+1, looks really good. I think it will be hard to pick just a few each month since the User (and dev lately) list is so active.
I think we should probably put some sort of blurb with a link to the news page so that people reading the general newsletter can click over to the news page to see more struts specific news. -james [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jamesholmes.com/struts/ --- Joe Germuska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I haven't seen anyone else put forth pieces for the > "jakarta > newsletter", so I thought I'd take a crack at it. I > just browsed the > list archives to refresh my memory, so chances are > good I missed > something. Also, I didn't pay very close attention > to the CVS and > bugzilla posts, so I may have overlooked some > important fix or > addition... > > I have no great pride in the text either, so please > feel free to "patch" > anything below... > > * Path-based action mapping in 1.1 > One of the architectural advances from Struts 1.0 to > Struts 1.1 involved > supporting multiple applications with a single > Struts controller > servlet. As part of the initial implementation of > this functionality, > some configuration flexibility was lost: the > multi-application > controller only supports mapping URLs to Struts > "actions" by extension > (i.e. "*.do") while Struts 1.0 also supported > mapping by path prefix > (i.e. "/do/*"). After James Young asked if any > fixes were in the works > [1], Craig McClanahan pointed out some of the > complexities involved > [2]. Ted Husted described a possible solution and > asked for feedback > about whether to pursue it. [3] > [1] > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8226 > [2] > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8234 > [3] > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8244 > > * Tiles add-in to moved to core > Craig McClanahan moved the "Tiles" add-in into the > core CVS source tree > from the "contrib" directory.[4] Ted Husted > initiated a discussion about > some code modifications to "Tiles" to make it work > more closely with the > core code base.[5] > [4] > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8682 > [5] > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8621 > > * FormBean: Interface or Class? > The discussion about whether the "FormBean" concept > was best implemented > as an interface or a class resurfaced, and Craig > McClanahan wrote a > decisive response explaining the motivation for > maintaining it as a > class.[6] In summary, designing FormBean as an > interface would > facilitate inappropriate tangling of the "model" > layer with the "view" > layer, while making it a class of its own encourages > clean separation of > those layers. > [6] > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8253 > > * Struts and the Java Standard Tag Library (JSTL) > After announcing the 1.0 release of the JSTL, Shawn > Bayern offered > assistance towards integrating the rich Struts tag > libraries with the > JSTL, which in many cases offers equivalent > functionality.[7] Craig > McClanahan indicated that a likely goal for a post > 1.1 release of Struts > would be thorough integration with the JSTL > expression language, and > aiming towards an eventual replacement of the Struts > "bean" and "logic" > tag libraries with the equivalent tags from JSTL.[8] > [7] > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8434 > [8] > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8439 > > * New Committer: James Holmes > James Holmes, author of the popular Struts Console > tool, was proposed as > a committer by Ted Husted [9] and was accepted > unanimously. > [9] > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8341 > > * Steps towards Struts 1.1b2 > As much of the activity on the list in June involved > "swatting" bugs in > the current 1.1b1 release, Craig McClanahan proposed > steps towards a > Struts 1.1b2 by around July 8th[10] The > requirements for the next beta > are basically closing any remaining bugs and > improving documentation of > new Struts features. Committers responded promptly > with +1 votes and > further contributions. > [10] > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8691 > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
