that now, but don't see a tremendous amount of
value in it -- but I'm a geek, not really a marketer sending messages :-).
>
> -- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY USA.
> -- Java Web Development with Struts.
> -- Tel +1 585 737-3463.
> -- Web http://www.husted.com/struts/
>
Craig
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